Jig Man

Tooth paste works.

Wind causes me problems with anything less than 1/2 oz. A clacker is often a flap on the shaft that the blade hits as it rotates. Squeaking is the normal sound that I like I make mine squeak by having it outside the truck window at highway speeds for several miles. I only use white or black.

I’ve needed them for a long time but the audiologists all tell me that none are designed for highway speeds in the boat so I have passed.

That’s what I use for all lines. It is called a Pitzen or 16-20.

I have a couple of dozen Shimano spinning reels of various levels. I have no idea if they have bearings or bushings. They just work.

I used to fish with a guy who had both of his knees replaced. One of my current fishing buddies has had one replaced and walks 4 miles every morning as the start to his day. He stands to fish and doesn’t have seats in his boat. A 90 year old lady down the street had it this spring. She says she is doing great. I say go get it done, rehab and get back to fishing.

Yep if you mount a ducer there you are going to have to move the winch and move the boat back or shorten the bunk.

That would be nice.

Are any of you having delivery issues? I normally get good service. I’ve had an order in for over a week and it hasn’t shipped yet.

I don’t know of any way to get hours on an XR6 unless it has a built in hour meter on the motor. Once Merc came out with the smart craft gauge it is automatically logged to it. If you have concerns, find a Mercury factory trained technician and have him check it over.

If you are breaking your line on hook sets loosen your drag. I fish finesse at least 90% of the time with various lines I don’t have hook set break offs because I have my drags set to slip when I set the hook. I fish with ewg hooks and fish them Texskin. Like stated it doesn’t take much to sink a thin wire hook.

I don’t talk to people at the launch because I know that I can’t catch their fish and I seriously doubt they can catch mine. Where I buy boat fuel there are rarely other boats and the guys buying lawn mower gas don’t want to talk to me.

Some of the smallmouth that we caught yesterday had red eyes and the meanmouth had real red ones.

What I would use is what is used around here on gravel roads. It is called dirty base. You can also get clean base. It packs well.

I mostly fish finesse baits. One of the lakes that I fish normally has 10’ or more visibility. I use braid to fluorocarbon leaders with spinning setups (because fluorocarbon is difficult to manage) and straight fluorocarbon with bait casters. It may be a confidence thing and in my head but I don’t get the bites on straight braid that I do with fluorocarbon and I have tried yellow, white and green in sizes from 5 to 50#.

If you look closely I think you will find that they are pretty much boat specific instead of age related. My Nitro tales the thin ones while my buddies Phoenix takes the larger one.

I have no sentimental attachment to baits. I don’t retire them. I pass them on. When I load the boat I leave them laying on the courtesy dock at the launch ramp for someone else to use.

It probably is a 19 or 21 pitch. The boat size and weight will make a difference in which prop works best. A good prop person should be able to tell what it is. The option that I choose is test props on the water for performance.

Are they still in business? I am trying to order a Rage Craw mold and can’t get the site to respond.

No one painted heads when we started making jigs. We caught lots of fish that way. However, like Munkin, I can’t tie on an unpainted jig. Certain colors of heads particularly chartreuse often produce more fish especially on Ned rigs. That’s why I have several color choices.

5 and gone. Being stuck with a truck 100 miles from home would cost more than the new battery.

Mike at Siebert Outdoors might sell you some or Ted at Cadmans Jigs. If you can get them without the weed guard installed it will make skirting easier.

You only have one life. Bite the bullet and get the Mustang. It is pressure not water activated.

My wife had one on her boat. I was always in the way whether up or down. It would only provide decent shade between 11 am and 1 pm with the sun right overhead.

He’s already done it. Check the post above yous.