Jig Man

I have caught largemouth up to 6.25 on the Ned with a Victory #1 using 6# line. I don’t go after hung up baits unless they are pricey and since I started using the weedless hooks my loss of Neds has dropped significantly. Bish check your pm.

https://barlowstackle.com/victory-10777-bn-jig-hook-size-1-4-0/

That price is outrageous. Gammy hooks don’t cost an arm and leg and there isn’t anything special about the mold. I use that type with TRDs on a Victory #1 hook. I don’t move to the 1/0 and 2/0 until I am fishing a Shaky worm. Then I use a VMC hook. If you know anyone who pours lead you might buy the mold and strike up a deal. Check Barlow’s or Zinners for the Victory hooks.

Thanks a lot guys. I contacted a dealer who is meeting me at the site, looking at the floor plans and taking measurements so he can determine what they need. He said that he can start on Monday. That is good because the electricity isn’t run to the house yet and he can use the pipes that the builder has installed.

I don’t have a ml/m but I do have a ml/f 7’ St. Croix Premier spinning rod which I use for Ned and swim baits. It has served me pretty well for the last two years.

I don’t think the OP was looking for trailer backing advice. I think he was looking for those of us who have had similar experiences.

Lots of info here thanks. Keep it coming as my decision has to be made soon. Bird it is not about money. It’s about security and convenience. The longest our area has been without power is 8 days and we are up on the flatland in a metropolitan area. Down where the farm is located it is very rural with only one close neighbor and power outages are frequent.

Thanks for the info. I’m thinking it will have to be a big sucker since the house is over 4000 sq ft with a 5 car garage with a 400 amp service. It will have to be totally automatic because my grandson is a swat sniper and his wife is a domestic violence detective. They keep really odd hours and much of the time neither one is at home. Why do you test it so often?

When we had a camper I fished 100 days each year. That has drastically dropped lately. With my hand surgeries and my daughter’s battle with breast cancer I have only been 54 times so far this year. I want to get it back to 75-80 trips in 2026.

My grandson is building a rather large house on our farm. It is down in hilly country where they lose power often. I’m thinking about getting him a backup generator. Generac is all I have heard about. Any of you have a backup generator?

I have always had a tech do mine. They do it every 3 years.

I’m sure that we have all been there at some point. Just keep at it. It will come around.

It appears not many have your setup. Is this type of fishing new to you or are you just concerned about the setup?

My Humminbird one boat network has two pucks. The one in the front is the sensor for the trolling motor and is essential for spot lock jog. Since I have 3 Humminbird units that can mark waypoints the one in the back controls the gps position when I mark one so they are all marked the same pertaining to the boats location.

That would be RMP Russell Marine Products in El Dorado KS. Nice folks.

How many amps is your inline fuse?

Hey you said winter project. It’s still fall even though cold enough to be winter.🤪

Trolling motors are notorious for causing interference with sonar units. So the best case scenario is a separate battery.

Some friends of mine go to Canada smallmouth fishing every year. They always use light spinning tackle with 6# line and catch them up to 6#. They use a lot of tubes and flukes. The last time that I made them baits they wanted 100 white flukes.

Have you googled how to wire a sonar unit in a boat?

My thoughts on the original post is that I have used braid to all kind and weights of leader. I have used fluorocarbon line from 6-20#. I have always had a love/ hate relationship with braid. It is leaning more toward hate so I have changed most all of my spinning and casting setups to straight fluorocarbon 8# for my Ned, shaky, and 3/16 oz jigs.

I used to pull a 13000 # 5th wheeler. We traveled from S Texas to Canada spending as much as 100 nights per year in campgrounds. The cardinal rule for tires on that kind of rig is “don’t ever start the 7th year without new tires no matter what the old ones look like”. That is the same philosophy that I use on all of my tires and it works.

Bazoo check your pm.

Google you tube installing a sonar on a boat should get you what you need.

You are right. I overlooked it. I will check it tomorrow.