Jig Man

I have a couple with those micro eyelets. I haven’t found any knot that will “slide” through them. So I have gone to straight fluorocarbon in either 8 or 10 # test. Problem solved for me.

We had no plans for today so I took my wife to my favorite (26,000 acre) pond. We went to the third most busy launch. There were only 2 rigs there. We weren’t early. It was near 9 when we arrived. Moving out to the main lake we saw no boat traffic. I fished a bit and caught a few fish then we decided to go for a ride. One of the places I had planned to hit had a boat on it so we motored 7 miles up the Little Sac river. We spot locked under a bridge and had lunch. On the way back I went to the place where I saw a boat earlier. He was gone so I fished my favorite ledge and caught 3 and lost 3 on Shaky. Then we headed back to the truck. We covered close to 25 miles of water today. We saw to ride around boats, 2 pontoons, 2 bass boats and one jet ski. It actually felt like we owned the lake. It was a good day to be on the water.

I have owned both Tracker and Lowe boats. I had the 18’ Lowe with a 115 Evinrude. It was a great boat except in a strong wind. Lowe would be on my list if I were to return to aluminum.

I like a good game and this imo was one.

I’m watching Notre Dame / Miami right now. I just saw a one handed catch for a Miami touchdown.

Dump them on a paper towel and blot with another one if that bothers you.

I keep the jig head simple. I use dirty jigs guppy head in 1/8, 3/16, 1/4, and 3/8. I have 2 boot tail molds that I use as well as Keitech swing impact fat which I have in 3 sizes and a bunch of colors because they are so fragile. Recently I bought some Tackle Max fugitive swim baits. I am impressed with them so far. A few trips ago it took 8 Keitechs for 10 bass. Earlier this week I had 14 using only 2 fugitives and both were repairable when I got home.

Depends on the # test. If heavy and you get the weight hung up, good luck.

Thanks for not bashing my Chiefs so far. The injured kids from last season look healthy. So I expect the Chiefs to be tough again this year. We will see.

My 10# mono is 0.11. It works just fine on anything bigger than my old Stradic 2000s.

Thanks for the input. I won’t order 10# when I get my 6#. I have braid and leader on the reel but just put it on a different rod. The braid carries too much in the wind and is causing me fits. I’ll just use some 10# mono off that 5000 yd spool that I have and be done.

I use 6# on several setups. I haven’t used any heavier Yozuri. I’m getting ready to order some more and thinking about 10 or 12#. Is that supple enough to use on a 2500 Stradic?

I have used lacquer thinner to remove old contact cement on some of my recarpeting.

I don’t. I like to be where I can cover the shallow to 20+ feet with one cast.

This has worked well for me and doesn’t have the fumes as some others do.

It didn’t work today.

Pre spawn fronts are the only ones that get my attention. The rest of the time wind speed and direction are where I focus.

Personally I would hose it off before I put it up.

There are lots of ways to fish a Ned besides the two you mentioned. Watch Ned Kehde’s video where he spells it out for you. I fish Ned rigs practically every trip. I can’t remember the last time I fished a single tailed grub.

I actually prefer to use a good spinning setup instead of casting if I am in open water. It allows a better free fall than casting. If I am jigging around timber I like casting better.

In my opinion the best side imaging is Hummingbird.

I use it both was depending on the bottom around me. If it is open water I cast out, let it fall, sweep it off the bottom, let it fall, repeat.

Today they chased shaky and Ned. I threw a jig and they bit.

Today it was dragging it to rocks, getting hung then snapping it up and letting it slide back down. My version of the Jewell Pee Wee bass whacker 3/16 oz with a Yamamoto gp/red twin tail grub.

If you pay close attention you can hear the difference between feeding fish and others like carp, gar and other undesirables. I can’t always do it but lots of times I can and don’t bother to turn around.