Champ188 Posted May 22, 2014 Posted May 22, 2014 The wobble is still really working. One of my friends fished the BFL this last weekend and his non-boater put a limit in the boat on it in about an hour while he was trying to catch topwater fish. He said the guy was just using a Chompers twin-tail hula grub with a Chompers wobblehead 7/16 and crawl-swimming it on main lake flat gravel that he was throwing topwater on. Lots of different ways to catch them now, but the wobbler is still slamming fish. Good luck I got a chuckle outta that one. Sounds EXACTLY like me ... continue throwing a topwater while my back-seater is catching half the fish in the lake bottom-dragging a soft plastic. Been there, done that. Was only a few years ago that my co-angler won this very same BFL derby dragging the most gosh-awful contraption I've ever laid eyes on. The thing began life as a PBJ-colored Eakins jig, but then he hung the biggest salt craw I've ever seen in my life off the back of it and proceeded to dye that entire craw chartreuse with a spray can of that Spike-It stuff that I just knew was gonna end up all over my boat before the day was over. I did manage to beat out a limit on my "sensible" offerings and make a check, but mostly I spent the rest of the day marveling at how those fish would bite that silly thing when I could literally see it as he drug it across the bottom in 10-15 feet of water.
dtrs5kprs Posted May 22, 2014 Posted May 22, 2014 I always hate it when someone starts throwing something stupid and ugly out the back. Pretty much guarantees they will hammer them.
Quillback Posted May 23, 2014 Posted May 23, 2014 - Those Swing Oil wobble jigs are WAY more affordable than those biffle heads. Ole Biffle should be ashamed what he's charging for those things! - If your Swing Oil hooks get rolled or dull; just snip them off and put a split ring on the head, then whatever hook you like.:-) Have you done this? Looks to me that, with the hook hanger being vertical, you'd need 2 split rings to have your replacement hook ride point up. But maybe there's a way you can do it with one ring?
motoman Posted May 23, 2014 Posted May 23, 2014 Have you done this? Looks to me that, with the hook hanger being vertical, you'd need 2 split rings to have your replacement hook ride point up. But maybe there's a way you can do it with one ring? - You're right quill, sorry about that, I should've clarified. I did it on other similar brand, but I believe you are correct, I think I actually did have to use 2 split rings. - It was an 'on the water' repair/improvise when we boogered up some hooks on them.:-(
Bill Babler Posted May 23, 2014 Posted May 23, 2014 Champ, I was fishing a Heartland up on Lake O back in the 90's and my amateur drug a buzz bait on the bottom all day. It was white with chartruse strands and had a silver blade. He had a 5 inch white worm as a trailer on it. I believe he weighed in close to 16 pounds and won the deal on the amateur side. I had two on a jig. As close as I came to caving in was I went to a whit/char SB with a white trailer worked really slow just above the bottom, but never had a bite on it while he wrestled fish after fish over the back of the boat. He would hook them on one side and fight them back and forth over the motor to both sides of the boat. His rod at all time when he was hooked up had yards of slack in it. He would get them tangled in the motor and even from the back of the boat got one tangled in the trolling motor. He never lost a fish all day. I believe he put about a dozen in the boat. Seemed like a hundred. He had some kind of a short stiff pistol grip rod with a old red ambassador with what looked like about 50 yrds of 30 pound white mono that came off the reel in curls. He more just let line off the reel as he was casting rather than try and throw that mess. Smoked about 2 packs of cigs and caught at least 3 of those fish while he was firing up with the rod tucked under his arm pit. He would brace his feet and set the hook at least 4 times on each fish. It would have made America's funniest, but the joke was really on me. About 1 pm he offered me his bait. That is a pretty stand up guy. I refused it as I told him to keep going as he had a chance to win the deal. Just simply kicked my tail. I still have Nightmares. Makes u think. http://whiteriveroutfitters.com http://whiteriverlodgebb.com
dtrs5kprs Posted May 23, 2014 Posted May 23, 2014 We cost ourselves a lot of bites by doing what we "know" works. One of the lessons learned from the Ned Rig.
Champ188 Posted May 23, 2014 Posted May 23, 2014 Bill, you got me beat with that one. Unbelievable. Ron Shuffield had a guy do it to him one time on Lake Ouachita. They were fishing deep grass and this guy pulls out a solid white jig and hangs a bright red Uncle Josh No. 1 jumbo pork frog on the back. Proceeds to catch 20 pounds on that contraption in less than 2 hours' time. The reasoning behind his color choice? He was a diehard Arkansas Razorbacks fan.
balsabee Posted May 23, 2014 Posted May 23, 2014 Rage Tail DB Structure Bug from Strike King coming out in June looks good for the Wobble Head. Menace/Beaver clone.
REDSOXWSCHAMP Posted May 23, 2014 Posted May 23, 2014 That looks alot like their shell cracker with a few more appendages
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