Jig Man

Congrats on your find. One of the area boat dealers sponsors on in the winter. It is a pretty big deal.

The best way I have found is to put a shield over the gutter to keep gunk out.

The length of the cast, speed of the retrieve and blade configuration not the weight of the bait will determine how long it stays in the zone. I’ve fished 1/4 oz single spins at 30’ with no issues.

I was having trouble with 6# fluorocarbon rotting. Roadwarrior put me on to Yozuri. I’m running it on 5 setups and really liking it.

You have to take into consideration where you are fishing and how you are fishing it. If you are casting towards a bank and reeling back it won’t be very deep. If you are in deep water and fishing parallel you can cast it out, let it sink to the desired depth and slow roll it back quite a ways maintaining the desired depth. That will take some experimenting to see how fast it sinks unless you want it on the bottom.

I fish them all year long.

You bet. Plus where I fish on the upper James River on Table Rock lake there is so much sunken stuff that it takes a lot of baits every trip.

Well I know a guy who knows a guy who has a Zman contact and got them for me for $2.00 per pack. I couldn’t resist it.

I have to have a separate one because of my Ulterra trolling motor. It is kind of a pain.

As far as elaztech goes it might be me. I bought 65 packs of ZinkerZs this fall to go along with the 50 packs I already had.

Upper belly

Charlie Campbell, Dean Byrum, Steve Holland were all local fishermen a couple of them guides. All could do wonders with a Zara Spook.

I hope that they have improved. When I was looking for some I tried everything that BPS carried. None of them were consistent so I ponyed up and bought Boga Grips.

Since I am from MO, I will choose KC strip medium rare.

My son in law takes it and has for several years. It is all that works for him.

I don’t think I have changed. I’ve never suffered fools.

Yes I have a lot. I generally do it vertically instead of horizontally.

A regular cleaning with most any product like McGuires detailer or even Armor all will keep it off.

A few years ago I ruptured a lung and broke 3 ribs. The ribs didn’t heal properly so I couldn’t stand the pain of pulling the trolling motor up. I had to have the Ulterra. At first I used the foot pedal. Then I bought a micro remote and hung it around my neck. I have gotten used to using it to control the trolling motor and rarely use the foot control any longer. The Ulterra can also be controlled from any of my Humminbird units. I believe that I would quit fishing before I would go back to foot control.

Almost every trip I use a : Curado X70 on my custom 7.5’ medium rod for shaky Curado X70 on a Gloomis bronzeback ml for Ned Curado 150 DC on a Gloomis 7’ mh for jigs or spinner baits. The other twenty some have a variety of jobs.

Good for you. One that reaches that size should be kept in the gene pool.

None of the lakes that I fish are quiet. My quiet place is my workshop area in my garage. That is where I go to make baits and tinker with my boat.

Tried it and don’t like it.

I throw a set of 1/16 oz heads on 4/0 hooks with flukes. That is on 3 wires as we aren’t allowed more. I put blades on the other two. I sometimes use them in shallow water and run them like a spinnerbait.

It is hard for me to tell with the reflection but it looks like clear with black and maybe some silver flake along with pearl powder. Is that how you see it Allen? I have a fluke mold. I’m in FL but will be home in about a week. If I can remember it I will give it a try.