Quote Originally Posted by Micanopy View Post
1/16th ounce Bat Jig, size #2 Do-It Whacky Hook, Slab Curly glued onto a thread wrap. I really like the way the jig head matches up with the plastic bait. Looks more like a Shad to me that any other curly tailed bait out there. These will have an amazing action just under the surface, maybe a foot deep. Seven of my very best colors. I made two of each, and these will be in my Go-To box.

I like to think about things before I go and rig jigs on my poles according to my plan. Thinking…..2 heavy weight spinner type jigs, and 2 lightweight non-spinner, and 2 heavy weight non-spinner.

I was playing around with two rod holders in the garage and can see how these could be mounted on the sides in the front, and run along the sides of the boat to the point where the rod tip would be away about two feet. Horizontal more or less to the water. This would fish two jigs in a vacant area and they can be extremely close to the boat. I do not think these will foul with the others. Just need to mount the bases and test them out.

Read a little about Power Trolling and read about Tight Lining and of course Spider rigging. these two poles would be like an amalgamation of styles. Be an odd bird for sure but right now the fish are hot for a jig next to the hull. They ain’t line shy and they ain’t large boat thing shy either. Maybe later on I will need to drop my lines back further, but I may not ever have to. Possible that the fish can be caught consistently in this manner.

I am sure there are other ways to fish for them that are not readily spoken of.
I get the occasional opportunity to fish shallow Central FL lakes and I have experienced the same phenomena you have seen with nice fish hitting trolled jigs close to the boat. I use a shorter rod out each side angled rearward so that the tip is about a foot or so beyond the side and parallel to the water. I let out about 15-20 feet of line with a 3/32 jig and paddle tail trolling 6-7 FOW. Some days these two rods equal the combined production of my other six long lined rods with better fish hitting these jigs which are only about ten feet behind the boat. Occasionally I even get some which bite as I’m letting line out.


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