Jig Man

I leave top water baits at home in the winter and jerk baits home in the summer. For all of the rest, I carry as much as I can stuff in the boat.

I fish a lot of clear highland reservoirs. They are rocky so there are lots of hang ups with bottom baits. I tried the braid with leader for a couple of years and got tired of retying leaders in the wind. One trip I got beat like a read headed step child by a guy in the back of my boat using fluorocarbon line while I was using mono. After 2 trips of that I bought some fluorocarbon. I now run it on most of my setups. I use 10# and under on spinning set ups.

I fish a lot of hair jigs that I make. I use a lot of colors depending on the time of year and water conditions. I swim twitch mine most of the time. I rarely let them come into contact with the bottom.

I use Curado 5-1. They also make a good Arig reel. I bought them on facebook Shimano Buy Sell Trade.

On that cattle thing, cattle lie down when there bellies are full. They have 4 stomachs they have to chew their cud. Cattle start eating before dawn. Well fed cattle will graze for a few hours then lie down. By 9:00 or so they should be getting full and go lie down. In 4-6 hours they have digested their food and are up and grazing again. That is an every day event no matter the weather.

I’m in the other camp here. I don’t use anything except 7 and faster. I can always slow my cranking speed down to match the retrieve that I want.

Colorado.. copper, silver, white, chartreuse sizes 3,4,5 Willow...silver, gold sizes 3,4,41/2 Barlows

When I sold my last boat, it had 4 year old blue tops going strong. My boat has 3 1/2 year old blue tops in it now.

Spray the line with a treatment and it will quieten down.

You can get a y plug cord and hook two together or get a 4 bank charger. I have had good luck with Optima blue top.

Your current cranking battery is very minimal. Instead of putting in 2 more batteries, if it were me, I would get a good dual purpose battery and give it a try. Your Helix units shouldn’t draw enough juice to give you problems with a good cranker. Look for a battery with lots of reserve capacity (200+) should do the trick. Then if you have to you could add a house battery later but I doubt you will need it.

When that happens to me I have usually forgotten the spacer, a bead or put the blade on backwards.

I had them put on my boat when I bought it new. I didn’t use them very often because I don’t normally fish that shallow. Once I got a trolling motor with spot lock they were useless so I sold them. Now there is more room in the bilge area and I am hauling 84# less around with me.

I have been using bait casters for a very long time. I have an assortment of Shimanos. I just got a Curado DC from my daughter for my birthday. I haven’t fished with it yet but have made a bunch of casts in the yard. It works like a charm going with or into the wind. I plan to make it my windy day spinner bait reel.

We have lots of rocks and wood. A rigs get hung in them a lot so I always throw them on braid. I have tried lots of baits and have caught more fish on flukes than any thing else.

I have not had that rod but have had several Lowriders. They are very good rods.

X2. I have been doing this for 20 years. I can compare weather, lake levels, baits, etc when planning trips.

I had 2 of them and got a crack at both. 1. Bass fishing guide. I did it for 6 years. It was a pretty good gig except most clients had a very low skill level. 2. Be in retail boat sales. I got a job as sales manager at a boat dealership. It should have been great fixing people up with their dream boats or quality preowned units. It turned out to be a nightmare.

I turn mine on before the boat gets launched and turn it off when it is in the parking lot.

I use 3 different fluorocarbon lines on my 70s, 6, 10 and 12 #.

I never take them off no matter where I am besides the dash Solix is flush mounted.

I am glad someone catches fish on June bug. I rarely can get a bite on it.

There are lots of places to buy what you want but they don’t ship free. A few...Lurecraft, Janns Netcraft, Barlows, Bait Junkies Tackle underground has lots of tutorials for newbies.

A quick shot with a heat gun might get the curing process going. I have done that with other applications satisfactorily.

That depends on the charger. I always call the manufacturer and ask before leaving one on for extended periods. I have been told both ways.