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Any chance there is some oil or other residual from the hook manufacturing process? Some of the fluids are high temp for sure. Easy test would be to alcohol wipe the area in contact with lead, especially if u torch dry after 30 degrees should hold lead.

Most jigs have a turn in the hook inside the lead. Can’t see from the angle where yours is. Have you poured other molds without issue from the current batch of lead?

We occasionally target spots in the summer on Stockton. Never catch a ton but, frequently catch 15-16”. Kiddos have a blast with them dropshotting.

Stockton state park. Has all listed plus a great cheeseburger

Gents, there may be some truth in the fishery changes and it’s lost in comparison, complaints and whining. How to catch them has certainly changed over the last 20 years. For big brownies, I catch more quantity and quality than ever before. Stringer wise, the winter bite sure seems to show lots of good ones and weights that are as good or better than ever. 100 fish days still happen every year. The pleasure boats suck worse than ever but I can’t agree the fishing is faltering. Sorry, just a different view.

Well, tried a couple styles. Based on the wind and depth, weighted clip on cigar type won the day. 1/16 oz jig head 18”-24” under.

High pressure, clear skies and a light wind following a cold front sets up well. Hens talk, shadows hide you and green heads glisten. Trips my trigger and ruins a guy for life chasing the right combination to do it again. I’ll give clouds, calm and rain to anyone that wants it. FWIW, that was public hunting in MO. I don’t think we (6 of us) shot more than 30 rounds to bag out on green

Same sky in this pic 😁 i love it.

I can’t wait for THE blue sky day to introduce my kid to the addiction. That second pic is perfect. Those images show why I go. Beautiful shots.

Good on you Bo. Solid info and interpretation.

Based on feedback I hope to run a few tests Wednesday thru Sunday. With a deer at the locker and a break from baseball with the holiday, it is time to stock up on fillets and scout ducks!

What color when they dye?

The fall over is interesting. My dad swears you have to present a bait above a crappie. That aspect is missing from the cheap foam floats with removable inserts. Glad to see a weight along with the type! Thanks. Last year a slight ripple and allowing the jig to drift in to the tree was magic. I’m assuming the referenced thills will impart the same subtlety to the jig.

Ok, hypothetically going to mess around with light biting crappie. I have in the past used a slip bobber with light jig. I have NOT really liked any of the slip bobbers. Foam is cheap and no great loss with line breakage in trees. With the light bite, some types seem better but can be overcome with attention. 1/16-1/32 heads, standard crappie plastics. Usually less than 5’. Fluoro leader on braid (though straight braid would be fine if it would thread and slip thru!). Whats the rule on types and sizes? Why one versus another? Looking for opinions and experience.

I was hoping to zoom in to see pierced lips! Very pretty plumage

This. i am not sure what I would lobby for fishing wise. Maybe we are lucky at TR when we go there and it seems to treat us as well as ever just not the same techniques if a couple of good issues are framed I would voice and support.

Fished a bit a Bennett Saturday. Was digging for my license to get a daily tag and was handed a tag. I asked about my license and was told “between you and the game warden “. Shocked me. So, who gets the daily tag revenue? Completely agree with the small fish quantity and amazed by the numbers hanging out by “cleaning “ areas. Never seen that phenomenon to this degree.

Any non marina Corp area on Truman until deer season.

Thanks. So, do we assume there was an organic artifact (like an animal bone) with the spear point to derive the time from? The rock existed before it was shaped.

Pretty cool. I wish they would say how they know what they believe for time. i can’t wrap my head around dating a rock much less dating the fracturing of a rock for weapon use. Still really old really cool.

Marking up an unpainted blank is way easier than detail airbrush or stencils for me. I bought a mixed color pack of fine point sharpies to keep playing with. Brown shows brown after paint and clear. That surprised me. Hoping purple and orange do the same for jerkbaits. Time will tell. Is there a thinner epoxy than bsi anyone recommends?

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so I dabble with painting mostly in pursuit of wart colors that have changed over time or tweaking jerkbaits. I messed around putting a hand drawn scale pattern on unpainted and primed blanks with a sharpie. I think it works ok. Epoxy top coat messed with visibility. Enamel was great. Looking for thoughts and further tweaks. Would like epoxy durability. Pics are no top coat and finally with enamel.

No electronics?

try rich n tone (RNT) entry level single reed with an instructional cd. Mack’s prairie wings is THE place for calls I have a couple of rnt’s and old big guys some wood and acrylic. Each has its day and place. Learning to feeding chatter and single quacks can sure help. Whistling or drake grunts are handy too Calling is part of the fun for me and a must in timber or flooded tall cover....especially if it’s sunny. Clouds are quiet days. Enter knowing it won’t happen over night and you learn a lot by messing up. Ducks have a language. Be courteous if ducks are working someone else Decoys do a lot in the open, not so much in the trees. Timber hunting is incredibly addictive 🙂