Jig Man

I don’t have one. I have a battery switch so if my cranking battery dies I can flip the switch and use another battery.

Yesterday I had 3 setups rigged Ned: Gloomis bronzeback 6’11” custom with Curado bfs, 8# fluorocarbon and 1/16 oz open hook TRD; Ark rod 7’6” with Curado bfs, 8# fluorocarbon and 5/32 oz Midwest finesse weedless TRD; and 7’1” custom acid wrap rod with Curado 70, 8# fluorocarbon and 1/8 oz Midwest finesse weedless TRD. I had a green pumpkin TRD on each setup. The wind and water depth determined which weight I needed to use in order to get the bait down where it could tick the bottom. This is a Midwest finesse jig with a specialty Victory hook.

We arrived at 9:39 to west wind of about 10 mph. The air was 37° and the water was 42°. We went to our old standby spot. It is about 1/2 mile of rocks and ledges. I got 5 on the Ned and my neighbor got 3. We headed up lake and started hitting our rocky areas. Most of them only gave up a lmb or 2. As the day progressed the wind increased as usual and we had 2-3 foot rollers slamming us the rest of the day. I managed to catch 8 more fish. Of my 13 9 were lmb and 4 were smb. I wound up with 6 keepers to 4#. I will take that for a windy January day. I only caught fish on the Ned.

It is 30° out and supposed to get to mid 40s with wind below 20 mph. The next 2-3 weeks are supposed to be cold with ice and snow so I am on my way to Stockton for a while.

Trout fishing on laky Taneycomo it was -5°. It took 30 minutes to get the motor started. The steering was frozen so we piled paper from the trash can in the splash well and burned it to thaw the steering. After a 6 mile boat ride I deployed the trolling motor and it was frozen. It turned out to be a very cold skunk day.

Flambeau boxes are what I store Elaztech baits in. They don’t melt if you keep regular plastics away from them.

I agree with you guys on color. My main smallmouth baits are jigs, ZinkerZs, and TDRs. I don’t even know how many colors of each that I have.

Is the material rotten or just torn? If just torn a good upholstery shop should be able to fix it. My Dowco was made to fit my Nitro dual console with a Motor Guide trolling motor. When I bought a Minn Kota it had to be remodeled to fit. Then I added a Shuttle Slide mount and it had to changed again.

You might shiver, shake and gag but within 5 minutes the cramp is gone. The idea here it to divert your brain away from the cramp senses to the mustard.

I’ve had 2 custom covers. The first one was from Aurora Canvass in Battlefield MO. It was still good after 14 years of setting out on the boat in campgrounds as many as 100 days per year. It made several trips to S TX and MS. The one that I have now came with the boat and was made by Dowco. It is 10 years and old has no leaks.

Mustard for cramps is no joke. It absolutely works. I get cramps often so I keep it in the boat and truck. I first read about this in an article about some orthopedic surgeons who were avid kayak enthusiasts. One of them got cramps and nearly died. They decided to research it and came up with yellow mustard being the best for cramps.

Mine came with them. They are there so I use them.

Jigging spoon is my choice for vertical fishing.

Thanks. I don’t have any on hand but can pick some up. These spoons are not going to be used soon. They are replacements for when I need them and we are in the midst of a cold snap.

I doubt that the chrome spray could stand the heat and I don’t have any clear powder to try your idea.

My babbitt spoon box is starting to run low and I don’t have any more. It is just about spooning time so I poured up 30 hard lead blanks this morning. I want to keep 20 of them from tarnishing so I sprayed one with clear and one with chrome (rattle can). The chrome looked better. I know the paint won’t stay on long but the spoons have a short lifespan anyway. Will it be any benefit for me to do a clear coat over the chrome?

Yes I do. I want a new Ranger $96,000 added electronics $15,000 a new truck to pull it $65,000. The problem is I am about $175,000 short right now.

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I have been in the same situation as you are in. Don’t expect to get much for your electronics because they are probably several generations old by now. I have sold some sonar units here on the flea market and other fishing and boating forums. Facebook market place might work for you.

Crow Horse I carried my kit until I figured out that it never broke at the knot. Then I left it at home. I was using 15# braid to 10 and 12# leaders.

We have been catching shallow fish for several weeks but the weather has changed. We are in a cold period that looks like it will last a couple of weeks. The water temperature is sure to drop and I am expecting the fish to move deeper. Getting ready fot that i am going through my jigging spoons and assembling some knockoff jigging raps. The will be used in rocky and ledgy areas. My question is for those of you who fish them do you cut off either or both of the end hooks or just leave them on.

Uni to uni, Albright, Alberto and several others mostly broke at the knot. I got tired of this and started on the fg. As I looked around and watched videos, I realized that I needed the tool. It helped a bunch. As I tied them I kept needing another tool for cutting etc so I made myself a kit. I’ve never had an fg knot fail.

I’ve been using Curado 70 reels for Ned rigs for several years. I decided to try a Curado bfs reel just to see the difference. Now I have 4 of them.

If you haven’t already seen this video it will be well worth your time. I believe that Ned mentions as many as 6 ways to fish it. I only fish it 3 ways. The last time out I had 18 all on Ned green pumpkin.