Live Target Bait Ball Series

[Mitch f]

I really like the HFC craws though

[moguy1973]

it is a crankbait, and if you are fishing the right depth, the right depth, and in front of some fish, there will be times that you will catch some fish on it. i seriously doubt, that bass perceive that as a group of shad, but just whatever the main color is.

just mho.

bo

Exactly what I was going to say.

I think it's already hooked a big one at the time it was bought

[Champ188]

it is a crankbait, and if you are fishing the right depth, the right depth, and in front of some fish, there will be times that you will catch some fish on it. i seriously doubt, that bass perceive that as a group of shad, but just whatever the main color is.

just mho.

bo

I'm a lot like that about jigs. Long as the main color is right, a Bass-X is a Jewel is a Nu-Tech.

[littlejasper]

Champ, you have obviously not fished a Nu-Tech. If you had, you would not have made that post. Try pulling your Jewell through cedar after cedar and see how long it takes to get your plug knocker out! If you guys haven't checked out the Nu-Tech's, you are missing out.

[Mitch f]

Champ, you have obviously not fished a Nu-Tech. If you had, you would not have made that post. Try pulling your Jewell through cedar after cedar and see how long it takes to get your plug knocker out! If you guys haven't checked out the Nu-Tech's, you are missing out.

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[Champ188]

Champ, you have obviously not fished a Nu-Tech. If you had, you would not have made that post. Try pulling your Jewell through cedar after cedar and see how long it takes to get your plug knocker out! If you guys haven't checked out the Nu-Tech's, you are missing out.

To the contrary, littlejasper, I have tried the Nu-Tech and found nothing special about it. In fact, the one Donna was sent to try (albeit 3-4 years ago) had a crappy bronze hook in it, a sloppy paint job and a scraggly skirt. I wasn't impressed with anything about it. Looked very homemade and amateur-ish, especially up beside the Bass-X, Jewels and War Eagles that we ordinarily throw.

They might be better now but they'd certainly have to be quite a bit improved for us to tie on another one.

And before you Nu-Tech "pro staffers" go off like a bunch of 4th of July fireworks on this post, that's MY opinion, to which I am entitled, just as you are entitled to sing the Nu-Tech fight song.

[abkeenan]

To the contrary, littlejasper, I have tried the Nu-Tech and found nothing special about it. In fact, the one Donna was sent to try (albeit 3-4 years ago) had a crappy bronze hook in it, a sloppy paint job and a scraggly skirt. I wasn't impressed with anything about it. Looked very homemade and amateur-ish, especially up beside the Bass-X, Jewels and War Eagles that we ordinarily throw.

They might be better now but they'd certainly have to be quite a bit improved for us to tie on another one.

And before you Nu-Tech "pro staffers" go off like a bunch of 4th of July fireworks on this post, that's MY opinion, to which I am entitled, just as you are entitled to sing the Nu-Tech fight song.

Champ,

I bought 10 or so NuTech's over the winter and they are a quality jig. Nice stout Owner hook, nice durable powder coat and they really do come through cover and cedars better than the average jig. I would like to see a hand tied skirt on them myself but that would be the only gripe about the NuTech's. Are they revolutionary? Doubt it as it's still a jig. But they are an improvement over old designs in my opinion which is all that you can ask....always making a better mouse trap for the green and brown fish.

[merc1997 Bo]

To the contrary, littlejasper, I have tried the Nu-Tech and found nothing special about it. In fact, the one Donna was sent to try (albeit 3-4 years ago) had a crappy bronze hook in it, a sloppy paint job and a scraggly skirt. I wasn't impressed with anything about it. Looked very homemade and amateur-ish, especially up beside the Bass-X, Jewels and War Eagles that we ordinarily throw.

They might be better now but they'd certainly have to be quite a bit improved for us to tie on another one.

And before you Nu-Tech "pro staffers" go off like a bunch of 4th of July fireworks on this post, that's MY opinion, to which I am entitled, just as you are entitled to sing the Nu-Tech fight song.

just to clear up your statement. you were sent one of the old blems, not a new production pro series. the function of that blem is just as good as the new ones. the pro series has an owner hook, a positive skirt collar and a soft plastic keeper barb. i did not send you that free blem for any other reason than to see if it fished and hooked bass better. if you would like to compare finish, hook, and skirt, i would be glad to send you a new pro series.

i might add that the blem i sent you maded in the late 80's and the hook choices then was gold or bronze. i will still put that "crappy" gold hook up against any of the new hooks for hook penetration.

one last thing, is that the people talking about NuTech products is of their own accord.

bo

[Mitch f]

When designing a jig, you have to build it around the hook. And if your not a hook manufacturer, you're pretty well stuck with what's out there. The only way to get Owner or Gamakatsu to make a new style is to have a contract that promises you will buy an ungodly amount of hooks from them. I'm pretty sure Nutech was stuck with the closest thing to the ideal hook they could find. They have since come out with extremely good quality hooks. I'm not a pro staffer or have no agenda.

[Champ188]

Bo, I understand what you're saying. But I'd suggest that you might explain that to the recipient at the time you send out the sample jig. Otherwise, how are they to know that isn't the top-shelf product? When I receive a sample of something, I naturally presume that it's fully representative of that product.