Jigfishn10

I’m may be over thinking this but I’m suffering paralysis by analysis here. I want to fish deep water structure at say 60’ max - deep for me anyway - and I want to spool a baitcaster with 14 lb mono, what’s the rule of thumb with line capacity for selecting a reel? Twice the depth? Three times? I never put a lot of thought into it. Or is it just what I mentioned earlier; paralysis by analysis?

You may not have been been around for that long @DitchPanda, but your making a positive impact. Thank you for the kind post! I appreciate you. I’ve been told the same thing about the boat I’m getting @haggard, “it’ll surprise you that it’ll perform more than just an inshore boat.” Would love to get out on the water with you one of these days?! Keep in touch. Thank you so much for the kind words. Merry Christmas!

Hey @Darren., long time bud. Hope all is well with you and the family. Thanks for stopping by. Appreciate you!

I had a rescue puppy do the same thing. I ended up splitting the grip instead of a full replacement. Thought I’d throw that out there, although you sound pretty committed to replacement. Good luck on the repair.

Could be anywhere from a rocky bottom to rock piles to isolated boulders.

Would you recommend fishing braid in rocky structure? Was hoping if you could help refresh my memory. Thank you

Happened to me Thursday night as a matter of fact ... felt like I was in the penalty box.

Winter blues sinking in early?...?...Although, last winter was pretty mild - here anyway - me thinks we're in for a much different winter this year.

And I thought I was the only one that used Meguiar's on my reels... ?

Anyone know any custom jig head makers or suppliers where I can get premade painted jig heads similar to this one? I'm looking at 3 different sizes with 4/0 hooks in like a chrome blue color scheme. Any ideas, lemme know. Thank you.

Did you hit the Larceny last night?! Leave it to you to post something like that. ?

It was a weird day and night. At times the snow would come down and pile up, then switch over to flooding rain. The winds were pretty strong throughout. I have to chase the trash barrels today as well, forgot to tie those up. ?

Oh wow, I feel for you @WRB, the past couple of years dealing with vision issues hasn’t been fun for me either. I've been in and out of the eye doc so many times, and this is no lie, they asked me to write a review for their web site. My condition is known as central serous retinopathy. No known cures and a possible “we think it’s caused by stress”. “Usually, it corrects itself, but we may be able to do laser eye surgery with a 50/50 chance it will get corrected.” In my case the fluid build up is directly inline with the optic nerve and the condition has left scarring. Laser surgery will correct the fluid problem but potentially, could leave more scarring. I had an eye appointment this past Friday and the subject of laser surgery came up again. I got decisions to make. Anyway, good luck fishing Tom, my fingers will be crossed for you with your vision issues. I pray the outcome from your surgery restores your vision. You really don’t know what you got until you lose it. To those who posted on this thread, thanks a million! You gave me a lot of good ideas here. Now it’s time for some research to see which will work best for me. Have a great holiday season!

Yep, nothing to speak of here. Driveway is clear, just gotta push some snow off the car. If anything, I have to drain my pool again and redo the Xmas decorations from the wind and rain. Boy, they better not say we’re still in drought conditions.

Not asking a lot of questions, I appreciate your advice. Vertical jigging in waters that will reach 60’ max. There will be current and traditionally early and late season the wind really picks up. I’m guessing that it’s possible a 2 oz weight will be required. Vertical jigging will be SOP. Casting swim baits will be for those days where I fish at night. Few and far between but I do fish nights on occasion. I didn’t want this thread to get moved but this may help.

It’s really serving a dual purpose. Casting swim baits and vertical jigging deep water structure.

We were supposed to get the tail end of the snow tonight but it’s switching to a wintery mix now Good luck to you all in the North Country

Jigs and swim baits

Honestly, you’re not wrong, I hear the same thing. Most high/low rigs I see will have at least 2 dropper loop knots in them so you can attach multiple lures above the sinker. The one in this thread I’m planning on using has 1 attachment above the sinker and the one that was recommended to me by a friend who guides for ground fish in Maine. I guess it could be language in different regions. Stripers in Maine love Atlantic Menhaden. Shad, in the herring family. In Maine they’re called bunker. In late September, early October when juvenile bunker swim out to the open sea you’ll often hear fishermen say that the “stripers are chasing peanut bunker”. You are correct in my opinion and thanks for pointing that out.

Ah man, another one to think of! Perfect, thanks @PhishLI

Where in southern Maine? I have a house in K-Port, can you go see if she’s still standing? I have a feeling this isn’t gonna be light fluffy stuff. ?

You been out of CT for too long. ? How’s it going my friend

8-10 oz in 60’ of water? All day? Are you and @A-Jay working out together? J/K bud. A few years back - well more than a few years back - we fished Jeffrey’s ledge that dropped to the 150’ range and used a heavy weight like that b/c of the current and chop. Keeping the bait close to bottom was the key that day. Squid strips? Definitely will look into that. Thanks for the tip. Appreciate the advice on the line too. Perfect @J._Bricker!

Oh wow, some great suggestions here, definitely have my work cut out for me picking something out. Perfect, thank you and happy holidays!

Any baitcasting rods you'd recommend?