Jig Man

Cadman or Gman either one can probably fix you up. If it were me, I'd have them paint the heads while they were at it. For skirts and tools try www.fishingskirts.com

One of the xducers that I have in my boat has a temp sensor on it. It measures the temp of the hull instead of the water. It is a few degrees off the one on the tmotor but that is inconsequential. You can also get something like they send with Lund boats for an outside mount. It is a mounting board that fits against your transom and is screwed in to the boat above the waterline. I used a piece of a cutting board to mount an xducer on the outside of my friend's Champion.

I'm guessing the fluro is stiffer and in 10# that may be your culprit. I was throwing a 5" stick with a 1/8 head and 10# mono using a 2500 Stradic on a St. Croix Avid 6'6" M on Friday. I had to back the boat way out because my casts were too long.

I've been dragging around a 21' for a long time with a 45" TE 82. When it can't do the job, I don't need to be out there.

The only trailer I use on a spinnerbait is the hook.

The number that means something in your list for trolling motors is the 180. That is the reserve capacity. You should be fine. I have been running 182 for the last 4 years and they are doing a good job for me. Before that I ran 200s but couldn't find any when I bought new ones. BTW: I'd stay away from Walmart batteries. Things have changed and a lot of stores don't warranty the deep cycles any longer.

I have bought plastic making stuff from a lot of companies over the years but lately, Bear's has had all I need and at good prices.

I like to keep it simple when I can but last spring if I didn't have a bubble gum senko before the spawn I might as well have been home. It didn't work after the spawn but before it was at least 5-1 on producing.

Most of mine are rigged weedless like in the pic.

If other wildlife tend toward bass in reproduction then the amount of sunlight is the biggest key out there. For example, I know a guy who raises "BOB WHITE" quail for their eggs. In the spring when they start laying eggs there is approximately 17 hours of sunlight. He collects the eggs every day and the hens keep laying trying to fill a nest. After a specified period of time the hens quit laying. He gives the a few weeks off and then pops on the flood lights around the pens. He has his timers set so there is 17 hours of light in the pens and the hens start laying again. With the flood lights he gets another couple of months of eggs. Maybe bass are similar.

There are lots of guides on various parts of the lake. One of them is Bill Babler who also owns a bed and breakfast. You could get an all in one with him. For just an all around guide Buster Loving is very good as is Steve Dickey.

I make my own. I have tried the dipping and cutting but got tired of it so I bought some of Bear's injectors and molds. They are pricey to get into but easy to make.

Almost all of our lakes here in MO have a smallmouth population. Table Rock, Bull Shoals, and Stockton have good amounts of quality smallies.

I have used mono that was kept in the basement for over 10 years. The only way to tell is to tie some on and try to break it.

I think Ranger has been into oil bath for a long time on their trailers. Most all that ezloader stuff is made my Unique Functional Products. Give them a call and they will tell you what to do and how to do it.

After the spawn in the spring I like to use 1/4 oz jigs and beaver trailers for smallies. They work well when the fish are suspended on the flats.

If your local bps is out of them, have them look on the computer and see who has them. Then have one shipped in for you. The Spfld store does that all the time. I have had reels shipped in from Chicago and rods from Houston. It only takes a few days.

I have been using power pro for 10 years now. It is all the braid I use.

This is good advice. I'd add; charge them within 24 hours after each use and check the water level once a month. I have to add water 3-4 times each year as I fish close to 100 days and that much charging will make water go away.

Mine is on its second liner. I have poured thousands of jigs with it and it has thousands more left in it. What would you use if you didn't use one?

Always in the parking lot unless I have a driver who doesn't know how to pull a boat out of the water.

I looked into stocking some of my ponds and the biologist who spoke to me talked about balancing the forage and predators. He said never put back a perch or crappie and keep 20 bass per acre of the pond each year or I would wind up with a stunted population.

Take up bait making. There is a wonderful world out there and lots of different kinds of baits to make. I make everything except my tops and jerks. I poured 10 dozen jig heads yesterday.

If you have a chance to ride in the Xpress you won't even consider the Tracker. Xpress has the lift of a glass boat.

I swim it during the day around cover. I hop it at night in the summertime full moon.