Got to CB at 4:00 this AM to fish w/ crappiepappa. He had been there since 2:00. Super nice guy. Gave me some Slab Slobber (and some of his wife's cookies). It definitely helps (Slobber on the jigs, not on the cookies). We mostly fished outside to avoid the elbow-to-elbow crowd and enjoy nature (37 degrees with a nice north wind).
Later, there was a lot of excitement, so I went in and saw the master at work. Two guys from Wichita were using home-made metal jigs. One had an ice rod with a strike indicator extension. While everyone else was catching an occasional fish or having no luck, he was catching them as fast as he could get the jig down. He was offered pretty good money if he would sell some, but no dice. His partner said a guy once offered a thousand dollars for a small fly box of the jigs, but was told he would have to suffer the pain and make his own. He DID explain how to make the jigs, which he said always results in soldering burns and being stabbed multiple times while filing the metal in order to have the vinyl paint stick to the metal. He must have caught over 300 fish. They had a backup rod and loaned it to my son-in-law who was fishing between them and was not getting a bump. Bang! Bang! Bang! I suggested that he make a trade, his rod for their's, but that suggestion was politely declined.