Jig Man

None of the above is my favorite. I like to use a jig with what ever as a trailer. Second is Trig, then wacky.

The first thing I do is mark a wpt because the lake I fish mostly doesn't have houses or boat docks and lots of places look alike. Then I either use my memory or a map and look for more spots like JF.

I suppose it would be Jack Rudnay when he was the center for the Kansas City Chiefs. We used to meet on Tuesdays which was his day off.

I use it for visability so white and hi vis yellow are my colors with or without a leader.

Two things I always have tied on: tubes (they find fish for me) and jigs (they catch bigger fish).

I did not know gate shears were available at a place like Home Depot. You can dip them in the powderpaint jars. I did it for years. You can use any heat source to warm up the lead. I use a small propane torch when only doing a few. Some guys use a heat gun. I have used a candle. Be sure to paint them and put the skirts on before attaching the weedguard. I'm sure Cadman has some instructions that he might email you. Ted seems to have a file for most everything. Also you might contact him for paint. He had some cheap a while back. If you have a Harbor Freight Sales near you they have a few colors of powder.

Mostly you can get by with some pliers and side cutters but a good pair of gate shears comes in real handy. You will need a way to paint the heads so when you order the gate shears get a few colors of powder paint. On a personal note if you are only going to make for yourself you can buy pre poured spinnerbait heads and not have the cost of a mold.

Gloomis IMX 844c for 3/4 and 1 oz jigs Gloomis IMX 843c for 1/2 and 3/8 oz jigs

For the money there is nothing wrong with the Bionic Blade rod. Like previously stated, get a mid grade mono till you get real familiar with the setup.

MG and MK take different sizes of holes with the MK being much larger.

Amber Costas for me.

There are lots of good batteries out there. Brands don't make much difference because lots of them are made in the same plant and just carry a different label. For trolling motors you need to get deep cycle batteries with the highest reserve capacity (reserve amps) that you can find. I like 200 reserve amps on flooded cell batteries.

Your 6 am charger is a slow charge. You should have a 10-15 amp charger for the batteries. There is a very good chance that you never got the batteries recharged completely after the first two trips. Get a hydrometer so you can check the specific gravity of the cells when you have charged them. At full charge they should be 12.7 volts.

With a bit of ingenuity and some JB Weld you can fix that sucker back like it used to be. I've go a bunch of it on some of my molds that I "customized" and didn't like the outcome. Back to your original problem, are you sure you have the correct size of things for the mold? A hook that is too big won't let the mold close or if they have different sizes of screw locks is yours the right one. I really don't know about commercial screw locks as I make my own.

I own 3 trailers and most of the problems I have had are bare wire or bad grounds. The first thing I'd do is check all the connections and sharp bends. It could be a simple ground problem and or a frayed wire. If you can isolate the problem it may be a fifty-cent fix instead of a $20 and 3 hour fix.

When I am working a jig and craw in brush and get a bite it is generally on the fall down in the middle of the pile. All I can do is set the hook and keep pressure on the fish until it comes out and most of the time that is exactly what they do. I can't really say about standing timber as we don't have much of it around. But it might be worth a try for you.

I was expecting you to expect that post Mike. Why change something if is isn't broke.

When that happens to me I assume that there are more than one fish and for some reason the first one didn't take the bait. So I beat the heck out of that place to see how many I can catch.

Cut the tab 1" longer than you need (1/2 inch on each end to hang on to).

Any knot will work. An arbor knot is the simplest. http://www.animatedknots.com/arbor/index.php?Categ=fishing&LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com I always spool like a baitcaster and don't have any twisting issues with my Shimano spinning reels.

Go to an auto parts place and buy you a cheap hydrometer. Check to see what it shows. Then charge them and see if they take a charge.

I buy outdoor carpet at a carpet shop. I know it is a brand but I ask for astro turf so they know what I want. I glue it down and staple it on the bottom of the bunks.

Way to pretty to bang off the rocks where I fish. NICE...

Where it shows on the trim gauge is not important as it can be changed with a setting and has nothing to do with the actual angle of the motor. Rooster tails don't matter to me. I look at rpms and speed.

Nasty out there. I had totally forgotten what holiday weekends are like. I only went to check out some emailed wpts but too rough to tell much about them.