Jig Man

Zoom swimmin' chunk for me.

There isn't room enough for me and music in a boat. I don't want any distractions when I am fishing. I rarely see wildlife on the bank or in the air because I mostly look at my target and watch my line. Music in the boat would drive me crazy.

I think you left the best ride out of your list. Champion is the best ride I have been in and that is why I bought one.

That WG gets in my way. It is the last thing I do.

They all tie about the same. The thing to do is all of the tying before installing any weedguard. Go to some of the web stores like Barlow's, Jann's Netcraft, Lure Parts on Line, Lurecraft, etc. See what they offer then check with Siebert Outdoors or Cadman and see what kind of deal you can get on heads of your choice.

Be sure that you have your Lss box hooked up to power. How is your lss ducer installed? Do you have any pics?

You should go over to www.tackleunderground.com and have a look at the dos and don's for newbies. There is a ton of info there and most of it will benefit you if you get into making your own baits.

I have from time to time. I have used wood and Styrofoam but prefer the H type made of plastic.

Not familiar with the MK but I have Dual Pro and it is a very good unit. After one bank went out on the original after 10 years of hard use, they gave me a good deal on a new one.

Buy them from Cadman like I did.

X2 I run a 10 boom sprayer doing the same thing. I hook it to a plugin on the back of my truck. It is wired to the tail lights so I have a switch for off and on.

Jigs and all of the molds, lead, skirt materials, hookes and weedguard.

You have a good start with an idea. You can keep the cost down buying precast heads and attaching the skirts. Cadman might even sell you some jig heads or you can look at Janns, Barlows, Lure Parts on Line, Lure Craft, etc.

I want all of my stuff to feel and work the same so I don't have to guess at night. So I buy Shimano Curados and Gloomis IMX rods. Just the stiffness and weight of the bait is the only difference when I pick up a setup.

Where did you see that info? Was this a survey, study or just your impression. I don't know anyone who doesn't like to do it at least part of the time.

Trigging works fine. I especially like to do it and have a bell sinker inside the tube. That is the most weed less way I have found to fish it.

Jig for me of course.

I fish the same colors and same baits as I do during the day. I use a light on my cap like the others. Sometimes I use my black lights and sometimes I don't. I don't use a spot light. I we have a 30 mph speed limit in MO so I don't need it. I use a gps for navigation. I have heard that dryer sheets will keep mosquitos away but haven't need to use them yet though I have them in the boat just in case. I wear light colored clothes as that is supposed to help keep them off.

One of my buds has 2 birds. I have 2 Lows. I think his side and down are better than mine while my 2d sonar is better than his.

6" ram right in front of the trolling motor pedal. I like it much better in the center than on the right.

I change mine every 100 hours. When I had a 2 stroke carbed engine I changed every year.

I tried every digital I could buy and none of the gave a consistent reading so I bit the bullet and bought a boga. Not only is it good, it makes it easier to land a good fish with treble hooks in its mouth.

Lately smallies have been hitting a green pumpkin tube and a purple soft stick for me.

Spray it with Real Magic and it will get quiet.

Not much can be done that I know of. When I had one do that I put it out in the sun and let it bake out. It helped a little. Then I carried it in the truck and only put it on the boat when I fished.