Jig Man

Drag fishing might be easier than trolling. That way the paddler wouldn't get worked plumb to death.

I fish a trailer on a craw type jig. I either use a craw, twin tail grub, a chunk or a beaver. I also fish a lot of bucktails which I swim or vertical jig and I never put a trailer on them.

Exactly, I would rather have one good setup than a dozen pieces of junk. One of the guys I fish with broke a new rod on the first cast. I asked him about it and he smiled and said, "Clearance at Wal-Mart only a few bucks." I'm sitting there with a few $400 setups catching fish and he never had a bite that he could feel.

If it is a Fulton jack, call the company direct and they will sell you one and ship it to your door.

Aside from the safety equipment and spare parts, good electronics, strong batteries, and a strong trollingmotor are must haves for me.

No I am not. I took a metal tube and put a nail in the end of it. I run it through the tube, put the weed guard inside of it, and push the head into the tube until the weeguard comes through the hole. It works best if you lube the jig head a bit with oil or spit. Old tv rabbit ears will make many many of these little gizmos.

Basically, I fish tubes weedless two different ways.

Most of the time I tie the San Diego Jam. I use the palomar on dropshot and when tying hooks for Trigging.

I don't know how deep you mean but I probe do 70' with a jig.

I normally fish 20-50' deep but have found good fish on main lake points in very shallow water at night. They are especially liking a black single spin.

I have caught a spot with part of a rusty hook coming out its butt. I don't know how long it took to pass that thing. I took it out and it had about 6" of mono on it. Here is a good read on removing deep hooks. http://www.in-fisherman.com/magazine/articles/if2806_HookRemoval/index.html

I use a teflon coated pan. I glue the baits to it. I spray them with some type of oil. I mix the bondo and pour it on. I go away till tomorrow.

If they both run at the same kHz, yes they can interfere with each other. It will usually be in pretty deep water. You can minimize this by slightly changing the angle of the transom transducer to point more rearward. When mine get to reading each other the digital depth readings go wild.

I agree the X125 for $299.

Maybe my post is unclear. This split ring is on the ball bearing swivel holding the blade on the single spin. The braid is tied to the eye of the spinnerbait.

I'm night fishin' with 30# Power Pro using single spins. Last night I got a fish about every 12 minutes. However, at least every 10 minutes the braid gets inside the split ring next to the blade. It is driving me nuts. I am fishing flooded bushes where a leader is not an option unless I am mad at my baits. Let's hear some ideas on how to seal the split ring and not violate its integrity. I'm thinking solder or super glue but not sure.

I have 7 at the moment and don't really have a favorite as mine are pretty much application specific. I have 1 for spinnerbaits, 2 for med to light jigs, 1 heavy jigs, 1 tubes and craws, 2 for drop shot and vertical jigging.

Crack of dawn finds me throwing a spinnerbait and a buzzbait. Usually by 8-9am they quit it and I go to the jig or craw.

glue

I have 5 Fenwick HMG spinning rods and 2 HMG casting rods. I think they are very good rods. I have been fishing them for the past 10 years. I have 3 Gloomis spinning rods and 4 Gloomis casting rods. The main difference I see in the two brands is the Gloomis rods don't weigh as much so, with my carpal tunnel, I can fish them longer.

We do a lot of fishing to 75'. Many of our fish suspend at 50 or so in about 100 fow. Last fall a big tournament was won on Table Rock with the fish coming off the bottom in 105 fow.

It is nasty and you are kidding yourself if you think you won't get burned.

I use the Boga grip. It can be certified.

On those reels I use 8/1 power pro for drop shot and deep vertical fishing.

Depends on where you are and the cover. Where I fish it is open water and 10# works fine. In heavy stuff you will need a lot more.