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    Worm harness blades

    I have used worm harnesses in one form or another since I started to fish lake Erie in 1955 as a 7 year old boy. My father bought most of them back then at a bait store that was converted from a small Dairy bar that used to serve iced cream it was located along Lakeshore Drive in Port Clinton west of the draw bridge.

    I have tried almost every blade design available and have settled on 2 blade designs and no longer make any attempt to use the others. I might add at this time that it is my intention to try the whiptail blade as soon as I get around to getting a few. I have settled on the Colorado Blades in sizes 5, 6, and 7. I have also settled on the Doc Shelton blade commonly called the hatchet blade, it is a unique blade in as much as all of the odd numbered blades spin one direction and all of the even numbered blades spin in the opposite direction. My own personal size preference is size 6 and size 7. Size 7 is huge and the biggest is size 8 and I have not tried that yet and it is a monster.

    My most favorite blade to date and one that is always out there fishing for me is the Doc-Shelton in size 7 with a golden shiner finish gold or copper back or Rainbow shiner finish silver or copper back. I experimented with these for quite awhile 8 or 9 years ago and they were the walleye’s favorite from the get go. I ran 3 rods on the port side with my favorite #6 Colorado’s and 3 rods on the starboard side with # 6 Doc-Shelton blades. The Doc-Shelton blades out fished the Colorado’s by at least 3 to one. So we then brought in all the rods from each side of the boat and switched the baits from one rod to the other once all 6 baits had been switched we went back to fishing with the same results only on different rods on different sides of the boat. I continued to do this switch bait’s thing the rest of that summer and found that with few exceptions the Doc-Shelton Blades out fished my beloved Colorado’s at least 2 to one. So that is where I am at today.

    Please be aware that if you purchase these blades and the vender calls them hatchet blades that the size of the blade may be one size smaller than the ones that are called Doc-Shelton they seem to size their blades different than an authentic Doc-Shelton blade. Meaning if you think you are ordering a size 6 you may get a size 5. That has happened to me on a few occasions so I just order size 7 and am done with it. Here are some links! I order most of mine from the last link and decorate them myself. They furnish them in the proper sizes and not one size smaller. I don't Know about Jann's Netcraft though as I have never purchased any from them yet but really like a couple of their colors.

    http://www.jannsnetcraft.com/silver-...s/312453.aspx#

    http://www.jannsnetcraft.com/tommy-h...s/312401.aspx#

    http://lurepartsonline.com/Shop-By-C...helton-Blades/
    Last edited by wakina; 06-06-2013 at 01:11 PM.
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