Jig Man

I swing for the fences when I set the hook. Since I am primarily using 8# line I keep my drag loose enough to slip a little on the hook set. If I get a good one I want it to be able to pull line instead of breaking off.

I haven’t been to one in years. In our area they have been taken over by 4 wheelers, side by sides and campers. Usually pontoon boats, jon boats and a bass boat or two. Rods reels and other fishing stuff is practically nonexistent.

Cornfield fishing gear might have something.

They mix here all of the time, hence meanmouth. However the areas where I normally fish are predominately smallmouth with largemouth sprinkled in along with a spotted bass or two. This latest pattern just has me wondering.

That’s a tall order there. I have never seen any jigs like that. It might involve a mold modification to get what you want. How many would you be willing to buy if a jig maker would take on this project? I don’t know of anyone who makes that kind of jig. The only people I know of who might do it is Mike at Seibert outdoors or Ted at Cadman’s Custom Jigs.

I will eat spotted bass once in a while. I won’t eat largemouth because they smell like frogs. I won’t eat smallmouth because the biologists say because of the available forage it takes 10 years for them to reach the legal limit.

It kind of looks like the old original Lews Speed stick.

I never leave home without them all year long.

I don’t own any Lew’s reels but have several Stradics in sizes 1000, 2000, 2500, and 3000. Some are more than 20 years old and have only been greased and oiled. That’s why I buy Shimano.

I had an issue like that with an Optimax. It took a new upper tank to fix it.

I did the same thing. I got tired of the braid to leader mainly because of the rainbow in the line with lighter baits. I tried 10# and 8# on some setups and decided to go with 8# because I can use it on spinning as well as bait casting reels. I bought a 1000 yard spool so I am committed.

What you can use will depend on your reel. I have trouble with any fluorocarbon above 8# on my Shimano 2500 and 3000 Stradics.

I don’t do mine the same as cadman does. I hardly ever have mine under the heat gun for more than 10 seconds. I just want mine hot enough to give me a dull powder coat that will be thin and have no runs or drips when baked. I don’t sell jigs so I only bake mine at 350° for 10-12 minutes. The paint rarely is gone before the jig goes to Davy Jones locker.

More detail will help us like how you heat the jig, fluid bed or jar, your method of baking, etc. Are your paints stored the same? I’m wondering if there could be some moisture in the green paint.

I drag it with it ticking the bottom, I hop it with rod lifts and swims, I also swim it. I rig it with a variety of hook shapes sizes and weights.

Too many things to to address here so I will take the Ned rig. I can only speak for my area of the country. The Ned rig can be used all year long but it really shines in the post spawn to summer. It also becomes a very good bait from early fall into at least mid winter.

Most of the time I am using light line with m to ml rods. I have to set the hook hard to break through the plastic that is Tex skinned, not so much when jig fishing.

All that I have done for the last 4 trips is clean the sonar screens, use Hot Sauce on the motor and run a wet rag over the cap because of all the stuff that we get on it while fishing. Here is a pic of the side that I just took.

I used Bass Boat Saver for quite a while. The problem was that it had to be used every trip. I put Bow To Stern on maybe once every two months. Lots of times I don’t even have to do anything to the boat.

I have been fishing Arigs for 20 years and never broke a wire but the ones I use are homemade. My harnesses came from a company called Battlefield Wire which was bought out by lpo. I have one with no blades or hooks on it that I can send to you and you can set it up the way you want and give it a try. Let me know.

Depending on the depth of snow it is supposed to be low 30$ by Wednesday. I won’t take a chance on pulling the boat as I once had to get a wrecker to pull my truck and boat out of a ravine because I couldn’t make it up an icy hill. We took a ride through the trees and luckily I only lost a tail light. So if we don’t get a bunch of snow I am thinking I might get some fish from the bank at Hawker campground. We will see.

I’ve never had to use it. Back when I had a 225 Optimax with 3 sonar unit draws I had to use it often. It worked every time.

It is a sealant that can be used any where. I use it on the dash of my vehicles for uv protectant.

I’ve been using it on the motor. I keep bow to stern on the boat so most of the time just wipe with a wet cloth where water lines show.

My sensor puck flashes red. We must have different generations.