Jig Man

You can let a bunch out in your yard put it in a magazine or phone book and crank it back. Coming through the book will get rid of most of the twist.

Hand pours should be more expensive than others because of the time and energy it takes a guy to make them plus the fact that he pays more for components than large companies.

That has been the norm for a long time. It has only been the last few years that sonar units have gotten so powerful that a regular cranking can’t handle the job.

The problem would be damaging one of the seals. You can let a bit of lower unit fluid out and see if it has water in it.

You never said what weight you are using, the lighter the better. You don’t even have to let the Ned rig touch the bottom and if it does, it needn’t stay there very long. I have found that a light EWG doesn’t get hung as bad.

When my 6# fluorocarbon kept rotting I switched to Yozuri hybrid. I have it on 5 Ned setups. I’m happy with it.

As far as I know living rubber is all it has ever been called. Medium flat used to be the only way it came. If you stored it very long the strands would stick together and make the whole thing unusable. Round is a lot better in my opinion. I have some which has been stored for years and it is as good as when I got it. Fine is ok but I don’t have much use for it. I have never seen large.

I’ve done it both ways. If you need to go real deep then spinning is better. I normally fish 25-50’ deep with jigging spoons and the bait caster is fine especially if the fish are suspended off the bottom, however, I’ve caught fish to 70’ with spoons. There is no way I would wait for a bait caster to let that much line out.

Garmin offers some through hull transducers. They are pricey.

I use Yozuri in 6# on my Ned setups.

I sometimes fish rip rap that is close to a mile long. When using bottom contact baits the best I have found is a tube on a 1/8 oz head with a weedguard. Even with it I plan to lose at least 6.

I owned my Champion 14 years and averaged 54.12 hours yearly. I fished 70-100 days per year. Much of the time I fished within a mile or so of the truck as the lake has over a dozen public ramps and is only about 25000 acres.

Cut the husks around the base all the way through then into a corn sack and microwave 4 minutes. When it comes out I can give the husks a twist, pull them forward and the silk will come off inside the husks. Then it is ready for what ever you want to put on it. Personally I don’t want anything as I like it plain.

Our MDC biologists say it takes 10 years for a small mouth to reach the legal (15”) length on Stockton lake because of the lack of threadfin shad.

I only have 1. I use it to melt lead so I can flux it then cast it into ingots.

We lost the good boat and sports show in Springfield about 20 years ago. John L has some but I’m not inclined to go.

I have not been able to get anything over 10# to work on a 2500 size reel. Everything else is too stiff. Right now I have 10# on 2 2500 reels and 6# on 4 1000 and 2000 size. I also use KVD conditioner on them. As for how long they last sometimes I get a year out of them.

Week days have about 25% of the fishermen and less than half of the pleasure boaters on upper Table Rock lake. I would rather take a beating than go on the weekend.

How much reasoning do you think they have in those pea sized brains? They are predators. They will eat anything, especially if it moves.

Typically it would be one of my E7 200s because they are mounted on several rods.

For me it is having them the way I want them not having some company decide for me. There won’t be a cost savings for a while when you factor in the lead pot and any molds. Mine have been depreciated out for a long time. Now my costs are pretty low. I buy hooks by the 1000 count and skirts by the 100. I usually have less than $.20 in a hook and $.40 in skirt material. Factor in paint, wire and electricity you might add another $.05. So I don’t think I have more than $.65 in my most expensive jig. I have only figured startup costs on one item and that was when I decided to make my own tubes. I had to buy plastisol, colorant, glitter, molds and injectors. When I shot my first tube I had $300 in it so I had to make a bunch to get the cost per item down to a reasonable price. Making baits and fishing are about all that I do.

I jig 1/2 oz spoons a lot. I use mostly 7’ medium heavy rods with 12-15# fluorocarbon or monofilament line. I don’t see the need for heavy rods and I don’t think I would be comfortable using a medium. The reel shouldn’t have to be anything specific. Most of the spooning setups I use have Shimano Curados on them.

I’ve fished partially submerged bushes in clear water where a spinnerbait seemed to cause too much commotion and the subtle jig coming into and through the bush got strikes and caught fish.

Though I use a lot of sizes, the 1/0 is my favorite on a 1/16 or 3/32 head.

I don’t have pics but my neighbor across the street stores his on the ceiling in his garage.