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You are correct, I think Paul got the idea from them

Wow, huge fish.....some day I will buy you a couple of drinks and drag the location out of you!

Interesting comments everyone! I think you can dial down the profile of a jig to make it the same as a small tube. One of my favorite tube rigging methods for up north is what was invented by Paul Jensen, of Jensen jigs, it's called a bou-tube. He removes the tentacles off the tube and replaces them with marabou tied on the hook near the bend. Same fall as regular tube but comes alive when at rest. Another difference between tubes and jigs is that most bristle type weedguards completely change the profile of a tube, whereas with a jig the weedguard kind of gets caught up in the skirt and isn't as noticeable. Text posing works best, but isn't weedless enough for me BTW joeD....we're you using goldfish or guppies from your daughters fish tank?

Nice jigs Scott!

I hardly ever use peacock herl, so I can't comment. Seems like the kiss formula always works best on jigs for me.... Keep it simple

I found this from an old tackle box from the lake Erie days....here's some schnizzle for ya my nizzle. One of the endless tube rigging techniques...Alka Seltzer on a hook! http://www.landbigfish.com/companyinformation.cfm?ID=55

All rabbit strips are not created equal, sometimes the processing makes the hide stiff, sometimes they are just bad quality hides. Get good quality hides from a place like Harline dubbin. Also, the thickness of the hide might hinder the action. You can carefully trim the thickness with good quality small tying scissors. One of the good things about strips is you can add a drop or two of scent on the hide side and it wont matt down the hair. Forgot to say that a strip needs get good and soaked before the action is at its best. Make a couple of casts first then slap the jig in the water a couple of times to get it ready for prime time.

I hear tell that Paul works for CC on the rocks and Monte Cristo cigars.....wouldn't dare charge a fellow fisherman

I do a similar tactic with a jig, but it needs to be close to cover. They know its there and can't stand it. They come out of the cover and nail it. I never caught a really big one doing that though.... Maybe I'll try a bigger tube

BTW, Bo now markets under NUJIG, Here's the link: http://www.nutechlures.com/

Like I said in the initial post, I've had good success with dragging tubes in the great lakes, escpecially Erie, St. Clair, the Detroit river, Menominee river, Clarion river, even Canada. But I've also found that fishing jig and pigs in those same regions didn't work quite as well.

Good Luck, I'm going to the springs tomorrow (Sunday) for a picnic with my family and might bring my rod, maybe I'll see you there.

Like it or not, this time of the year you need to be throwing a jig at least some, if not all day long. The jig is and always has been my favorite lure to fish...Because I love it so much, I spend more time throwing it than anything else. In Missouri Im partial to a jig and pig style, but up north in the Great Lakes and their tribs, I've had much better luck with tubes. A tube resembles the profile of a goby as well as a crawfish and I suspect thats the reason they work so well up there. I know some great fisherman that throw tubes in Missouri with success, but for some reason I havn't gotten there yet. Strange, seems the farther south you go standard jigs are more popular. I've known a bunch of guys that fish the chain lakes along the Tennesse river system and none of them throw a tube. Don't really know why because they are extremely versatile with dozens of rigging techniques. Just curious what your preference is and why?

my fav line as well!

Corey Cottrell or Nick Hamra, pm me for their contact info for Meramec, both are excellent fisherman Tommy Bench for Gasconade http://www.gasconaderiverguide.com/photos_1.html

Ham, I'm always willing to change...what caused you to not use EWG's?

I've been stuck once with the reverse barb Megabass 110 hooks, the shoestring trick doesnt work with those reverse barb hooks (I guess), so I had to push it thru and cut off the barb...lucky it wasn't in too deep. I've also been told these hooks straighten out on a bigger bass. No good! When I replace trebles I always go with either the KVD short shanks, or the Gamakatsu EWG trebles. The Gama's are my choice if the hooks are far enough apart that they dont interfere with each other. Gamakatsu makes a short shank but its a round bend. The Magic eye on the short shank trebles is pretty cool becuase you dont need split ring pliers to replace the hooks.

Cute little bugger

A friend of mine caught a 19 lb on 6 lb test while crappie fishing and has a world line record. He said his was a hybrid that looked like a striper too. The conservation dept told him it was a hybrid from a striper egg?

I found this: http://www.arkansasstripers.com/identification-white-bass-striped-bass-hybrid-bass.htm

Safety first! Find a deeper hole with water that is standing still (look for blotches of foam not moving). Winter fish usually stay in dead water that is in or near deep water with cover. Look for any warmer water you can find.... springs, creeks after a rain , discharge pipes. Air temps aren't important only water temps, when the water gets below 50,fish smaller jigs and jerkbaits slowly. Bring a thermometer!

After this conversation, I saw the movie was listed on Netflicks, and watched it. Wow, disturbing but good....I guess I like a movie that disturbs me.

I wouldn't know LOL, not going there

Available raw at any chinese market in St Louis. Yes, it's what you think

I've caught big trout all the way down past Scott's Ford which is well past suicide, they may be fewer and farther between though...but they seem average a little bigger