I was really impressed and surprised how well it cast I tried it how Stubby said he used it hook only no weight casted great plus stayed on hook great.I was usin spinnin reel with 15lb braid dont think wood be good with baitcaster. I was usin small ball bout as big as the end of your pinki just enough to cover a 6 or 8 hook

#1 your right on

If im going to keep the fish I just use a big enough leader get some hookouts and pull the hooks out, rinse and throw on ice.

LOL that dont happen very often

I had to go down to a #6 on Ray Hubbard last night as I was only feeding them with a #4. Even with the #6, I was getting mouth hooks every time. I did have to put a split shot on it though.

I would really LOVE to see a Stubby's Punch Bait! What I mean is, same ingredients, but a thinner consistency with cattails in it for fiber. Would keep me from re-baiting as often, and the fish would have a lot harder time slipping the bait off with a soft bite.

I just want the best of both worlds.

Punch bait will NOT stay on as long as dough bait Thinner consistency is gonna wash off a lot faster. I was surprised how long Stubbys stayed on you sure some peckerhead democrats (free meal)wernt gettin a free meal

Sounds like you were settin on a bunch of small democrats or went down to a 8 or even 10

let them feed them they fatting them up for me lol !

you can rig your hooks up so that the fish cant swallow the hooks by using a short dropper loop ... maybe 2 inch long dropper loop so that the fish's mouth hits the sinker drop before the hook goes down it's throat. That's how I use setting type hooks so that the fish won't swallow them and it works great... setting hooks are J type or kahle hooks .. tied on like normal except instead of the normal 8 inch dropper loop I use a 2 to 3 inch loop ... 8 inch for circle hooks as they work better with longer dropper loops. But it works great like that and hardly ever get the fish hooked deep like that.