Jig Man

Nope. I’m not a nice guy when you come uninvited to my property.

If you don’t get it the way you want it, get some heat shrink tubing from the Mud Hole and cover it.

That rod should be perfect for shaky. My shaky rods are 7 1/2’. I fish heads from 1/8-3/8 on Zeros with 12# line.

I moved on because I got a good deal with the Ark Rod people. I could get Lowriders for $21 each.

I’m guessing it is low. We are in a hot dry period.

I quit buying them when they moved from Ark Rods to China. I do have at least 1/2 dozen Fenwick HMGs. They come with a lifetime warranty and are around a c note.

We have a 15” minimum length limit. Most gut hooked fish seem to be shorter.

I didn’t plan at all, but a “wise” bean counter decided that they could save money by offering early retirement to some of us. They offered 1/2 year salary and 75% benefits. I was 50 at the time. I spit in the doorway and ran for my truck. I haven’t regretted one minute.

I can usually turn the hook and get the barb loose and remove the hook. Once in a while I can’t so I keep a pair of D-BARB pliers handy. I cut the hook and the magnet in the pliers holds the cut off when I pull them out. I’d rather put on a new bait than kill a fish.

Get some cheap mono, then you won’t cry so much when you have to cut it off.?

Not me. That’s why I have a water heater.

Is there a point here somewhere?

Have you checked Midway USA?

I’ve tried several brands over the years but stopped when I bought my first Curado. I don’t even know how many reels I have, but they are all Shimanos.

You can go to any depth you want with a jigging spoon. I’ve caught fishing to 70’ with them. I am getting ready for some off shore fishing at Table Rock. I will be sitting out off flats, points and roll offs in 30+ feet of water. I just rigged up 4 setups for this: 1/2 oz jig with a spring craw trailer, 1/2 oz bladed jig with a spring craw trailer, a swim bait with a 1/2 oz head and a Zman ZinkerZ watermelon red with 3/8 oz standup head.

I had a couple of hand controlled trolling motors. PITA for me. I’ll quit before I have another one.

I go down to 6# Yozuri hybrid on my Ned bc.

I only have 1. I use it for Ned rigs and slider grubs with 6# line. 3/32 is the lightest head I can cast with a TRD. I haven’t tried anything else.

Since I got beaten so badly with Elaztech, by one of my guests, several times in a row while I was using my custom homemade worms I started using them. They produce better for me than any other soft bait. I have gotten to the point that I don’t really use anything else. Therefore, I want an ample supply and good color choices.

When I used to throw them, Rooster Tails, I had to use a swivel. Even then I would get line twist. A keel weight helped but wasn’t perfect so I quit using them.

I don’t think that their hearing range goes high enough for them to pick up the sonar pinging sound. They may not even be able to hear the sound made by a rattling bait. https://www.bassresource.com/fish_biology/how-bass-hear.html#:~:text=possible food source.-,Dr.,t hear high frequency sounds.

War Eagle is the only kind of spinnerbaits that I buy. You can make them last longer by wrapping the R part of the wire with wire or thread. I do that then cover it with shrink tubing like the one in the pic.

Those are just replacements. That closet in the pic has two double rows of them. I get nervous when I get below 3 packs of a color.

I throw them every trip. We caught 33 bass on them yesterday at Table Rock. It isn’t unusual to lose a half dozen each trip because of where I fish and the fact that I don’t go after a hung up bait. Any time I get a good deal I stock up. When our Lew’s store closed I bought their entire stock.

I started getting it about 10 years ago. It was really bad for a while. I was told to drink at least 1/2 gallon of extra water daily. I have a prescribed med, Meclizine, which I am to take if it lasts over 10 minutes. Lately it comes an goes. When it hits it happens every day for several days in a row, then it’s gone for a while.