Jigfishn10

What test or line diameter are you using?

I tie with rod builders thread, but have stripped the plastic off of telephone cable and used the copper wire from it.

My son and I will be hitting Buckmaster's tomorrow after school. I know the jig and craw has been on, we'll see if I can get him on a spinner bite. Spinners have been touch and go, but man, I would love to see him nail a nice one this year! Here's some of the spinners he's been using:

Topwater action will be heating up in the next week or so and I've never used a hybrid line for topwaters, can anyone recommend a decent hybrid line for a dog walker? I've always used mono and I wanted to try something else. Thanks all.

All my jigs lasted a long time, it's the fishing line I have problems with!

Usually on a slow day I'll finally hook into a couple, the first one would be...let's say...undersized and the second would be "this one's got some meat to it!". Always turns out to be around 2 lbs or less...LOL...always the glass half full fisherman, ya know?

Never. Most bottom type lures are hard enough to detect a strike at times, why add another piece to the rig?

Jig. It's pretty much the first bass bait I learned. I strayed from it for a while and jumped into the Senko type bait craze, but in '10 I went back to my roots and went back to old reliable, the jig.

Wow, sorry about your day. That old adage about a bad day of fishing beats a good day at work really doesn't apply to your outing. Keep your chin up Bud!

Having a better day?

I was using them the other day and used a stop and go retrieve along the bottom...great action on the and a great time! Sorry for the confusion, I used them on a spinnerbait, that's what made me think of swim jig.

Every day I get home from work...

I was actually thinking about a 3" Berkley Powerbait Minnow, not so much for the finesse aspect of them, but for a little more speed.

White (blade) on white (skirt) on an overcast windy day can't be beat. Chartreuse blades for smallies can't be beat. My personal favorite is a flourescent orange blade with a chartreuse skirt in clear to stained water...killer for me this year. IMHO, a painted blade sillouettes better under water than a metal blade. I find that sometimes the fish get spooked on the flash and would rather have something more subdued. BTW, you can buy painted blades and the finish will last a lot longer than if you sprayed yourself...trust me, I've tried the painting route...LOL Good luck.

SAHWEEET...Great job with that! I'm sure you'll be spending many a Saturday's making jigs in the winter...LOL

That was an awesome post Big-O, thanks for chiming in on this. I love information like that. I just sent you a PM. A-Jay, that is a gammy ewg, I'm still experimenting with hooks as well. Guys, this has been a real learning experience for me. All the posts were very helpful. Thanks a million.

Matstone7, I would have thought that either way would provide lift, but after thinking about it I can see what you're saying. Thanks for posting that. A-Jay, it's pretty much the same jig I posted late last winter in the Northeast forum. I'm still tweaking a bit, but so far so good. I don't swim jigs very often and this works pretty well for the technique. Sorry for any redundancy.

Thanks for all the great replies. Here in MA, we're dealing with a lead ban and I've been experimenting with different concepts. I've been using this tungsten homemade concept this season and have had great success. I thought the swimming action on this was better with the tail up as you all had mentioned, but I thought I was making a mistake by not rigging the other way. Anyway, here's my MASS Complient Jig I've been using:

I like swim jigs tipped with a single tail grub and I would like your opinions as to how to rig the grub: Up, down, sideways, does it matter? Thanks for your help.

Thanks Daddyodo, I made this one around late June and had such good success with it I went ahead and made a clear w/blue crystal skirted one with a chartreuse grub trailer as well as a black & blue spinner. All use a #4 Colorado blade, a 3/8 oz tungsten body and a 2/0 owner mosquito hook. You can't tell form the pic, but I have a swivel built in as well. I did make one with an Indiana Blade just so I could fish it a lil faster, but the 5/16 oz tungsten body made it a bit too heavy causing a sluggish start-up. I'm planning on downsizing the weight on that for a better option in the future. If your interested, I'll take a pic of them and will post on another thread or I can PM you? Thanks for the kind post Daddyodo.

There's no doubt about it, what islandbass mentions is all true. Here's mine: I hated the grip and this wasn't a great rod, but I'm happy with it and it feels more comfortable. May I suggest just taking some sand paper and molding the grip to your hand? Instead of starting out with a course grit, maybe a finer grit to get the hang of it? Just a suggestion? BTW IB: Outta the park with that split grip! Awesome job Bud!

Hope all turns out well Tom, Go get em boys, looks like you boys have a full roster! Have fun and good luck!

Raul is correct, spinners are considered "beginner" lures and long forgotten lures, but the one below as well as some other different colored ones I've been using up here with great success should be in your bag of tricks! Sometimes you need to get inline!

Fish it more often than I should! PM me and we can discuss.

Let me know if I can help out, Matt. Good luck.