It is downright looney out there!

[Quillback]

9 hours ago, liphunter said:

He didn't want it and now it's yours huh? Well let me ask you this. Has anybody seen Mike lately?  lol

LOL, he insisted I take it.  He's new to the Ozarkian bass scene, and even though I did explain to  him the desirability of those old style WW's he didn't want it.  

[Quillback]

9 hours ago, Ham said:

Hard to argue with your results, but I can argue with $2.00 a Jig Head when I’m likely to go thru a few. 

I like the look of the Berkley 1/2 heads, but I have not fished them.

I have fished the Lunker City heads with swim baits and I am very Happy with the results. 

Both of those products are available at TW as well. I really appreciate the companies that list the hook size in their Jig Head descriptions. All of them should to help us make informed purchases. 

I have the Keitechs but I’m don’t think I have the 2.8 or 3.3. I do have some swim baits I’d love to do a comparison fish test to see if it is the Keitech or just a good bite. 

 

Hard thing is finding heads with a good 1/0 hook for those smaller baits.  Tons of options out there with 3/0 hooks, but that is not what I want, unless I am going with bigger Keitechs.  They will start eating 3.8's and 4.3's soon, maybe they are now, just haven't experimented much with bigger baits yet.

[Ham]

Sometimes, a good #1 or #2 is all you need. 1/2 a zinker is 2.5 inches long. A Ned head might work on that one. 

[Quillback]

1 hour ago, Ham said:

Sometimes, a good #1 or #2 is all you need. 1/2 a zinker is 2.5 inches long. A Ned head might work on that one. 

Well they've been working better than my Ned stuff.  And even a Ned head from a well known source costs me about $1 each when said and done.  And I lose those too.  Heck I lost 3  $2 heads yesterday, out $6 might have saved $3 with less expensive heads.  But I know I can catch fish with that extra $3 and they'll stay hooked.  When you look at the whole shebang of bass fishing out of a fiberglass boat, tow vehicle, electronics, gas, maintenance, etc., all that money it takes just to get out on the water, that extra $3 is insignificant.  

Time is valuable too, especially if you are working, we only have so many fine spring days in our lives to fish, I'm just not going to spend too much time trying to find a bit less expensive tackle to fish over something that is putting fish in the boat.  

With all that being said (see you got me into a semi-rant),  I'll be all over it - I want a good quality 1/0 hook, decent bait keeper for those soft keitechs ( I glue them on, but the bait keeper helps), and painted head would be nice.