Quillback Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 The day sure started off well, a good early bite on the c-rigged Ol' Monster, caught 8 or so on it, had a big fish, bigger than the 5.75 I caught yesterday right up to the boat, it made a last jump and threw the hook. Very painful. After the early bite stopped the fish shutdown for me, threw the Jika quite a bit, never got a good bite on it, yesterday they loved it, today they hated it. I'm blaming it on the bluebird skies and no wind. Picked up a few random spots on the drop shot, could not get that dialed in either. Left in disgust at 11 AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyman Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Thanks for the report. At least you were not fishless like I have been the last two times to TR. That would have been a good day for me here lately. Lol! I will continue trying to learn and use your suggestions (and those by others) at TR this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Essary Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 quill, try that rig earlier. Sure the bright skies killed it, but maybe you should have went deeper with it as thats what the fish probably done. what depth you throwning that c-rig and what type of banks? Essary Construction - Honest work for honest price Custom Construction and Remodeling Call for free quotes (417)338-6418 http://essarycustomhomes.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillback Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 Jason, I was throwing the c-rig with the Monster early, until about 6 AM. Fishing it on a gravel point, throwing it up into 2 feet of water. Those bass are on that point early, feeding up. Later I tried the Jika shallow up in the buck brush, and I swim it back into deeper water. There's a lot of bream up in the buck brush and I think the bass see that beaver and think it's a bream. I did try some deep stuff off of points and nothing going on there, but to your point I probably should have tried deeper off the brush. Right before I left, I threw a cast into the water behind a dock, got snagged up, went in to try and get unsnagged and spooked a 1/2 dozen bass that were right up on the bank off the dock corner in a little shady spot. They were some solid LM's, wish I had not gotten snagged up. Maybe should have thrown a Senko around the docks also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Essary Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Tried making the jika at home. Cant get it right, if I use split rings that have enough room to let them move, they rub on the inside of the hook eye enough that they dont freely move. Dropped down in size of the split ring and the split ring is so tight it doesnt move freely again. Im getting frustrated. Maybe have to use something other than my owner hooks, but I love love the cutting edge. Essary Construction - Honest work for honest price Custom Construction and Remodeling Call for free quotes (417)338-6418 http://essarycustomhomes.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Rapp Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 QB, you might want to just try a weightless white fluke on those shallow fish early. Never mind, you have a sure fire method already, LOL! I appreciate your posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfishn Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Tried making the jika at home. Cant get it right, if I use split rings that have enough room to let them move, they rub on the inside of the hook eye enough that they dont freely move. Dropped down in size of the split ring and the split ring is so tight it doesnt move freely again. Im getting frustrated. Maybe have to use something other than my owner hooks, but I love love the cutting edge. Member rps posted his solution not too far back, IIRC he used a snap in place of the split rings. I can't dance like I used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abkeenan Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Jason, I am also an Owner fan as they are just the best hooks you can buy IMO. But its not like you are downgrading all the bad by switching to Gammy's. For Jika's Rigs I love the Owners but the Gammy Super Line hooks have a bigger eye thus you don't have the split ring rubbing on the inside of the eye and getting all caught up. Should solve the problem although I wish Owner had a bigger eyelet on their 4/0 and 5/0 EWG hooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rps Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Tried making the jika at home. Cant get it right, if I use split rings that have enough room to let them move, they rub on the inside of the hook eye enough that they dont freely move. Dropped down in size of the split ring and the split ring is so tight it doesnt move freely again. Im getting frustrated. Maybe have to use something other than my owner hooks, but I love love the cutting edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillback Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 I've been using a 4/0 Gammy EWG and a #3 split ring. The Gammy eye isn't big enough to go over the two wire part of the split ring so it has to set on the one wire part, but it works fine. That being said, I need to make some using the rps method. I'm thinking a hook manufacturer will eventually come out with a Jika rig hook, one with a bigger eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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