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    Articles about Jigs, Spinnerbaits, Buzzbaits by Brad Wiegmann

    TALON Shibui Yuugyo Swim Jig and Shibui Yana Swim Jig

    Author: Brad Wiegmann

    TALON Shibui Yuugyo and Yana swim jigsFishing has no boundary; no limits. There is only one language and every angler understands it. It brings a smile to their face as they hold the fish. Talon Custom Lures brings a new series of lures with a Japanese flare and anglers are learning a new language when it comes to lures. Talon Shibui Yuugyo Swim Jigs and Shibui Yana Swim Jigs translates into two new innovative lures sure to bring smiles to anglers everywhere.

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    The Secret Kruger Flair Hair Jig

    Author: Brad Wiegmann

    Ron Kruger Flair Hair Jig  Photo by Ron KrugerI love to listen when anglers get together before going fishing. It’s often referred to as dock talk. Every angler anxiously wait their turn to tell stories of big bass they caught the day before or how the smallmouths were aggressively attacking their lure every cast. While some of these stories are true others are fabricated to enhance the size or number of bass caught. Some of the anglers standing around say nothing about what lure they are catching fish on or where. They really don’t care because it’s their secret lure that’s catching them. If their secret was to come out then everyone would be fishing with a Flair Hair Jig made by Ron Kruger.

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    Break Away the Secret to Successful Buzzbait Fishing

    Author: Brad Wiegmann

    Don Minkler holding a bass caught on the E-Z Dip Lures Break Away BuzzbaitHow many times has this happened to you? You are on your local lake and the bass are slamming buzzbaits retrieved back bumping any piece of wood; however, you can’t get one hook-up. The bass are just flashing at your buzzbait like they are trying to kill it, but not eat it. It’s really frustrating and you only have so much patience before throwing your rod down on the deck of the boat and reaching for another rod with a different lure. You tried adding a trailer hook without any luck; you even tried a different buzzbait with an extended long wire arm shaft, but that isn’t even hooking them. There is no reason you cannot catch one except the blade of the buzzbait seems to be obstructing the bass from getting the hook in its mouth. Here’s a secret to catching more fish on buzzbaits when this happens, try using a Break Away Buzzbait by E-Z Dip Lures. The Break Away Buzzbait has a 360-degree collapsible buzzbait wire arm connected to the main wire frame that moves out of the way when a bass strikes.

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    Striper Fishing a Bucktail Road Runner

    Author: Brad Wiegmann

    Blakemore Road Runners

    Can you name one lure that can be casted, trolled, or jigged and catch monster stripers and giant hybrids? If you said a Bucktail Road Runner you’re right. The Bucktail Road Runner is one lure that stripers and hybrids cannot resist when casted, trolled, or jigged. These single spin, jig heads have a unique shape and design to be fished with or without a trailer added to it. Adding the trailer not only adds to the lure’s seductive action, but increases the size making it represent a large shad or blueback herring. No matter if you live on the east coast, west coast, on Lake Texoma, or fishing in a highland reservoir like Beaver Lake in Northwest Arkansas; a Bucktail Road Runner can catch stripers and hybrids.

     

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    The Bladed Swim Jig Potomac Punisher a Kaotik Lure

    Author: Brad Wiegmann

     

    Kaotik Potomac Punisher

     

    It’s absolutely chaotic.  One turn of your reel handle and you begin to feel a thumping sensation.  A thump, a thump, a thump…you feel as the lure speeds through the grass.  You are anticipating a bone crushing strike.  No bass can resist that enticing thump and flash the Potomac Punisher is putting off.  It’s going to surely be Kaotik when that bass tries to destroy it.

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    Flexible Steel Lures by Ty Gy’s Lures

    Author: Brad Wiegmann

    Ty Gy's LuresCan you jig, jerk, rip, and burn any one lure in your tackle box? I have a whole tackle box full of jerkbaits for jerking, jigs for hopping or crawling across the bottom, spinnerbaits for ripping, and buzzbaits for burning across the surface. Amazingly that’s what you can do with these hand tied Ty Gy’s flexible steel lures built by Ty Steinebach. It’s his all-in-one lure that catches bass, northern pike, salmon, muskies, and other game fish. 

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    Swim-It the Swimming Jig

    Author: Brad Wiegmann

    Swim-It swim jig by Jewel Bait CompanySome lures are named after their looks. Others lures are named after their inventors while others are named according to how they react or move in the water. Then other lures after the technique used to fish it with. The Swim-It was appropriately named after the technique referred to as swimming a jig. Swimming a jig has become increasingly popular among professional anglers including Bassmaster Elite Series Professional angler Kevin Short as a way to catch big bass during a tournament. Short’s favorite swim jig is the Swim-It by Jewel Bait Company.

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    Bomber Saltwater Jig Heads

    Author: Brad Wiegmann

    Bomber Saltwater Jig Head

    When it comes to fishing live bait or lures in saltwater, anglers can never have enough jig heads. No jig head will last long when the action heats up or bottom bouncing a reef; however anglers still require quality hooks that can stand up to monster saltwater fish. Bomber knew when it came to building a jig head it would have to be tough, versatile, and durable. So they engineered the Bomber Saltwater Grade jig head series. These jig heads were designed for fishing with either live bait or lures for almost any saltwater species. Bomber Saltwater Grade jig heads come in a number of different sizes for anglers to choose from depending on the technique they are using.

     

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    Thumping, Vibrating Mepps Dorsal Fin

    Author: Brad Wiegmann

    Mepps Dorsal FinDashing through the standing timber, skirting over massive grass flats, and banging rocks the Mepps Dorsal Fin goes where few other lures dare venture.  The unique design of this in-line spinnerbait takes on cover and structure without hanging up.  Similar to other Mepps in-line spinnerbaits, the Dorsal Fin has one Aglia blade that spins.  The thumping and vibrating created by the Aglia blade incites bass to viciously strike at it.

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    Drop Shotting a Drop Shot Jig

    Author: Brad Wiegmann

    Drop shot rigForget about it.  That’s right; forget about everything you have learned about drop shotting.  Put it in your mental and physical recycle bin and delete it.  Do not forget to delete the memory on your backup either.  Oh, you can also leave all your drop shot hooks and fancy hand poured finesse worms at home.  The only lure and hook you will need is the Trendsetter Drop Shot Jig. 

     

    Before I go any farther, let me explain, the Drop Shot Jig by Trendsetter Tackle brings a new dimension to drop shotting.  Unlike your normal drop shot rig that consists of a bare drop shot hook rigged with a soft plastic lure and drop shot weight, a Trendsetter Drop Shot Jig does not require any soft plastic or any lure added to it; that’s because a Trendsetter Drop Shot Jig like most fishing jigs has a skirt.  The skirt is made from chenille and marabou with a StandOUT hook.  To rig a Drop Shot Jig, tie a knot on the top eye leaving whatever length of line you want between your drop shot weight and Drop Shot Jig then run your tag end through the bottom eye and tie on your drop shot weight.

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