Jig Man

If you don’t drop shot, this probably isn’t for you.

I have a drop shot mold I will sell for $40.

You should read don’ts for newbies for sure.

You might get better advice by using a forum with mostly Missouri guys instead of guys from all over the globe. Phil Lilly has Ozark Anglers. You might want to check it out.

Mine is 2/1 and it is measured in mm. I have it in many sizes up to 40 and all of it is mm.

The boat for the river won’t be very good for lakes. Jons with jets make great river boats. Fiberglass glitter sleds are great for lakes. I wouldn’t even consider an aluminum fishing boat on Lake of the Ozarks. Figure out where you want to fish then look for a boat that will fit your needs.

Mine is the smallest size at Harbor Freight.

Super moment to remember.

Easier said than done for me. What size shrink tubing do you have? My smallest is 3.5mm. It is still loose on the hook. It needs to be glued.

Google bait making sites under ground. You will find one that has every thing you need to know.

I tried a pm and the info was censored. Pm me ypur phone number and I will text it to you.

Mine has similar categories. I keep mine in Excel that way I can do filters and extract the information that I want and get it in a report.

Call Tracker marine and ask them what size will fit.

I wouldn’t use glue.

I use 1/16 and 1/8 oz heads with 4/0 hooks. Ive caught smallies up to 4.5# on them. They are really good for pre spawn white bass also.

All of the above.

Spinner bait and buzz bait so far, probably jig and shaky later.

3/16 and up on a Curado 70.

Painful but still humorous.

Nice. My dad played the mandolin. Me, I play a mean radio.

Missouri also has a 3 hook limit. I make my own similar to a flash mob with willow blades and only 3 baits, either swim baits or flukes.

I throw 1/2 oz spinner baits, either home made or War Eagle.

I would love to but all of my corn fields have gone away. I use to have 8 nice fields that I could hunt. I hunted every day of the week. One by one the crops changed or the farmers sold out or switched to beef instead of dairy cattle. Now there is only one and so many guys hit it that it is shot out by the second day. So good luck to you. Get a limit.

If you actually have trigger you can get cortisone/lidocaine injections. They sometimes do the trick for a few months then you need a repeat. When they stop working then the knife is the solution. I am rehabbing trigger surgery on three fingers on my right hand. I did the injections for 3 years before they quit working.

Could you firm up the connection by wrapping it with teflon tape?