Illinoisgiller
10-25-2007, 11:36 AM
Well, the fall bite is ON now. I and my wife ,bankfishergal went back to that farm pond again Tue. We didn't get run off by the rain this time. :party0045:
We arrived to find the pond without a ripple. I took my whippy Bass Pro Micro Lite 7 1/2 ft. 4 piece pack rod. It is paired with a Shimano Symetre reel loaded with 2 lb. Yo Zuri mono. I started out with a Grizzly Jig- Bill's Water Flea, a 1/80 oz pink head jig w/grey duck feathers for a tail and tipped w/ wax worm. This consistant producer wasn't letting me down, and brought a nice batch of plump gills to hand. As an experiment ,I switched to a new jig I found. It is called "T.H.E. Jig. It is a very nicely painted 1/80 round head with a kip tail (calf tail) hair body. They are also quite pricey at $1.50 ea. The fella said they will go up to $2.00 in Feb. but that will not be a concern of mine. So far I am impressed with these jigs.:party0045: I guess I should say I am impressed with the ONE I have been trying.:icon_cool::icon_cool:
They are VERY durable. I would imagine that he is using Zap-A-Gap or some other quality cement while tying. The fall rate for this jig is just about PERFECT.:icon_cool::icon_cool: I finally added a tiny shot up 4' on the line to get it to depth a little quicker, then let the fall rate do it's thing in the last 4'. This proved to be a deadly method, and quickly added a bunch more gills to my basket.
I got lucky and didn't loose the nice jig to a chunk of wook on the light line.
My wife stayed on the bank as usual and got a nice mess also. She uses a 11 1/2 ft. 2pc. Outlaw crappie rod and Daiwa Prodigy 1500 reel loaded with Berkley Fireline Blaze Green 8 lb. She was using a 1/124 th oz. jig that I had tied with a simple red yarn stub tail and body of a simple wrap of chartruse sparkle chinelle.
The owner of this pond wanted to reduce the population and we done that for him. the pond is only 1 to 1 1/2 acres and we removed a couple hundred for him. He wouldn't mind another trip. but I think it is time to let it rest.
The wife wanted to try another lake on the way home so she done up a gourmet shore lunch of Chunk Style peanut butter and strawberry jam.
Hey, what can I say, Schoe wasn't there to work his magic. :confused0024::confused0024::confused0024:
We stopped by Lake Diamond by Montezuma, IA to find the good side of it closed, so called it a day and headed on home.
Hope some of you get the chance to get out there and enjoy these nice cool fall days. Mike
We arrived to find the pond without a ripple. I took my whippy Bass Pro Micro Lite 7 1/2 ft. 4 piece pack rod. It is paired with a Shimano Symetre reel loaded with 2 lb. Yo Zuri mono. I started out with a Grizzly Jig- Bill's Water Flea, a 1/80 oz pink head jig w/grey duck feathers for a tail and tipped w/ wax worm. This consistant producer wasn't letting me down, and brought a nice batch of plump gills to hand. As an experiment ,I switched to a new jig I found. It is called "T.H.E. Jig. It is a very nicely painted 1/80 round head with a kip tail (calf tail) hair body. They are also quite pricey at $1.50 ea. The fella said they will go up to $2.00 in Feb. but that will not be a concern of mine. So far I am impressed with these jigs.:party0045: I guess I should say I am impressed with the ONE I have been trying.:icon_cool::icon_cool:
They are VERY durable. I would imagine that he is using Zap-A-Gap or some other quality cement while tying. The fall rate for this jig is just about PERFECT.:icon_cool::icon_cool: I finally added a tiny shot up 4' on the line to get it to depth a little quicker, then let the fall rate do it's thing in the last 4'. This proved to be a deadly method, and quickly added a bunch more gills to my basket.
I got lucky and didn't loose the nice jig to a chunk of wook on the light line.
My wife stayed on the bank as usual and got a nice mess also. She uses a 11 1/2 ft. 2pc. Outlaw crappie rod and Daiwa Prodigy 1500 reel loaded with Berkley Fireline Blaze Green 8 lb. She was using a 1/124 th oz. jig that I had tied with a simple red yarn stub tail and body of a simple wrap of chartruse sparkle chinelle.
The owner of this pond wanted to reduce the population and we done that for him. the pond is only 1 to 1 1/2 acres and we removed a couple hundred for him. He wouldn't mind another trip. but I think it is time to let it rest.
The wife wanted to try another lake on the way home so she done up a gourmet shore lunch of Chunk Style peanut butter and strawberry jam.
Hey, what can I say, Schoe wasn't there to work his magic. :confused0024::confused0024::confused0024:
We stopped by Lake Diamond by Montezuma, IA to find the good side of it closed, so called it a day and headed on home.
Hope some of you get the chance to get out there and enjoy these nice cool fall days. Mike