>>665380My catch-all has always been jig spinners. I like around a #3 or 3.5 colorado blade, hammered, in either copper or gold colour. With them I use 1/16 oz darter jig heads (1/8 for deeper water/faster sinking) and 5" Gary Yamamoto Grubs. Favourite colours for the grubs are chartreuse-pepper, smoke-pepper, and red shad.
>>665389For a lot of lure-addicted fishermen when they find something that works they like it. When it continues to work then they love it. And when they love it they buy a bunch more. I'm just as guilty with my jig spinners but also with any new tackle I pick up. I started fishing squarebills and jerkbaits as autumn was setting in. Slower retrieves for cooler waters. The jerkbaits can be worked almost like a sub-surface popper in that quick pops of the rod tip will barely move the lure any further from where it landed but produces a lot of action. Anyway they both worked out amazingly so I turned around and filled two 3600's full of them.
Tackle is a compulsion for a lot of us, especially in the winter time for mid-atlantic anglers. Most land-locked waters will freeze over but never thick enough for ice fishing. You can't fish from shore. You can't launch a boat. But what you can do is spend a lot of time organizing your tackle for the spring and thinking to yourself "Y'know I should buy more of these."
>>665395>I tell every one I fish with to buy a telescopic lure retrieverAmen to that. Fishing from my jon boat I can usually get away with my pyramid sinker on a snap to get snagged lures back. Just snap it around the line, let it drop, and the weight of it usually pulls the lure free. It's rare I snag trees or anything high up but when it happens I always wish I had some sort of pole to get'em back with. I may have even drunkenly climbed a couple trees to get back a favourite lure, granted the booze is what got'em up there in the first place.
>>666080Hell, that's $175+ easy. I really need to give in-lines a chance.
