Jigfishn10

I hate the way a split ring gets hung up on the lures line tie where the 2 end meets on the split ring. I'd rather use a snap. Except for topwaters, I get rid of the split rings and tie direct to the lure line tie.

From what I just read the blades are thinner so they weigh less. Less weight = more revolutions = less thump. Little slower than a swim jig but with a lot more flash. You may get the same affect if you cup your spinnerbait blades or get deep cup blades. The only drawback is that they are harder to start up depending on your configuration. Or just flat out downsize the blades and get the same burner affect. I wrote a post in here a year or so ago called I believe “Spinnerbait musings” or something like that and talked about all things spinnerbaits

Fly fishing for Spanish Macks looks like a ton of fun @bulldog1935...? I miss fly fishing

The thing that drew my attention to the top one was that it looked like the blades and body would run parallel with the surface as the pic is oriented as opposed to the blades and blade arm running parallel and the body more at a 45* angle with the surface. All I got was a bait that ran on its side and eventually doing horizontal hula hoops. ?

My first was a yellow perch while ice fishing. I was like 5 y/o, froze my butt off and hated the experience. 30+ years later I went fly fishing in the Colorado Rocky Mountains and caught a cutthroat trout. Fell in love with fishing.

I tried the top one @jimmyjoe and found that it was hard to keep from turning over. Granted I only got one and may not have had the best of the litter but it was enough for me not to go buy again. How did you do with that one?

Same surface area, same lift but you get a little more vibration out of it. EDIT 12/31 A few years ago I had read about traits of blades of differing weights and shallower and deeper cups and decided to "experiment" with the idea. I took an Indiana blade and flattened the cup a little and flattened the edges to almost like a French blade. I them put creases in it to almost resemble an Oklahoma blade. Unfortunately it was late fall at the time and I usually go in multi species mode so I ended up making an inline out of it instead of and overhead model. Not sure how old it is and it's been thru a few wars but it's still catching fish: It is by far the easiest starting inline with more vibration/drag - slower bait than a standard Indiana blade and I didn't experience more lift.

GUILTY! Haha The power goes out and I bring my phone to the bathroom using the flashlight app and still proceed to flip the light switch. ? BTW, I hope this is all making sense. I’m typing without my glasses on.

I’ll give him one for ya. ?

Stripe Bass, Bluefish and Black Sea Bass are what I’m targeting. Along with the Black Sea I’ll probably catch Cod, Cunner, Pollack, possibly Haddock, Monkfish, Spiny Dogfish and Cusk but I doubt the last 4 will be in the areas I’m currently mapping.

Cyclops Jigf?! ? ... LOVE IT!! Southern Maine Coast.

For me it's this one. @jbsoonerfan, gotta give it to ya for that one! Thanks for the permission to repost. So what was your favorite post?

The only pole up here was the telephone pole I caught my lipless crank on with a backcast...?

I was planning on using these in saltwater and had visions of trying them in freshwater. You answered my question about trying them in freshwater...? Thanks for the reply and technique. I'll try that this summer in the surf.

I hear a lot about these from saltwater fishermen but I never had a rod stout enough to cast them until this year. I bought some Ahi Assualt Jigs for the coming season. Any thoughts on them? From what I read a good technique is to pop the rod, make a couple cranks and let them drop on a slack line. How are you fishing them?

Some more inlines using a worm sinker with an option of going weedless.

Of course you did... Congrats on your outing ... just a little jealous here...?

I thought I had a pic, but must have erased it. When WallyWorld or DSG had sales on spinnerbaits I would cut the wire at the R-Bend. Remove the small blade off the clevis (sp) and attach the larger blade that was on the swivel. Now bend a loop in the wire, attach the swivel to the loop and wrap. Voila, instant inline. Give it a try

Worm sinkers work perfect.

Ha..ha..ha Only you would come up with that! ?

I've been making pizza for years and ever since I built the addition to my house back in 2000 I've always wanted to put in a brick oven. My family got me this:

Well, we’re about 10 min away from opening presents ?

It’s 9:35 AM EST and my kids are still asleep. We don’t expect them for at least another hour. My dog Abby, however, decided to wake me up last night at 2:00 AM to go to the bathroom. ?

Looks good. I used to drink White Pirates that looked like that. Great for this time of year but, man!, you can pack some lbs on drinking’em

I basically grew up drinking that...well not the diet version...straight up. ? I’m not much of a carbonated soft drink consumer but my father stocks up in moxie after he closes his house up in ME for the winter. You can’t find here anymore tho. It’s a very regional soft drink. Kinda like the old days. ? Merry Christmas @DanielG!