jigfisher

When the waters warm I like a full skirt and big trailer but cold water I trim my skirt and keep the trailer shorter. And with colder water less action seems to be better. I've been using a flappin hog as a trailer lately and have had crushing bites. Jig is my main bait and small things get the bites. Changing skirt size and trailer size is a key. I generally have 3-4 rods rigged with different jig and trailer combinations. Rotate them and see what they want that day

I catch fish in one lake here in Pa that's full of grass on lizards year round. Most use it only as a spawning bait or c-rig but for some reason these fish will eat them anytime. I throw 6-10 inch usually in gp but cherry seed and red seems to be good too. Its not my go to bait anywhere else. The space monkey is a good bait but the smokin rooster is even better around grass for me. As for craws, the syrike kings are great but don't last long. I get hand pours that stand up way better. I use them to locate fish and when I get on them I like to pull out the Paul Krew custom pours. Hands down the best I've ever used. They fkat catch them

I removed all of mine but it won't help with casting distance. However it make your reel much smoother on retrieving. To improve casting distance look at Boca abec7 ceramic spool bearing, hawgtech or Hedgehog Studios bearings. Also a good polish to the spool, break ring and cast control spacer (on older shimanos)