I have had fun outfishing my neighbors next to me by taking a fairly large piece of nightcrawler and blowing air into it so it will float with a hypodermic needle.
Hide it and don't let anyone see what you are doing!
I have caught steelies doing this, when no one else could catch them!
I have also caught numerous lake trout with this, while everyone was using power bait.
It's fun! Everyone else goes and gets nightcrawlers, cuz they see my foam cup of crawlers. But they don't know about the needle! It floats it well off the bottom giving me the edge!
Jen
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Expect a fish with every cast!