My first was a yellow perch while ice fishing. I was like 5 y/o, froze my butt off and hated the experience.
30+ years later I went fly fishing in the Colorado Rocky Mountains and caught a cutthroat trout. Fell in love with fishing.
I tried the top one @jimmyjoe and found that it was hard to keep from turning over. Granted I only got one and may not have had the best of the litter but it was enough for me not to go buy again.
How did you do with that one?
Same surface area, same lift but you get a little more vibration out of it.
EDIT 12/31
A few years ago I had read about traits of blades of differing weights and shallower and deeper cups and decided to "experiment" with the idea. I took an Indiana blade and flattened the cup a little and flattened the edges to almost like a French blade. I them put creases in it to almost resemble an Oklahoma blade.
Unfortunately it was late fall at the time and I usually go in multi species mode so I ended up making an inline out of it instead of and overhead model.
Not sure how old it is and it's been thru a few wars but it's still catching fish:
It is by far the easiest starting inline with more vibration/drag - slower bait than a standard Indiana blade and I didn't experience more lift.
GUILTY! Haha
The power goes out and I bring my phone to the bathroom using the flashlight app and still proceed to flip the light switch. ?
BTW, I hope this is all making sense. I’m typing without my glasses on.
Stripe Bass, Bluefish and Black Sea Bass are what I’m targeting.
Along with the Black Sea I’ll probably catch Cod, Cunner, Pollack, possibly Haddock, Monkfish, Spiny Dogfish and Cusk but I doubt the last 4 will be in the areas I’m currently mapping.
I was planning on using these in saltwater and had visions of trying them in freshwater. You answered my question about trying them in freshwater...?
Thanks for the reply and technique. I'll try that this summer in the surf.
I hear a lot about these from saltwater fishermen but I never had a rod stout enough to cast them until this year. I bought some Ahi Assualt Jigs for the coming season. Any thoughts on them?
From what I read a good technique is to pop the rod, make a couple cranks and let them drop on a slack line. How are you fishing them?
I thought I had a pic, but must have erased it. When WallyWorld or DSG had sales on spinnerbaits I would cut the wire at the R-Bend. Remove the small blade off the clevis (sp) and attach the larger blade that was on the swivel. Now bend a loop in the wire, attach the swivel to the loop and wrap.
Voila, instant inline. Give it a try
I've been making pizza for years and ever since I built the addition to my house back in 2000 I've always wanted to put in a brick oven. My family got me this:
It’s 9:35 AM EST and my kids are still asleep. We don’t expect them for at least another hour.
My dog Abby, however, decided to wake me up last night at 2:00 AM to go to the bathroom. ?
I basically grew up drinking that...well not the diet version...straight up. ?
I’m not much of a carbonated soft drink consumer but my father stocks up in moxie after he closes his house up in ME for the winter.
You can’t find here anymore tho. It’s a very regional soft drink. Kinda like the old days. ?
Merry Christmas @DanielG!
Merry Christmas all. Hope you have a great new year.
I just heard at the beginning of the week that my boat will be completed and will ship in the beginning of February.
Hoping to get her launched in June providing I can get her registered.
Take care, be healthy and be safe. Enjoy the holiday.
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