Jig Man

Lifetime supply near 500’ $15 at Lowes.

It may be time to get cranky. Save nasty for later. Maybe the neighbors need to spring for a dump truck to haul it away instead of blocking your drive.

https://barlowstackle.com/lure-making/spinner-blades-and-buzz-blades/?page=2 I buy from these guys.

I think I would find out and make them aware of what they are doing in blocking a private drive.

Are these guys private contractors, city or county people?

I can’t tell much difference. In the pic regular on top fine on the bottom.

Bunny was as boring as the first half. I think I will wait until tomorrow to see the exciting finish.

The first 1/2 has bored me to tears.

When I used braid to lrader I tried several different knots. The fg is the only one that didn’t break at the junction.

The biggest issue I have is my partner’s rod tips sometimes get in the way if a good fish makes it to the back of the boat.

I have one of the original Bac Racs. I bought it to use in other people’s boats. It has been a very good tool for me.

I am interested in seeing what you get and how it fits. So please post some pics when you get it installed.

I was running 6-7’ leaders on my 7’ spinning setups ( 15# braid/8# fluorocarbon) before I got some bfs reels. The leaders are still there but the rods don’t come out of the locker any more. The longer leaders was to account for lots of hang ups and break offs.

I have been following this thread. My boat is a dual console and my rods are 7-7’6”. I am not sure they would fit.

We are watching the Olympics right now. I really like the ice skating. They re o coordinated yet graceful.

I like to do two because it holds stuff in place better. Sometimes if there is a bunch of components I will wrap thread around it to get everything in place then wire tie. There isn’t a right or wrong way to do it. You just have to figure out what works best for you.

I totally agree with cadman. Those bands will rot and fall apart. Even a wire tie from a loaf of bread would beat the bands. I use copper floral wire from Lowe’s. Some guys use small zip ties. I tie my wire with wire twisting pliers from HF. https://www.harborfreight.com/6-in-safety-wire-twisting-pliers-57397.html?hftm_sc=93&hftm_source=google&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=21901739207&campaignid=21901739207&utm_content=171677808942&adsetid=171677808942&product=57397&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21901739207&gbraid=0AAAAADAHb4cwUem1AwFM3bQ2mxdmIwvAq&gclid=Cj0KCQiAnJHMBhDAARIsABr7b84DiFYEaquUcVVU-fq6klwDCPZl_bq-sBrrFkPjrduYrppjj_QOJtoaArgPEALw_wcB

My jigs are made with 6” skirt tabs so they get severely trimmed. I like to pair them with 4” twin tail grubs, either Yamoto or homemade. There really isn’t much of a skirt as the hook is a 2/0 little nasty.

That pic is actually a Jewell Pee Wee called Bass Whacker. I do make a knockoff which is very similar. The top row is mine while the bottom row is Jewell’s, bass whacker and Hail Mary. I make 3/16, 5/16, and 7/16. They are good smallmouth baits.

I make mine like the Jewel finessePee Wee jigs. They are fish catchers.

I don’t know how you north people can stand it. I only go to go twice in January and it’s killing me. I can’t imagine having to wait another month or two to wet a line. We are covered with the nasty white stuff but it may go away this week. I plan to check out the roads and Stockton lake on Thursday to see about launching on Friday. I learned the hard way to not pull a boat on icy roads.

What I mean is your hitch comes out of the truck and drops down a couple of inches. The one in the pic you posted comes out and rises a couple of inches. If you take the ball off, pull the hitch, turn it over and put the ball back on you will have gained several inches. I had to do that myself when I traded boats last time.

Look at the pic of your boat. The hitch is opposite of the one in th lt pic. Fix yours like it and see it that solves your problem.

If that doesn’t work get a different hitch.

No heavier than that boat is I would take the ball off, pull the hitch, turn it over put the ball on, hook it up take it for a drive and see how it pulls. I assume that the jack won’t go down enough for a hookup.