Jig Man

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I kept a record of the barometric pressure in my fishing log for a few years. I could never find a correlation to it and how the fishing was so I quit recording it.

X2 on what Allen said. Once Mustad outsourced to China their quality went down. Meanwhile Eagle Claw quality went up.

Allen I catch most of mine on sight flash, Tennessee shad, blue chartreuse, sun gill and smallmouth magic.

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I we had the same conditions last time on the upper White River on Table Rock Lake. I used a Jewel Pee Wee jig in 7/16 oz with a Yamoto 4” twin tail trailer. I cast to the log portion of the lay down and let the jig fall. At the end of the fall I lifted the rod feeling for a limb. When the jig came up to the limb I jiggled it up and over. I let it fall again and repeated until I was clear of the limbs. When I got a bite it was normally on the fall after going over a limb.

I did the same thing several years ago with jigs. I used to camp as many as 30 days in a row and used a lot of jigs. When it was all said and done I only needed a few of them to get the job done. I think that you will find the same thing to be true with your spinnerbaits but you can have fun experimenting even though you will be missing casting time.

I think you should have titled your post UPPER MIDWEST. I’m in SWMO and we are waiting for the late summer doldrums to pass so we can get into winter mode. Today we fished all over the upper White River arm of Table Rock Lake. We did manage 20 bass with 2 keeper smallmouth, 3 keeper spots and 1 keeper meanmouth, but we had to cover a lot of places and make hundreds of casts.

I’ve been doing it for years. I think I have it on all of my rods. Some of it has been on for at least 10 years and is as good now as when installed. There is very little length shrinkage. I get mine from The Mud Hole. Do some measuring to be sure to get the right size.

I started making and using them about 20 years ago. They don’t produce as well as they used to but they still catch fish. I’ve made them lots of ways but my favorite is with willow leaf blades on the top two wires and blades in the middle of the others. When I first heard about them they were hard to find so I used electric fencing wire and epoxy putty to make them. I fish them shallow (under 15’) most of the time so I use 1/16 or 1/8 oz heads on 4/0 hooks. I use a medium wire hook that will bend out with 50# braid. I have used a variety of baits but like swim baits and flukes best. White has been the most productive color. I have tried several reels and rods and have settled on 7’ heavy rods with 5:1 reels. Little fish don’t seem to be inclined to hit them. Most of the time they will be keepers.

The cheapest is probably going to be from Harbor Freight.

It’s been the opposite here lately. The Jewell Pee Wee with a small twin tail has been the best.

I don’t own any except the HMG and I have 7 of them so I guess I like them.

Ned I don’t do the other two.

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An eagle so I could soar on high.

Nope. I normally use white baits and my Arigs have lots of blades.

I do. I also have open hook Ned heads but get a lot less hangups when fishing around wood.

I fish Neds on several heads depending on how deep I want to get. I use 1/16, 3/32, 1/8, 5/32, 3/16 and 1/4. The majority of the time I use the first 3. The heavier ones come into play with deep timber or bluff ledges. I use TRDs and 6# Yozuri hybrid line for Neds on a variety of rods with 1000 and 2000 size Shimano reels.

Don’t let the maximum depth scare you. Table Rock has lots of water 150’ deep. We rarely find fish deeper than 30’ in the winter. I fish jigs, shaky heads, swim baits and Ned rigs all winter long. I vary the head size depending on how deep I am fishing. Just tie something on and fish.

I would put a few gallons at a time in my vehicle and still get the use of the gasoline.

You can us mend it on some and discard the rest unless you have a way to melt them and make something else.

We have nothing left here in SWMO except sparrows. Everything else has disappeared.

Keitech fat impact in 2.8 or 3” for the smaller ones white or Tennessee shad.

When it starts to get cold I wear jeans and cover with gortex pants if necessary. When it is winter I pull out the Red Head lined jeans and long johns. For really cold days I cover with down bibs. If it doesn’t get above 32° I will be sitting by the fire.