jiggerjohn
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- Mar 23, 2010
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My 34 yr old son and I (and family) just returned from a week's ocean fishing at the Outer Banks of NC. We fished high piers over open seas and low bridges around bay areas. Trouble was, rough November weather gave us some fairly stiff winds, high waves,post cold front bright skies, and murky waters. What to do?? Break out the UL 5' spinning rods ( Ugly stick has a great new 5 footer in their new E-lite series!), 6.6# test Tectan mono, and Hawn jigs terrific HU flat jighead dressed with 2 1/2" white Gulp minnow bodies. Keith's little jighead( 1/6 oz) glided thru the tumultuous seas without problem (admittedly in relative shallow sections of surf), giving us complete control over the gentle shaking we offered the flat pointy headed, flashy ( Hawn's tin alloy) jig (tied sparsely with orange wool & Joann fabrics' white/gold wedding dress material). Most all the "shark tackle" toting "ole salts" were blanked, while we took sea trout, stripers, flounder and drum ! And, it was a blast to haul in these fighting sea critters with such light outfits -where there is a will there is a way! Proved to us that no matter where you plan to vacation, carry along your small sized jigs!