Jigfishn10

Mine as well, the water was 60* yesterday. The ocean in Maine was warmer. My boat is out and the winter ball is on the mooring.

Sorry, I’m not so sure I completely agree with the above post. I will however, agree to disagree.

More strands in a SB skirt, more lift. Put a plastic trailer on - anything like a ribbon tail, paddle tail, etc - it has lift. You’re right, drag = lift. Dismiss!

I had to take a week off. Barbell felt like it was fastened to the floor. I needed a break. Just been jump roping the past few days. Hope you mend up soon! I enjoyed the topic. TY

Elmer was from Michigan?

I noticed on your profile that you like to workout. Have you ever squat - back squat, front squat and overhead squat? Take 100 lbs and front or back squat and compare it to overhead squat. You’ll notice that back squat and front squats are way more stable than overhead squats because the weight is closer to your base. The further away from your base the weight is the more your core has to work to stabilize the weight. Same with the blade distance away from the lead head of a SB.

I had a feeling you wore one Elmer.

The closer the blade rotates to the bait the more stable

Ok, back down the rabbit hole @LrgmouthShad. Be careful about bending the arm so far. Consider this: A Colorado blade will spin in a 45-50* angle, Indiana 30-35* and willow 25*ish. So you can see if you bend the arm too far the Colorado will bang into the hook.

Oh, get on wich ya… @fin I can’t agree more with your last post. Waaay to many variables for this jigfishhead. Put your best design together, fish, adjust and compensate. Mark as prototype and build another and keep chasing Goldilocks. My opinion on bearings. The bearings have a fixed housing and a pin on a bearing that rotates inside the housing. I install so the the pin that rotates is on the blade and NOT attached to the p-bend of the wire. Can anyone guess why?

Ahhh...I'm smellin what you're steppin in. All good. From my observations, the blade arm will be parallel with the surface because of the drag the blades present. The head arm - wire from lead head to line tie - of the bait is bent up to get the body to ride more horizontal. You have a good understanding here. Keep digging, there is a ton of information out there to design your goldilocks spinnerbait.

I don't think I understand your terminology? Lift to me is the ability for the bait to be fished near the surface at the slowest speed. Bigger and rounder blades provide more "lift". I'm in a region where slow rolling down the bottom at the slowest speed produces more. Smaller more stream lined blades allow for slow rolling the bottom. Spinnerbaits that roll over to me, are baits where the blade size is on the extreme end of the head's weight. Should be fished slow and rolls over when fished fast. What does "run as flat as possible" mean?

Does the blade gradually get thicker from swivel to the rear of the blade?

I can't really comment on the wedge, I've never fished or seen one, so I really can't tell you what makes them "tick", so to speak. Head weight and blade size all needs to be balanced for the bait to work, my guess is that Stanley has those 2 components dialed in.

My apologies, I should have explained better. Thinner blades are easier to start up and keep spinning at a slower retrieve. It doesn't mean you can't fish them fast, b/c you can. Picture yourself in a cold water situation? If you want to slow roll in clear water, what would you like in a spinnerbait? For me, I would start out with an easier starting blade, fished as slow as possible making the least noise, yet putting out vibration IF it were a bright day, sun overhead. If slow doesn't work, then speed up. The thin blade allows you to do that. Heavier blades are harder to start up and would need to be retrieved faster to keep moving. Please bear in mind, I'm talking about "like" blades with the exception of the metal thickness. Now, that is a very small part of the rabbit hole to go down in. You know as well as I that a more stream lined blade like a willow will fish faster than a Colorado & Indiana. So all things being equal, a #4 willow will fish faster than a #4 Colorado. What if you took a #5 willow? More mass, slower retrieve and you get the same attributes as a #4 Colorado. If I were to spinnerbait fish as much as I used to, I would concentrate on using a willow blade and worry about cup or crease and how deep cup or crease is. I would also use just smooth blades and use nickel, gold (although brass was my number one) and white. Hammered blades do have a place, I guess.

I've been using a Quantum US300 since the ought 2000's. I've also in the past few years have been using Daiwa CC80's exclusively in salt the past couple of years. After every outing I rinse down all my gear, especially the reels. Wipe with a clean cloth and use an 18v leaf blower to blow out any standing water where the cloth couldn't get. A drop of oil on the worm gear - if needed - as well as spool bearings. GTG! I open the reals on occasion and you couldn't tell they were used in salt water.

Very loose rules of thumb. You still need to match the blade to head weight, blade arm length and wire length from lead head to blade arm. The flatter the blade the more drag = more thump More cup = less drag and less thump Bigger blade = more thump, slow retrieve Smaller blade = less thump, fast retrieve Thicker blade = more thump, harder to start-up, fast retrieve Thinner blade = less thump (than thicker blades), easier to start up, slower retrieve

If I'm working outside at the house or in the field for my job, I'd wear something like this: At work, I'd wear this as like a jacket. Unbuttoned and with a golf shirt under or a colored t-shirt, depending on the setting.

It’s blueberry pie season, I may have to make one today.

I like a lot of different foods, but I guess if I could call a favorite, it would be some type of seafood dish. Every time I go out to eat with my family, my first review of the menu goes right to the seafood section. I'd rather have a baked or broiled fish and steamed lobster. Shell fish can be baked, steamed, raw - in the case of oysters or quahogs - or in a soup.

I've been side swiped twice in the past 5 years by people texting and driving. If I wasn't paying attention to the other car from a distance, I would have been hit head on. SOOO....if a driver is wandering into my lane then the horn shall sound. The only other time I honk is when I'm driving by neighbors out in the yard and I give them a friendly quick honk-honk. In my experience, that's pretty much S.O.P. in the Caribbean.

One of the 12 steps?

Haven't had anything stolen since I installed a Ring door bell.

I see so many union carpenters in Boston that are in their 50's and cant walk without a limp or hunched over. Sad really. Their bodies are broken down and haven't made it to retirement.