Jig Man

Unless on an Arig the swimbait is my nemesis.

Just curious Keith, is there a limit to how many rods you can use? Here we are limited so our spider rig guys only have 4 each. When I see them it looks like their rods are 12 to 14 feet long.

Jerk baits seem to be good this time of year. About the spawn, it may already be over.

Are these for trolling?

I would rate them and GIII pretty close to each other. On a boat that size storage compartments and rod locker lengths would be a major factor for me. If you can’t get stuff out of the way the boat will get crowded in a hurry.

I start on high for 1 minute. I take it out and stir it. Put it back for 1 minute take it out and stir it. Repeat until it has melted. Then I switch to 30 second cycles. I check the temp with my infrared thermometer often.

400 is too high unless you want to scorch it.

I’ve tried several some I bought and some I made. Zman TRDs are by far my favorite and have produced way more fish. I have 22 colors of them.

Does it make sense to you that you get yours a week ago and I get mine today? You live like 1500 miles from the national headquarters and I live about 15 miles from them.

I got my Spring Classic flyer in the mail today. There is as always some nice items listed at regular prices and a bunch of stuff that I don’t want.

I think that would be a mistake.

On the advice of a Zman tech I bought some Flambeau boxes, not the BPS and Cabelas kind, directly from the company. Elaztech still warps them but not like it did the pvc boxes.

Holding the jig like this keeps the paint out of the eye.

Jigs painted with powder left dull won’t drip when baked. Shiny ones are prone to dripping or having a paint nose on them. There is no reason for a powder painted jig to have paint in the hook eye. I haven’t used soft lead in jigs for years. Mine contains antimony.

What type of oven will you be using? If it is a toaster oven you need to monitor it because they are notoriously wrong in the actual temp vs the one you set. I melted some jigs completely off the hook until I got mine figured out.

I assume you mean a tandem spinnerbait. When the water temp is 50° or warmer is the best. Tie one on drop the trolling motor and start casting. Cover a lot of ground. You never know where they will be when they react to it. Vary your retrieve, slow, fast, start/stop until you get bit. I’ve caught them in a few inches of water, near bridge piers suspended over 80’ of water, along bluffs, standing timber, lay downs, points, coves, etc. Clouds and wind are helpful. Early morning at the crack of dawn is very good. I always have at least one tied on. I will be throwing one tomorrow.

I buy most of my hooks by the 1000 count. I inspect everyone of them before using them. No matter the brand, I find a few that didn’t get properly closed. Those I discard.

My wife and I sat down with our daughter a few years ago and got most things settled. Then we all went to a law firm specializing in estate planning. They set up a family trust for us which spells out everything in the event of our deaths. We have even retitled all of our assets to the trust so it will be a smooth transition when the time comes and avoid probate court. We meet yearly with the lawyer and go over any changes and update the records.

The spinnerbait has been one of my favorite go to lures for a long time. I always have at least one tied on. The chatterbait was as good as the spinnerbait 3 years ago for a couple of months. Since then I can rarely catch a fish on one of them.

I like cork covered with shrink tubing.

Hardware cloth is light weight and cheap and can be found lots of places. I keep it around all of the time.

You can do it but unless you have enough to have it in separate colors you may end up with brown.

That transducer is not designed to be in the water when you are on plane.

I don’t like them.

I sounds like a bad placement. However, more information and some pics would help a lot.