Jig Man

I have 2 of them. I really like them. Yesterday I used them for spinnerbaits. They worked great. I use 12# fluorocarbon line on them. I’d probably buy more if I didn’t already have more Curados than rods.

Have you tried painting blades with powder paint? The ones I have tried weren’t easy.

If I were going to paint blades I would use a self etching primer and high temp engine enamel paint. It does a great job on outboard lower units and lasts forever.

I use a drill and wire from a clothes hanger to mix my plastisol.

That color change is typical with over heating. I ruined a batch this week with too much heat.

Technically it is a Charger 210 Elite, but it was made from a Champion 210 Elite. I went to the factory with Kelly when they were getting set up for production.

Any accent I use is at the bottom as well as the trailer. Chartreuse mixed in the white is a great combination for any color of water.

It is actually a Champion 210 Elite made at the Charger factory with their logos on them. The son of the Charger owner and Kelly Power got a 210 from a guy, cut it up and made molds. Johnny Morris owns the Champion name even though he had all of the Champion molds destroyed.

That is very true for me. I have 2 of them and would like to have more but I already have at least 10 regular Curados.

When I have to launch and no dock is available, I carry a spool with over 100' of nylon rope on it. I unwind it up the ramp several feet and back the trailer into the water. I let the boat float out away from shore then stop it in open water. I either tie it off or unwind lots of rope so if it floats out I will still have rope to pull it back. We don't have sand so I don't want my fiberglass boat setting on the shore. I pull it in as I wind up the rope, climb aboard and go fishing.

I only know of two guys who mastered the spook. One was nationally known, Charlie Campbell, the other one was a rural mail carrier by the name of Dean Byrum. I don’t know how many ways Charlie could fish a spook as I never talked to him about anything but sports. But Dean decided to give a friend and I some lessons. He said he could do 17 distinct things with a spook and showed us 5. He said he would show us 5 more when we got those learned. I worked on them for years and only could do 4. I never got the 5th one to work let alone master it. Sadly Dean and Charlie have both passed taking all of that good knowledge with them.

I’ve bent a few props, even knocked the blade off one but never on purpose.?

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Was this just an fyi post or do you have specific concerns?

You can let a bunch out in your yard put it in a magazine or phone book and crank it back. Coming through the book will get rid of most of the twist.

Hand pours should be more expensive than others because of the time and energy it takes a guy to make them plus the fact that he pays more for components than large companies.

That has been the norm for a long time. It has only been the last few years that sonar units have gotten so powerful that a regular cranking can’t handle the job.

The problem would be damaging one of the seals. You can let a bit of lower unit fluid out and see if it has water in it.

You never said what weight you are using, the lighter the better. You don’t even have to let the Ned rig touch the bottom and if it does, it needn’t stay there very long. I have found that a light EWG doesn’t get hung as bad.

When my 6# fluorocarbon kept rotting I switched to Yozuri hybrid. I have it on 5 Ned setups. I’m happy with it.

As far as I know living rubber is all it has ever been called. Medium flat used to be the only way it came. If you stored it very long the strands would stick together and make the whole thing unusable. Round is a lot better in my opinion. I have some which has been stored for years and it is as good as when I got it. Fine is ok but I don’t have much use for it. I have never seen large.

I’ve done it both ways. If you need to go real deep then spinning is better. I normally fish 25-50’ deep with jigging spoons and the bait caster is fine especially if the fish are suspended off the bottom, however, I’ve caught fish to 70’ with spoons. There is no way I would wait for a bait caster to let that much line out.

Garmin offers some through hull transducers. They are pricey.

I use Yozuri in 6# on my Ned setups.

I sometimes fish rip rap that is close to a mile long. When using bottom contact baits the best I have found is a tube on a 1/8 oz head with a weedguard. Even with it I plan to lose at least 6.