Jig Man

X2. It would be an accident looking for a place to happen.

Do you leave the red in the meat?

1st my homemade buck tail jigs 2nd Charlie Brewer’s white pearl grub

The one that I liked the best was my Champion 206 Elite with a 225 Mercury Optimax motor. I kept it for 14 years.

I just did a survey on a local forum. Missouri guys are overwhelmingly going 2 and 2.

It is better than it used to be. However, I can not be convinced that the government doesn’t change the accuracy when they so choose.

2 in front and 2 behind is the only way that feels right to me. Everyone I have fished with does the same. I guess it is what you get used to doing or maybe it is a regional thing.

Have you tried Midway USA?

I only have them in IMX but the 843C are by far my favorites.

Not for anything that I own, I can always get another one or something similar.

If the boats aren’t close to the shoreline as they go by the waves action might help the fishing, wind sure can.

I have 30 minutes, 1 hour & 15 minutes, 1 hour and 45 minutes. I do the first 2 most of the time because they are larger. But I’m getting ready for the fall bite farther away.

If you have the tools and skill, you can drill both sides of the break and epoxy a pin in it to give it more strength.

I’ve heard that and for a while did it even between trips but I quit. I have somewhere around 20 setups in the boat and its just too much of a bother to do it plus forgetting about it, making a cast, getting a strike and trying to set the hook.

I don’t know what third would be. The top two are ZEROS and TRDs.

Lots of food for thought here. I’m going back on Monday. I have 5 setups rigged differently and a neighbor for the back seat. Maybe I’ll learn something then. Thanks for the ideas.

It is possible. I can’t tell on a moving bait like I can most of the time on a worm.

Either crepuscular period can be very good. However, around here from mid June to mid October you might sweat to death before it cools down in the evening.

I’ve been all around braid, leader, no leader, mono, fluorocarbon until I finally went to fluorocarbon for most of my fishing. I only use braid for Arigs and winter vertical jigging.

I did all 3 of those things. Do you think a trailer that has action like a twin tail grub or swimming chunk would provoke a more aggressive reaction.

Tuesday I decided they would eat a spinnerbait or go hungry. I caught a few some quality some small. Then they started short striking. I thought maybe they were hitting the blades so I pulled out a bladed jig. I still got short hits. They were in very shallow water of maybe a foot or two. Changing colors and even foregoing the trailer didn’t work. This is off color water with about 2’ of visibility. Bleeding shiner has been my go to color. I’m going back next week and can’t decide what kind of trailers to make. Any suggestions?

I hate cold so I layer up. I normally run 3-7 miles from the launch and prefer to be warm when I get there. I wear a long sleeved fishing shirt with a hoodie over it. On top of that I want a nylon windbreaker with a hood. I can peel all day if I need to. BTW: When it gets cold I pull out my down bibs which I got from Duluth Trading Co. They are super warm.

Where I live green is a universal language so I always have several Franklins in my wallet in case I see something I want or need.

That temp would have me thinking Arig or crank baits.

Tree rat.