Table Rock Magic Bait?

[gitnby]

http://www.bassmaster.com/blogs/2014-elite-series-table-rock-live-blog/davis-table-rock-magic-bait

Interesting blog about the bait that Mark Davis used to catch several of his fish last week.

Apparently he used this combo much like a crankbait.

I have used something very similar. Same free-swinging football head, but with a beaver trailer.

Now that I think of it, I usually got bit when I first engaged the reel after the cast, or when I was pulling it up over a rock or limb?

Never thought to swim it? Guess I will now!

[Bill Babler]

Question, is that head just threaded over the hook and moved up to the eye or is it attached with a split ring. Also it looks to me like a 3/8th.

Mark said he was fishing it like a cranbait right on the bottom, and if it hit a rock he would shake it off but kept it moving and swimming at all times.

I do think we need much form info on this bait. Looks like the deal for Jaws or K's and I do not believe it has really caught on that well here.

Also look at his trailer. When I have fished it I have used a bigger bait like a smallie beaver. He pretty much has a small craw on it. If you remember from the short video he had it is just about the size of the dad that the fish spit in his boat.

[dtrs5kprs]

That looks like any of the other heads of that type, with the hook molded on. Guessing 3/8 is probably close, maybe 5/16. Doing the split ring thing is problematic because you have to account for the hook eye in relation to the attachment point. A regular worm hook will mold on because the eye is perpendicular to the wire loop. Using something like a 30 degree wide gap jig hook would require a single ring, or a loop turned perpendicular to the tie loop.

Whew. That almost hurt. Dangerously close to geometry.

It brings up one problem with them. If you roll a point you either toss the head or have to add two rings in series to attach another EWG hook. Then you are dragging a little choo-choo train along.

It is an interesting little plastic. There are a couple of little craws that might work.

Think we get so caught up with the fb jig and grub that we have overlooked this head. There was a video at one point of the actual designer. Seems like he was a guide at Grand. He set it up for clients with trick worms.

[dtrs5kprs]

http://www.in-fisherman.com/2013/09/30/strike-king-lure-companys-rage-twintail-menace-grub/

Piece from Ned's blog covering the grub.

[Guest]

the biffle hardhead has been a mainstay in my tackle box for 3 years.

I actually stopped buying FB jigs in favor of the BBug

Baby brush hogs or swimbaits will not catch a fish on there. not one (sarcasm)

This has been my secret weapon

[Quillback]

Pigsticker baits sells one with the horizontal hook hanger (Pig-Rig) and a split ring, so you can change out your hooks without snipping off the hook and adding a couple of rings like some of the other brands. Or you can take off the split ring and substitute one of those wire duo-lock deals.

[rps]

I too have fished a biffle head, but now days I find a jikka rig hangs less but still allows the hook to free swing like the biffle. Plus, if you use a coast lock instead of a split ring, changing the weight size is easier. Guess I need to swim it sometimes.

This makes the best jikka rig weight for a coastlock system:

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Northland-reg-Roach-Rig-reg-Walker-Sinkers/1208846.uts?productVariantId=2805378&WT.tsrc=CSE&WT.mc_id=GoogleProductAds&WT.z_mc_id1=03088462&rid=40&channel=GoogleBaseUSA&mr:trackingCode=28E43CE2-B076-E011-B343-001B21631C34&mr:referralID=NA&mr:device=c&mr:adType=pla_with_promotion&mr:ad=30640523471&mr:keyword&mr:match&mr:filter=57965685671&gclid=CM7S15D1zr0CFRQV7AodYW8Avw&gclsrc=aw.ds

[dtrs5kprs]

Pigsticker baits sells one with the horizontal hook hanger (Pig-Rig) and a split ring, so you can change out your hooks without snipping off the hook and adding a couple of rings like some of the other brands. Or you can take off the split ring and substitute one of those wire duo-lock deals.

Have a couple made that way, but have only thrown the original to date.

Won't go near the walleye bits. Afraid I would end up catching them ;-) .

[Sore Thumbs]

Tommy Biffle was using same basic technique when he won at Ft.Gibson.

[gitnby]

I think I might take some scissors and "modify" some green punkin twin tail chompers?

Or maybe even take a 4" or 5" grub and snip off about half the tail and split it.