02-10-2010, 04:39 PM
[quote TubeDude]"I've never heard of Holy jigs, can you explain to me what they are???"
[cool][#0000ff]"Holy Jigs" are my own personal takeoff on the popular Hali Jigs. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Those commercially made models work well, but the little chain tends to break easily, especially on big toothy fishies. The hooks are also wimpy and bend easily. Furthermore, they are $pendy.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]However, the principle is proven. Perch and other species are attracted by the large flasher/lure and then tip down and slurp up the baited hook. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Instead of chain, I use fine .016 stainless wire. It is actually less visible than the chain and does not tangle as easily. Since it is 50# test, it will handle even the occasional toothy critter. The jigs I use are usually glow models of my "Rinkees" or "Glow Wermz". they hold horizontally because of the balance I build into them.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When the going gets tough and the perch are right on the bottom, I drop down one of those bad boys and bang it up and down on the bottom a few times to create a mud cloud. Then I raise it up a bit...just about the length of the wire...and let it sit right off the bottom. With the weight of the flasher part (1/4 oz.) you have good feel and there are no loose coils in the line. Every bite registers.[/#0000ff]
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"Sunday, we pinged many fish on sonar close to Marina, all of them where suspended about 50 yards off wooden dock at Marina"
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[#0000ff]Those fish were most likely suspended crappies. That is what crappies do. Highly unlikely they were trout. There are a few trout in Pineview but they are no longer stocked and there are not enough to form large suspending schools.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Both crappies and perch are slowing down on the bite a bit right now. A combination of factors. Lower late winter oxygen levels are only part of it. The other big factor is that the big females are not feeding much because the growing egg masses in their tummies does not leave much room for eating big meals. They will still cruise in and mouth a small bait...out of instinct more than hunger...but they usually don't smack it as hard as they do earlier in the ice fishing season.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Perch and crappies are both early spawners. The perch will hit shoreline weeds and brush right at iceout...or even under the ice in winters when the ice is late coming off. Crappies usually spawn in April or May...depending on weather or water temps. But, both species are feeling the stirrings of the upcoming "spring fling" and both are not as much motivated by feeding now.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]PS. If you really wanna know what species is showing up on your sonar, get an Aqua Vu camera. Those things quickly answer the identity questions. They can also help you to put the hook in fish that suck in the bait and spit it out again without you feeling the bite or seeing it on your rod. AND...that does happen a lot more than most anglers would like to believe.[/#0000ff][/quote]
Other day I was at the Bass Pro shop and looked at the underwater cameras... I'm a little sceptical because water clarity would have to play a hugh factor whether fish are visible enough to see with one of those things.... Certainly, if it would work I would probably be doing more searching for fish than I would be fishing.....
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[cool][#0000ff]"Holy Jigs" are my own personal takeoff on the popular Hali Jigs. [/#0000ff]
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[.img][url "http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9G_bHOvq3JLuUEAS9ejzbkF/SIG=12md2cdua/EXP=1265892655/**http%3a//www.fish307.com/ProductImages/catagories/hali/suk35_cat.jpg[/img]"]http://rds.yahoo.com/.../suk35_cat.jpg[/img][/url]
[#0000ff]Those commercially made models work well, but the little chain tends to break easily, especially on big toothy fishies. The hooks are also wimpy and bend easily. Furthermore, they are $pendy.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]However, the principle is proven. Perch and other species are attracted by the large flasher/lure and then tip down and slurp up the baited hook. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Instead of chain, I use fine .016 stainless wire. It is actually less visible than the chain and does not tangle as easily. Since it is 50# test, it will handle even the occasional toothy critter. The jigs I use are usually glow models of my "Rinkees" or "Glow Wermz". they hold horizontally because of the balance I build into them.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When the going gets tough and the perch are right on the bottom, I drop down one of those bad boys and bang it up and down on the bottom a few times to create a mud cloud. Then I raise it up a bit...just about the length of the wire...and let it sit right off the bottom. With the weight of the flasher part (1/4 oz.) you have good feel and there are no loose coils in the line. Every bite registers.[/#0000ff]
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"Sunday, we pinged many fish on sonar close to Marina, all of them where suspended about 50 yards off wooden dock at Marina"
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[#0000ff]Those fish were most likely suspended crappies. That is what crappies do. Highly unlikely they were trout. There are a few trout in Pineview but they are no longer stocked and there are not enough to form large suspending schools.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Both crappies and perch are slowing down on the bite a bit right now. A combination of factors. Lower late winter oxygen levels are only part of it. The other big factor is that the big females are not feeding much because the growing egg masses in their tummies does not leave much room for eating big meals. They will still cruise in and mouth a small bait...out of instinct more than hunger...but they usually don't smack it as hard as they do earlier in the ice fishing season.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Perch and crappies are both early spawners. The perch will hit shoreline weeds and brush right at iceout...or even under the ice in winters when the ice is late coming off. Crappies usually spawn in April or May...depending on weather or water temps. But, both species are feeling the stirrings of the upcoming "spring fling" and both are not as much motivated by feeding now.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]PS. If you really wanna know what species is showing up on your sonar, get an Aqua Vu camera. Those things quickly answer the identity questions. They can also help you to put the hook in fish that suck in the bait and spit it out again without you feeling the bite or seeing it on your rod. AND...that does happen a lot more than most anglers would like to believe.[/#0000ff][/quote]
Other day I was at the Bass Pro shop and looked at the underwater cameras... I'm a little sceptical because water clarity would have to play a hugh factor whether fish are visible enough to see with one of those things.... Certainly, if it would work I would probably be doing more searching for fish than I would be fishing.....
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