Jig Man

You should take a look at smalljaws video on locking a spinnerbait blade.

You must not have many rocks where you are as we have down here. Retying a bait was never the issue for me as I had to retie the leader. I rarely had a break off at the bait. Mine came at the braid/leader knot. I used the Albright, uni to uni, Alberto, and others. I was using 30# braid with 12-17# leaders. I wasted the better part of a year. I finally gave up and went back to lines other than braid. Good luck. I hope your experience is better than mine.

I need all of them in my arsenal so I carry 10 setups of each.

Yes red. I want mine to look slightly hungover so they will be easy prey.

Mine is going to be spent indoors with the AC on 90° and sunny is not my cup of tea.

A couple of things you might consider; Ned rig with Zman TRDs and fluorocarbon line. That combination sure has been good for me the last several years.

I have one of them around here somewhere. I haven’t seen it in years. My daughter bought it for me. I found it to be bothersome so I quit using it.

X2 on the jitterbug. If there are any bass there you will find out with a black jitterbug.

Just send it to the Chiefs and be done with it.

The visibility changes in the lakes that I fish by where I am. Down towards the dam the water is normally clear with visibility 6-10 feet in the early spring. It normally is less in the summer. As I motor up stream the water starts changing getting more dingy. The farther up the rivers that I go the visibility decreases. Yesterday I was fishing up a river. I was catching bass on a bleeding shad spinner bait and a white buzz bait. I worked my way up to where visibility was maybe a foot. Both baits produced in both locations. I was alternating with a black buzz bait in both areas. The black never even got a hit. I pay little attention to water color vs bait color. My philosophy is change and keep throwing until something works.

My guess is because that is the way engineers designed them.

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.