yes i have been known to throw out the power bait especially around the opener and again in the fall. i dont fish lakes much through the summer and have much better success with fly in the river(pautzkes might work to ) but as far as colors go, most work well and some i have found dont work well for me. it can also be lake dependent. one lake the chart. kills and another lake just a stones throw away make have red as the go to color. when i fish pb i tend not to stay locked into a certain color. if i find a color that works i will always come back to it, but i never put more than two casts in a row with the same color. colors that havent worked for me(shorter this way) capt. america, any white or blue(solid), red very infrequently works, and i am not a fan of glitter, just havent seen any greater results from it. as for the eggs , they have there place to. as someone mentioned before when the fis are in the stealing mode they work great. the fish can not get those eggs off the hook. dont forget that there are other possobilities other than just eggs also!! sorry for rambling on, but i could continue if you really wanted me to . anyway any questions feel free to ask. steve.