Jig Man

He might say shoot it but the fish and game might have a different point of view.

A small apartment is not a good place to melt lead. You might find some bait makers like cadman or smalljaw and see what they would charge for pouring and not painting. If it were me I would ask about them by the 100 count. I just saw some Neds with Victory hooks for good prices on Ebay. You might want to try some of them before you buy hooks and a mold.

There is an other major site with a trolling motor forum that might help. The site censor won’t let me show it.

Jerk baits and whopper ploppers

KVD is very good. I use it instead of Real Magic. You might loosen your drag where it slips a little when you set the hook.

I have several duplicates and one quadruplicate. I use them so I don’t have to stop and retie bait colors.

Mine would drag the ground if it weren’t trimmed up.

You would be better off getting a second battery.

I it has a trolling motor, yes.

Two of our 5 stations have it here (even Walmart). No matter which route I take to any of the surrounding lakes, I have to drive by a station that has 91 ethanol free gasoline. I guess we are blessed in this area even though Blunts are into ethanol big time.

I’m a Mercury guy. I used Quick Kleen for 14 trouble free years in my Optimax. I have a Verado 4 stroke and still use Quick Kleen along with Quick Care. It has been trouble free for 6 years. The cost isn’t much compared to a new power head.

I agree with a 10 amp or larger charger. As a point of interest Tom, what brand of AGM is deep cycle only? I’ve had 4 different brands and all of them are dual purpose.

When that boat was built Genmar owned them. There was not a better built aluminum boat on the market.

I can’t tell which motor is on it. Is it an EFI or an XR6?

Look at reserve capacity. Sam’s club has had some good agms at good prices.

I doubt it. For me it is a 100 mile round trip. My truck gets a little over 13 mpg. I use about 7.5 gallons. It costs about $30 now as I am paying $4. At $6 it will make it $45. I’m not letting $15 keep me home.

My truck gets covered with oak pollen in a closed garage. The boat gets nasty every trip. It will be June here before we see relief.

Good advice as always smalljaw67.

A friend of mine is going to be there next week. Does anyone have any idea what is working on small mouth now.

What size hook can you get on them?

Are you tied to the ball head? Have you tried regular swim bait heads?

No cotton mouths up there?

Like anything else time, time, time.

I used to put them on late in the evening quail hunting. My dog and I could be out there while the other guys were in the truck.

Sorry to hear that. I guess anyone can contract it but your shots should make less severe than it could have been.