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Just4fun
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Location: Saybrook
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 Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:48 am Post subject: Yeah now,...6 x 6.5!!! |
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Been catching fish since Friday, but not much size,...so I decided that I'd hit Cedar on my last day of vacation and try to wrap it up on a good note! Was on the water about 6:45 and fished till 9:00. Outside of a few casts early with a buzzbait and a few casts later with a swimbait, I pretty much stuck to the jig and pig since that's what they seemed to want!
Anyway,..ended up with 6 bass, the smallest of which was 2.0!
The two biggest were these that went 6.0 and 6.5!! 
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Ryan G.
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Location: Bristol
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Very nice catch those are two pigs. I wish I could get out half as often as you. Keep catching em. Very nice work!!! |
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Nickp
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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God damn mark! Holy cow
Those are two slobs! Good work per usual? Mind if I ask how- big jig and weedlines again? |
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Just4fun
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Nickp wrote: | God damn mark! Holy cow
Those are two slobs! Good work per usual? Mind if I ask how- big jig and weedlines again? |
No problem,..I don't mind sharing at all! Chuck C turned me on to 1-ounce jigs earlier this year! I am using mainly black, 1-ounce jigs from Gman
http://www.americananglers.net/forum/index.php?topic=3454.0
and a double trailer consisting of a Paca chunk ( mainly black shadow,..) for swimming,..plus a Joes chunk trailer for fish-holding power and filling out the bait!
http://www.joesjigtrailers.com/
Almost all the fish came from the outside weedline 8-15ft!
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Nickp
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Any luck fishing the smaller jigs in the same situation? Toss that Bico jig at all? That jig comes through pads like you wouldnt believe mark! Try swimming it through the pads up top and if you get a blowup without a hookup just let it drop- the bait is money around heavy cover too- very hard to hang up. Thats what i got my 5 8 on- havent been fishing daytime much lately. Great jig for pad punching too. |
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SenkoBandit
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Location: Vernon area
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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wow mark those are some cowboys nice work.I have been throwing a 3/4 oz black/blue booya jigwith a double trailer haven't had much luck!  I throw it for at least an hour or two everytime I go out maybe I'm not using it right...If you don't mind me asking do you drag it along the bottom or do you hop it along the bottom? any help would be great. I think I have a better chance of catching a personal best using a jig.thanks |
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Keith T
Joined: 06 May 2007
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Location: Mooresville,NC.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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WOW
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Just4fun
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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| SenkoBandit wrote: | | wow mark those are some cowboys nice work.I have been throwing a 3/4 oz black/blue booya jigwith a double trailer haven't had much luck! I throw it for at least an hour or two everytime I go out maybe I'm not using it right...If you don't mind me asking do you drag it along the bottom or do you hop it along the bottom? any help would be great. I think I have a better chance of catching a personal best using a jig.thanks |
I experiment with it every time out! About the only thing i do the same every time is let it fall straight down on a totally slack line while stripping line off the spool! I fish it every which way from dead sticking it to burning it in an inch below the surface,...but here's what works the MAJORITY of the times.
Most of the time I'm just moving slowly along the outside weedline and pitching a comfortable toss ahead of the boat, after it hits the bottom,..I'm just jiggling it for a second or two and then cranking it in and casting to the next spot. If I get any bites doing that,..then I will not waste much time on any one cast for the rest of the day. If I'm pulling it up or down a rocky dropoff then I will drag or hop it. Most of the time in that situation,..I just give the reel a crank without moving the rod and just watch the line. Let it hit the bottom,..pause for a second or two, then give it another crank and watch the line again...etc. etc. I probably see about half the bites without ever feeling a thing! If you are watching your line where it enters the water,..the bites are relatively apparent even when the line is slack and you are not feeling your bait!
Stick to it,..everyone that gets good with a jig has spent some time not catching fish! It'll all be worth it in the end!! 
Good luck!
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SenkoBandit
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| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Thank you just4fun I will try that.Thats cool of you to share those tips and i will keep thowing those jigs sooner or later it will pay off thanks again. |
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SkeeterJim
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:39 am Post subject: |
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WOW!!  Awesome pair you got there buddy! Congrats.
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jimfish
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Location: Oxford Ct
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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Way to go Mark. You are the man.
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T-Val
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Location: Litchfield
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:16 am Post subject: Alright! |
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Nice set of Hooters. 2 fish 6+, that is a day to remember.
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SkeeterRon
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 6:51 am Post subject: |
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OMG... Mark that's AWESOME 
I'm gonna have to start working with the pig & jig more..
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Bass Addict
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:25 am Post subject: |
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wow! Those hogs must have given one hellava fight. Nice work.
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JESTERJACKSON
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!
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