Another tip for those who are not fortunate enough to get fresh fall eggs for the winter season. Get a jar of Pautzke's (sp?) green label eggs, the ones you always used for trout as a kid. Cut small squares of mesh, put 4-5 eggs in the center, tie it up tight with magic thread, trim off the excess mesh, and put them back in the jar. I usually add some shrimp oil to the eggs once back in the jar, and then reseal them.

To rig them, run your hook through the mesh, just under the magic thread knot, without puncturing any eggs. Then throw your egg loop around the whole thing to snug it up near the eye. These babies do not come off, so you often have to cut them off when the eggs have turned light pink and been squashed.

I found a jar of these "sacks" in my tackle box that I must have put up three years ago. They had been marinating in the shrimp oil all that time, and were still very soft. That jar easily outfished my real eggs that winter! The other benefit is that if you do up a whole jar, it will easily last you all day, and the jar takes up very little space in your vest.

Good luck!