Jig Man

Go to the NADA guides and look up various boats and motor combinations and you can get a pretty good idea.

I don't use them. I make my own and in different sizes to match small, medium, and large plastics. They are easy to make with some 26g wire. $3 worth of wire will last you a lifetime. And yes they hold baits in place.

I like the BC ride better than Sket and I have been running a trouble free Opti for a long time.

I cut leaving a few inches just in case I have to replace the head.

I like them both. I use them both. I also mix them. Silicone is easier and faster for me to put on a jig.

I use BBS on the boat, seats, windshields, trolling motor, motor, truck dash, sonar screens and have heard that it works like RainX on the windshield of vehicles though I haven't tried that yet. I have heard lots of good about BTS but still have over 1/2 gallon of BBS to use before I try it.

I put mine in labeled clear boxes by bait type: craws, jig trailers, swim jig trailers, beavers, brush hogs, shaky worms, drop shot, etc.

Like stated it depends on how you fish. I have 843s and 844s but like my 783 better. I can use it with lighter jigs, spinnerbaits, buzz baits, tubes, jerks and cranks if I have to.

Take a popsicle stick and stir the paint as you adjust the air down to where the volcanos go away and all will be well.

Buy a blank mold and take it to a machine shop. They should be able to do anything you want, though it probably won't be cheap.

I have a light Bronzeback that is 6'9" or maybe 6'10". It is matched with a Curado and is great for those kinds of situations. I use it for grubs with 1/8 oz heads, light cranks and small jerk baits.

If a 2/0 Mustad 91768BLN is heavy enough wire for you then the 1/8 oz spot in a Poison Tail jig mold would work with an FG12 weedguard. That is one of the hooks I use in my 1/8 oz jigs.

I use the Bakudan drop shot weights. 5/8 oz is the largest cavity in my mold. I normally use 1/8 and 1/4 oz the way I fish it.

Good looking setup bud. Since you won't have to do much respooling with the braid, I'd like to recommend a way to get it like you want first try. 1. Decide how much braid you want on the reel. Cut if off and splice it to the backing line. (I use the Alberto's knot but there are many others.) 2. Tape the end of the braid to your reel spool and wind it on. Wind the backing to the point that the spool is filled the way you like it. 3. Cut the backing and walk the line across the yard to get it off the reel. 4. Attach the backing on to the reel spool and rewind the line. 5. That will eliminate having to much or too little backing on the reel and you are set to go.

The size of weight corresponds to the depth of the water. I use anything from weightless to 1/2 oz. depending on how deep I have to go to get bitten. Most of the time I can get away with 1/8 and 1/4 oz. heads.

You guys need to move to Springfield, MO. The customer service there is fantastic. They even exchanged a fly rod and reel one day that had been burned in a house fire.

Some guys in my town started a bass club. I found out about it and asked if I could join. They let me in and I learned a lot from the different people with whom I was paired.

Glad you settled on something G. Now get them and catch some fish.

I make most of my own so sometimes I will have as many as 20 different shades and color combinations of one size bait. The ones that I purchase I tend to keep to 10 or less.

I had some heated socks and they did not do the trick for me plus the big old battery kept getting in the way. Now I use gortex boots with 800 grms of thinsulate and when it is really cold I use my socks the the pockets on the top of the toes. I put the little toe warmer bags in the socks and hope my feet don't get too hot.

I don' have any of it yet but the 8 is what I am saving to buy.

It was 6° when I got up this morning. The high has been 29° but my boat has been in the glass shop from a careless driver Tboning me on Sept 10 and I am supposed to get it back today. I don't care if the low tonight is going to be 15° and the high tomorrow at 35°, I'm taking that boat out.

Mine are held open by the gas shocks. You can get them at RV centers or auto parts stores.

If you fish a couple of times each month a Stay in Charge might do the trick for you. Check them out. http://www.stayncharge.com/

They are for me. They are light weight and very sensitive.