jiggerjohn
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Hey guys, Just back from an Outer Banks (saltwater ) vacation with my family. I thought I'd introduce Red's wool & fabric jigs in the salty sound areas, as conditions had NO ONE catching anything on their usual stuff. Found our best heads were the little tiny !/32 oz &1/24 ozers(split shot up line for casting) that Hawn jigs produces with tiny no 8 &6 hooks -something the saltwater species had rarely ,if ever, encountered! I discovered down there an amazing jig tipping material, and thought I'd share this letter to the "Fishbites" people,describing the details of the trip & success with their product:
Dear FB Folks, Despite 50+ years specializing with light tackle freshwater jigging tactics, YOUR wonderful Fishbites recently changed my entire outlook on fishing! My family and I vacationed this first week of November on North Carolina's Outer Banks, my self imposed mission to determine how my beloved homemade ultralight jigs would perform in extensive saltwater sounds and marsh areas.
Although much of our inland lake & river jig fishing is often most successful with live minnow or crayfish tipping, visits to EVERY coastal tackle shop impressed me with large displays of your neatly packaged Fishbite product. Wow, a 1/4" cut square of this super enhanced material seemed perfect for my planned concentration on mere 1/16 and 1/32 oz leadheads. Indeed, it was !
Without bulky bait to thwart the pulsating action of my specially formed fabric lures, the little wool covered jigs performed better than ever. In combination with a tiny section of Fishbites, my 32 year old son and I scored instantly and continually on a variety of both big and small species. One couldn't tell from our success, but conditions were actually quite poor with high winds, murky water, and cold front conditions ; no one else was catching anything in a variety of areas that we worked.
One afternoon son Sean hooked and played a "freight train" that eventually cut him off from a barnacle encrusted wooden piling, on our tiniest 1/32 oz jig model, carrying just a speck of red bloodworm Fishbites (absolutely great color contrast on our white & gold jig skirts!). Monsters are not supposed to grab 1" lures, but the fantastic FB scent obviously convinced this one!
One unusually calm, rainy afternoon produced 11 beautifully colored sea trout -would have been a "blitz" if anyone else on that popular bridge walkway caught even a mere fish or two! Yet Sean & I were the only ones using Fishbites jigs, with the rest sticking with a variety of live &cut bait, shrimp, and other, much lesser(!!), scented plastics.
I've heard that you hard working,dedicated people have been seriously researching fresh water formulas ; PLEASE tell me that you've developed strips such as the "bag 'o worms", that gave us such tremendous results,for crappie,bass, and rainbow trout!!! If so, I will never again fuss with messy, hard to store/transport minnows,crayfish, or nightcrawlers as jig tippings! By the way, with your permission I'd love to share my newfound joy of this "discovery"of FB tipping through a few articles that I'm already planning! Heck, we just may make live bait obsolete in freshwater jig fishing, as it already has me convinced in the salt!
Dear FB Folks, Despite 50+ years specializing with light tackle freshwater jigging tactics, YOUR wonderful Fishbites recently changed my entire outlook on fishing! My family and I vacationed this first week of November on North Carolina's Outer Banks, my self imposed mission to determine how my beloved homemade ultralight jigs would perform in extensive saltwater sounds and marsh areas.
Although much of our inland lake & river jig fishing is often most successful with live minnow or crayfish tipping, visits to EVERY coastal tackle shop impressed me with large displays of your neatly packaged Fishbite product. Wow, a 1/4" cut square of this super enhanced material seemed perfect for my planned concentration on mere 1/16 and 1/32 oz leadheads. Indeed, it was !
Without bulky bait to thwart the pulsating action of my specially formed fabric lures, the little wool covered jigs performed better than ever. In combination with a tiny section of Fishbites, my 32 year old son and I scored instantly and continually on a variety of both big and small species. One couldn't tell from our success, but conditions were actually quite poor with high winds, murky water, and cold front conditions ; no one else was catching anything in a variety of areas that we worked.
One afternoon son Sean hooked and played a "freight train" that eventually cut him off from a barnacle encrusted wooden piling, on our tiniest 1/32 oz jig model, carrying just a speck of red bloodworm Fishbites (absolutely great color contrast on our white & gold jig skirts!). Monsters are not supposed to grab 1" lures, but the fantastic FB scent obviously convinced this one!
One unusually calm, rainy afternoon produced 11 beautifully colored sea trout -would have been a "blitz" if anyone else on that popular bridge walkway caught even a mere fish or two! Yet Sean & I were the only ones using Fishbites jigs, with the rest sticking with a variety of live &cut bait, shrimp, and other, much lesser(!!), scented plastics.
I've heard that you hard working,dedicated people have been seriously researching fresh water formulas ; PLEASE tell me that you've developed strips such as the "bag 'o worms", that gave us such tremendous results,for crappie,bass, and rainbow trout!!! If so, I will never again fuss with messy, hard to store/transport minnows,crayfish, or nightcrawlers as jig tippings! By the way, with your permission I'd love to share my newfound joy of this "discovery"of FB tipping through a few articles that I'm already planning! Heck, we just may make live bait obsolete in freshwater jig fishing, as it already has me convinced in the salt!
