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90 fish caught yesterday from 1:30 pm - 6:30 pm. Anchored in 8 FOW near pads but caught fish near the surface or midway down. Some are hand poured, others are hybrids (candle flame melt-together).

Funny you should ask. The primary reason I fish is to find new soft plastic shapes and actions that provoke strikes from all freshwater species. I'm not concerned with size as much as how many fish are consistently caught on the same lure design. Examples of what my lures have caught: catfish...

Used my method today and each small soft plastic caught 8 fish each - all still reusable.

Sounds like a very long process.

To each his own.....

Glad glue works for all of you. The nice thing about fishing are the alternatives that work for each of us. In fact most forums where I suggested the grub grip, no one has said they've tried it - glue being mentioned the most.

Wish you had a picture! Nice!

Hey, sunfish go crazy for little bits of bread thrown to them in my pond. May one can be called a 'flour child'. : -)

I imagine it's like you or me: once an object gets past the mouth, a process starts that moves food (or non-food stuff like in the case of lures) toward the stomach: Once the food reaches the esophagus, the fish then use a complex combination of mouth opening and closing, body muscle...

Man made moving objects- lures- do just that - entice and provoke! Fish may ignore a live minnow, but put the right lure in range of their sense detectors, worked the right way and they can't help themselves once the lure is within the strike zone. The hybrids photos I display on jc.com are...

Thx for the photos. The lures I showed would not do well with that much weight - especially a ball head. 1/8 oz would be the heaviest.

Would like to see a picture of the 1/4 oz jig plus the 3" plastic you used. When I fish rivers for smallies, I never need to go heavier than 1/8 oz.

Not an improvement plus they won't stay in place like one side that's wrapped tight. JMO

The best lures provide the highest potential for provoking fish to strike that are in the hands of the angler along with the right presentation. All the rest is beyond anyone's control and must be dealt with during the search for more active fish. Fish aggression levels change based on many...

The problem with glue is when changing lures. 1. bits of the plastic is still attached 2. the lure can't be reused.

1/4 oz is one heavy jig. 1/8 is the heaviest I'll go. Today after heavy downpours last night, the aggression level was dead in deeper water but higher in water under 5' and closer to shore. Mostly little buggers hit little lures on light jigs but with gusto! 1/24 and 1/32 oz jigs did well...

This is the end product of the grub-grip. Gut some 24 gage coated floral arrangement wire Snip a section off and line it up to the line tie post: Wrap one end around the post tightly: Snip off one side close and use pliers to make it tighter: Bend the wire as shown: Swing the...

Congrats catching that behemouth! Granted, catching fish is the first challenge - netting BIG fish on small lures and light line is another. The reason I cast light jigs/small plastics is to perfect my finesse fishing skills. When the bite is dead like in the last few outings, there's got to be...

"So even with a natural as possible appearance guessing that there was still a contrast factor that enabled a better bite reaction than actual live bait." Definitions of instinct: 1. inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli 2.the ability to know - without thinking - how to...

Since this post in 2022, I discovered so many more great designs rigged on 1/24 - 1/16 oz ball head jigs. I love it when others catch fish on my designs and I'm willing to send some n/c to anyone that request them. A buddy of mine that recently started fishing from my boat and has been blown...