Hawnjigs said:
Do you mostly land the boat and fish from shore?
Both. I use the kayak as a taxi & pick fishy looking area's apart. The fish looking area's change based on the time of year (well, since smallies don't read a calander, change based on water temp & photoperiod & flow of water).
Is the EWG hook design superior to standard round bend for this style of rigging?
The EWG works when using soft plastics because of the thickness of the plastic. Allows the hook to have some 'space' to penetrate the jaw along with the space taken up by the soft plastic.
You can rig this style jig with any soft plastic - I like if for swim baits, but since a swim bait's nothing but a paddle tail grub, you can rig regular grubs, tubes, stixbaits (like senkos), and creature baits.
Is that the best type of coil keeper and where do you get yours?
I get them usually from Barlows. There's a couple types out there, I like the stainless steel ones, but they all work well. I do not like the ones that Mr Twister uses since it's just a sharp pin that penetrates the head of the soft plastic. This one screws into the head and holds nicely. When using with tubes, I usually stick a small piece of a stix bait up the butt of the tube to get more purchase.
I'd like to see what the red breast looks like there. Any pictures of those?
Didn't take any pix of them, but they look like a blue gill with a red brest & a golden/yellow body. Scrappy fish especially in a good current.
LedHed said:
Awesome - I understand, now, the Smallmouth
Ever since I moved east from SoCA, I've been hooked on them.
