Jigfishn10

"If you first don't succeed, never try again." ~ Homer Simpson

No problem...you want me to teach you how to catch fish now...LOL

Try clearing out your cache.

Good luck!

I made 1 last year H-N-H and had a lot of fun. I'm glad you're in. You still have your club together for this year?

In anticipation of the lead ban last year, I asked Mike (Siebert Outdoors) to make a few non-tox jigs so I could try them out. Guys, you won't be disappointed. I fished them all season last year. No complaints at all. Thanks again Mike, I'm glad you're willing to do this for us lost jig souls, here in MA.

Thanks QUANKnSHAKE for the feedback. I'm not sure what's happened the the last 24 hours, but the issue seems to be resolved.

I just looged into this site and got the following message: "To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has blocked this website from diplaying content with security certificate errors..." Not sure if anyone else is getting this message, but I wanted to let you all know. Thanks

I actually had lot of luck with zonker strips on a jig and a spinnerbait using silicone skirts. The jig was a real productive early season jig for me last year and the spinnerbait caught my PB a week and a half after ice out: You never know unless you try.

5% here but that took a long time. For me, I was able to fish a lot more the last 5 years, which certainly helped a lot. It's hard here in the northeast to get those opps if you're not spending time on the water. My five plus fish were on jigs and spinnerbaits, so now my goal is to try and get one on topwater.

I saw the buzzbait one. 3 fish slamming a topwater lure...that could get addictive...LOL EDIT: Here's the Buzzbait one:

I'm a fruit cake? Have you seen your avatar lately, H-N-H...LOL Good to see you on here again Bud!

These baits certainly look like they've been thru some battles, for sure. Great thread Ninja!

Unfortuantely the weakest part on a spinnerbait is at the R-Bend (line tie). Not much you can do about it. When a bass hits a spinnerbait at the blade arm it compresses down and fatigues the bend and...well no need to go into what happens. Dr. Spinnerbait (http://www.ko-man-ch...m/products.html) is made with stranded wire which never needs to be tuned and will not fatigue the line tie. About the only way to having replace a Dr. Spinnerbait is if you hang it up or lose it on a cast. These aren't cheap, but they are durable as all get out. I believe TW carries the line now if you want to check them out or I believe you can order direct.

It is an old SK Buzz King Blade, but I made it on a different head. I couldn't find any more blades online, so I made a couple of more blades in different colors. You can't have just one, right? LOL Thanks for the feedback, I'm looking forward to fishing this, for sure!

Not sure when I got this, but it was the late 90's maybe 2000. I throw this way too much:

Any dog walker, although the Spit'n Image always gets me out of a jam. And, hopefully this for this this year: 3/8oz tri-wing with a steel rivet for some added noise.

Just jigs & sinkers Crestliner. I have an e-mail from MA Wildlife confirming that and can forwrd to you if you want it.

Oh man, I just caught this thread. WTG Red, I'm soooo happy and jealous of you! congrats bud! I hope they get bigger!

Man...Big Bass Man, you certainly live up to your name! I will have to assume you caught those babes on your awesome paints?! Congrats my friend, you really deserve the fruits of your labor! Very nice indeed. For those of you who don't venture off to the Tacklemaking Forum, you need to! You need to see what this talented man does! I'm very happy for you Big Bass Man!

A Bitsy bug and a twin tail or single tail grub is the bomb for me!

KVD is a smart man. Would you use non-sponsored equipment and make it public?

I'm glad you're all right, Raider. I've gotten zapped by a 20 amp circuit in the past and didn't like it one bit, but I can't believe that an electrician would be that lazy and not put a transformer back where it belongs. I've been in construction for a long time and think that some, not all, electricians are lazy. Those lazy ones should never be in the trade and give the trade a bad name. Pull their license and let them flip burgers. There is no need for that crap!

Without a pic, it's hard to say, but usually spinner blades are on a split rings attached to the swivel and you can switch them out at the split ring. If the spinnerbait employs a barrell or crane type swivel then you would have to rebend the arm by simply cutting off the old bend and then rebend. At this point you can add a new swivel and while your at it, add a snap to the blade and swivel to make change outs easier in the future. Here's a pic of a spinnerbait with a snap:

Have you not had much luck with shad patterns? We don't have shad here, but shad patterns work just as well as sunfish and perch patterns.