Jig Man

I keep one tied on all the time post spawn. I’m old school with homemade sinker, bead, swivel and leader. I normally use it on flats if the jig isn’t working.

Not that I have ever seen. I have several dozen plastics that have been out of the package for at least 2 years.

Dirty jigs guppy head 1/8 or 3/16 Keitech swing impact fat 2.8 or 3.3

I wrap the R with braid then cover it with shrink tubing. Additionally it keeps the wire from deforming when boating a fish thus increasing the life of the bait.

I don’t plan to use anything over 1/8 oz with this setup. I doubt this rod could handle a 3/8 oz bait.

If you want to get good with a jig, leave everything else at home.

I use cylinder sinkers in 3/4 and 1 oz. Mostly in rocky areas looking for smallmouth. I’ve never lost more than 1 a day.

Thanks. I will rarely use heavier than 1/8. I have other setups for that.

There are different schools of thought on reel speed for spinner baits. I am in the fast group. I would rather slow my retrieve when working it and get it back quickly when needed. So I run 7:1 reels on my spinner bait rods except for A rigs then it’s 5:1.

I know that I am late to the show. I am having shoulder trouble and trying to avoid surgery so for now my regular spinning setups stay in the rod locker. I do a lot of Ned rig and small swim bait fishing. I have the swim bait taken care of. After a 9 day wait I got a Curado BFS reel in last night. I have it dialed in to my satisfaction with a 5/32 head. It has been the best weight for a while but I know that is going to change. My question to you folks who have one, do you normally make adjustments when going lighter or heavier? If so what kind of adjustments are you making?

They rarely go bad. If it were me I’d talk to Garmin before buying one. It might be something in the head unit or they might give you a price break.

Didn’t they make your feet sweat?

50# braid because of stripers. It is stiff enough to rarely foul the hooks and casts a long ways.

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.