Jig Man

I put a slight bend in my bladed jigs and haven’t had trouble with them. I fish them on 7 and 8:1 reels.

I don’t know what your regd are but here in MO you can only give fish to someone when you are done for the day. If you give any away and keep fishing you are illegal and subject to a fine.

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Never. I have from 6# to 15# on 9 setups.

Do yourself a favor and go to tackle under ground and spend some time in the soft baits forum. There is a wealth of knowledge just waiting for you.

I use them without a trailer. Mine are not traditional. I rarely let mine touch the bottom. I swim them with twitches. One of my best colors is silver and red closely followed by purple and orange.

That TU OU game was butt ugly.

Good luck. Plan to spend time and money. Cnc molds make shiny baits. Cast molds do not. Bass tackle, Angling AI make good molds. Tackle under ground has a section called don’ts for newbies. It is worth the read. A good mold will run you $100 to $250 for multi cavities. Your old plastics will remelt but be careful mixing colors or you will end up with brown. Don’t try to melt Elaztech baits. They aren’t pvc like soft most soft plastics.

I use so many different hook sizes 2/0, 3/0, 4/0 and 5/0 that the color code simplifies my selection.

I fish them to 20’ all the time using 1/16 and 3/32 oz heads.

I use Zeros, jigs, and Ned rigs no matter what season and water temperature.

I use 3 different styles of shaky heads. I make my own and color them by head size black 1/8, green 1/4, brown 3/8. That way there is no guessing as to what I am picking out of the shaky head box.

I had a great top water day one year on Christmas Eve.

If you have an inflatable pfd it must be worn at all times or it isn’t legal in MO.

One of mt brothers had it done a while back. It seemed to be a routine procedure. Best of luck bud.

I like War Eagle skirts but Pradco discontinued the bleeding shad so I bought dalmation skirts from fishing skirts. Mine is the one with the bigger head.

Yes it does in my book.

What skirt colors are best up your way? Bleeding shad has been my top with gold and silver willows.

Not the same kind of broken lines that hybrids have.

I buy Pline for my ultra lites in 3000 yd spools. It lasts for years.

IB Sunday we drove 42 8’ pipes 43” into the ground to support corners and gates. This week we have been cutting trees away from the fence area and welding braces where needed. Next week the wire will be strung. Then I will get back to fishing.

Sorry but I am probably way older than any of you. Yesterday is gone and forgotten. I just got in from the lake and am planning my next trip. I don’t have time to reminisce.

Sure looks like one to me.

X2 Wire

Run a Qtip over it. If anything is wrong you will know.