07-11-2012, 10:17 PM
The most satisfying part of my fishing lately has been catching fish on gear I made.
I spent an hour with TubeDude about 2 months ago and then went and aquired a jig mold and melting pot. Since then I have also been making my own bottom bouncers and drop shot sinkers.
I caught a 26" eye that went almost 8 lbs. on my own 1/8th jig head that has been the highlight of my year.
At Starvy last week we caught bows on KCT spoons and spinners behind dodgers.
The eyes came to the boat while just simply jigging for the perch. We also caught some bows with the same method. I started the eye fishing while bb'ing but the perch wouldn't let us. When I got on a good school, I just used the Ipilot anchor feature to hold us there. The eyes and bows were collateral damage.
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I spent an hour with TubeDude about 2 months ago and then went and aquired a jig mold and melting pot. Since then I have also been making my own bottom bouncers and drop shot sinkers.
I caught a 26" eye that went almost 8 lbs. on my own 1/8th jig head that has been the highlight of my year.
At Starvy last week we caught bows on KCT spoons and spinners behind dodgers.
The eyes came to the boat while just simply jigging for the perch. We also caught some bows with the same method. I started the eye fishing while bb'ing but the perch wouldn't let us. When I got on a good school, I just used the Ipilot anchor feature to hold us there. The eyes and bows were collateral damage.
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