How about another "fun" question for Larry and fans?
What is the craziest bait, or makeshift lure, you have ever used? I remember one time Larry used Jack Links Jerky, I believe for Wolf Fish. That seemed like a great advertisement, but maybe you have discovered a new scent for lures, HICKORY. LOL What else have you used, for whatever reason.
When I was a kid, about 10 or 11, Dad called home and told mom to have the boys load the truck because we were going fishing for the weekend. The fish was trout, Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, high mountain. My brothers were younger then I so I guess you get what you ask for, but I got everything except the tackle box. Dad found a guy that sold him some hooks and mom had some Velveeta cheese that we made balls out of for fishing. Crazy enough it worked well, and predated powerbait by years. Hmmmm, still remember munching on the bait when fishing was slow.
Years later, while in my teens, I goofed up again. I and my youngest brother traveled about 3 hours into nowhere to bass fish, but left our tackle boxes home again. (seems to be a trend here) We ended up buying hooks at a gas station and for lures we bought gummy worms. We semi rigged the gummy worms like plastic worms with the large snelled hooks, snells removed, and caught fish like crazy. Funny but I have not used or even bought gummy worms again.
Once I ran out of bait while fishing for trout so I put rose hips (berries from wild roses) on my hook like salmon eggs and caught some carp that I cut up for bait. That worked well enough.
I bet there are a lot of funny baits, lures, that have been used by Larry and the guys, so lets have fun and tell our stories.