Jig Man

I didn’t get a chance to use the hot sauce. A storm blew us off the lake and we drove home in the rain. Everything is covered with road gunk right now.

My neighbor keeps his in the original packaging in a tackle bag. He also keeps his Keitechs that way. You could get a bill through congress faster than he can find a particular color.

I got a quart of Ajay’s Boat BIng Hot Sauce. I’m taking it with me to the lake today. I’ll check it out when I get back to the parking lot.

Have you looked at Captain Hooks? They are ligit. They are the retail store for Shorty’s Hook sales.

Maybe a couple of hundred all jigs included. I rarely go after a hung bait unless it’s expensive. I don’t want to disturb the area for the cost of a bait especially if I am using light line. I’ve been known to lose a dozen or more on a single brushy bank.

Zman baits seem to destroy all kinds of hooks. I also pour my own heads. For the Ned I use Victory hooks that fit the Midwest Finesse weedless mold and Gamakatsu hooks for the open ones. Over time they all will rust and break.

Here is where I get mine. https://www.livingrubber.com/collections/rubber-skirting-material?page=1

It is not uncommon to find spots pretty deep. Last year we had an area where the water was70’ deep. We regularly caught spots dow to 40’ deep and sometimes deeper. The Keitech with a 1/4 to 3/8 head was the best producer. We don’t normally have much surface action from them.

I already have all of that except the chips. I’m not one to eat in the boat. I never take food with me. The thing that has helped me the most is the trolling motor. It has lots of useful features like keeping a heading when the prop is turning, cruise control, the ability to follow a contour line, speed adjustments of at least 20, spot lock and self deployment and stowing features. I can control it from any of my sonar units, the foot pedal or a remote. If I had to give it up I would quit fishing.

Deep is a relative term. For me it is over 25’. Here is what I normally use for spots on upper Table Rock in the White River arm. 1 Ned rig with appropriate head size 2 Keitech swing impact fat in 2.8 or 3.3 3 Jewell Pee Wee jig in 5/16 to 7/16 with a Yamamoto 4” twin tail grub

Salt will definitely require a lot more colorant. I got tired of using it a long time ago and quit. That site has hundreds of soft plastic recipes. I hope you get it to turn out the way you want it.

You can make your own parasite clips. All you need is some wire a couple of finishing nails, a piece of wood and a pair of pliers. I use galvanized wire from Lowes.

Here are some more. https://www.google.com/search?q=yamamoto+baby+bass+recipe&rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS855US855&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

There are lots of baby bass variations. When I make it I use a watermelon base. I add it a little at a time counting the drops, stirring and watching. I write down the #of drops. Then I add small amounts of flake (black, gold and sometimes green). Keep track of the amount of each color flake. When I have it the way I want it I make some baits to check it out. It is a lot easier to add colorant and flake than it is to add plastisol. I used to have this all written down but it has gotten misplaced. Sorry

No I don’t. Even when people are having trouble launching or loading I don’t say a thing. I used to but too many times it just caused them to get angry. I think it is a hillbilly red neck ego thing.

I keep mine in Flambeau boxes. They warp the regular boxes.

Yep I the length limit at Stockton has been dropped to 12 inches so I was planning to keep a couple for a cornbread and beans dinner but that didn’t happen.

I use living rubber a lot as well as silicone. I can’t tell much difference.

Even though the weather is still “summer” 85°+ and the water is in the upper 70°s fishing has picked up. Yesterday I was able to get 17 bass with 5 nice keeper smallmouth and 2 keeper largemouth on shaky. None were deeper than 6’.

Yesterday I took my neighbor fishing. One of the targets was spotted bass which typically hang around bridge piers. We were trying out some swim baits different from Keitech. We hit one bridge that only had largemouth and smallmouth on it. We fished for smallmouth until it got warm then made the 10 mile run to another bridge. It only had largemouth on it. I’ve been fishing these bridges for years and never have I seen the spots disappear. Anyone had this experience where you fish.

The fish so far are right where they have been all summer (in the rocks from 3-10’ deep). The air is still in the mid 80s and the water is 75°-77°. And it is supposed to be the same for another week or so.

I wear the hydro gloves from USG. They keep my hands warm enough most days. If they aren’t enough I put on beaded Jersey gloves. I only use the Pitzen knot which I can tie with gloves on.

My home made cleaner is not for water spots. It is for glass, mirrors and my Hummunbird screens. It is distilled water and isopropyl alcohol.

Everyone I know who has had that is very happy with the results.

Do you have to rinse it off?