Jilly Jelly Fever

It was a miserable day today and my knee was really aching. I treated myself to some home therapy by fixin up some more Jilly Jelly Jigs (See Photo) and then made some more Sexy Lady jigs like I did a few years ago.(Photo from 2 years ago)

I get my Jilly Jelly grub bodies from Snake River and thread neck hackle through them. They are fish catching mama's. I am aching to get out and go fishing with my pastor and have results like the last time we went out. (Photo from my cell phone)

I have cabin fever big time.

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Well.....I gotta tell ya.....I am headed out tommorrow after Church for Okatibbee.....gonna stay a few days. I have the Jig poles, Jelly Jigs, Rooster Jigs and the Sexy Ladies, and Electricity already loaded on the boat. Also have my line counter rigs and my beloved crankbaits with me. Stay tuned hope to have some pics for ya towards the end of the week.

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Originally Posted by "G"

Well.....I gotta tell ya.....I am headed out tommorrow after Church for Okatibbee.....gonna stay a few days. I have the Jig poles, Jelly Jigs, Rooster Jigs and the Sexy Ladies, and Electricity already loaded on the boat. Also have my line counter rigs and my beloved crankbaits with me. Stay tuned hope to have some pics for ya towards the end of the week.

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Sounds like fun David. Have yourself a ball. Save a few for me when I get my knees healthy again.

I will be close to the Alabama line Ship......just look for the green light at night, lol

you guys are making me feel guilty. I feel like I should go out and start making plastic baits we probably will hear pretty darn quick. We just got everything pretty well settled down and after this coming week. Maybe we will get back into it. We have a new mold coming. The crappie dancer coming this week to replace the other one bear baits is replacing the other one it was defective so I'm really proud of them. To do this, we are anxious to make up some of those. I think they will be a good bait. I hope you guys have a good fishing trip coming up. I haven't got out yet and don't know if I will this year and all we are getting action on property so I may have to bailout it here this summer. I would love to get into a new home before winter.

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Originally Posted by shipahoy41

It was a miserable day today and my knee was really aching. I treated myself to some home therapy by fixin up some more Jilly Jelly Jigs (See Photo) and then made some more Sexy Lady jigs like I did a few years ago.(Photo from 2 years ago)

I get my Jilly Jelly grub bodies from Snake River and thread neck hackle through them. They are fish catching mama's. I am aching to get out and go fishing with my pastor and have results like the last time we went out. (Photo from my cell phone)

I have cabin fever big time.

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...JellyJigs2.gif

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...1/Purdy2-1.jpg

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...xyLadyJigs.jpg

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ship you did a good job on the bodies and feathers jelly jigs. They look fantastic you run out you let me know. I want to keep your fingers busy might have to put you to work making them for me.

You taught me about using a needle to thread the hackle. The jelly jigs are very slippery and I stuck myself a time or two. May have to use forceps or something to hold it while I work. If I can help, let me know.

I hope "G" catches a ton of Crappie on the Alabama state line. He will probably post photos that will blow your mind. The south has huge Crappie here. That is just how it is.

Ship.....get your MS map out and find Meridian...look just north of it a little and look at that big lake.....thats Okatibbee it is right by the little town of Collinsville. I am taking my boat down and will be fishing with Hook One, and ScottV, and Wayne. Thats Scotts home lake so my boat is gonna follow his boat around hee hee hee

ha ha ha fellas.....beat you all to em...was out today w/the little man....we had a ball
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ship, how do you get the hackle to stay in those jigs when you thread the hook through them. I made up some like that one time and it pushed the hackle back down when I put the hook in. I did not fool with it much, just tried it a time or two and decided it wasnt worth the hassle. Maybe I did not try hard enough and gave up too soon.

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Originally Posted by crappieseeker

ship, how do you get the hackle to stay in those jigs when you thread the hook through them. I made up some like that one time and it pushed the hackle back down when I put the hook in. I did not fool with it much, just tried it a time or two and decided it wasnt worth the hassle. Maybe I did not try hard enough and gave up too soon.

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The trick is easy. A drop of super glue at the top when you put it on a jig head. Sometimes I will place 1/2 drop at the bottom too.

I thought that was the method used, but does the glue not have a foul smell to it that might bother the fish?

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Originally Posted by crappieseeker

I thought that was the method used, but does the glue not have a foul smell to it that might bother the fish?

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Thats what Slab makes the Liquid minnow for hee hee hee.....It covers up stange scents and makes your bait smell like a minnow. There are many products such as this on the market and a lot of them do a good job.

superglue does not affect the fish from striking

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Originally Posted by snake River

superglue does not affect the fish from striking

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Your right snake......a lot bass fisherman use super glue on their knots. When I am crappie fishing with soft plastic baits I use it to keep the bait from moving on the jig hook.

I never used superglue because I always thought it may stink up the lure....may have to try it with some of my weedles heads....

I always use super glue when I fish plastics, doesn't seem to bother the fish. and sure keeps yo pannies up better

I have used superglue for years with plastic skirts they always seem to pull off after a few fish I have never had any problems with the fish not striking we use it either on tying jigs nobody knows that but we definitely use it on our rooster jigs I prefer using gorilla superglue I buy it by the big bottles it is just part of my tackle box when I do go fishing we never leave home without I believe the guys in the Bass panfish club have been using superglue for many years I believe that some guys long their eyes on the jigs and they do you superglue.

I have super glued plastics to jig heads for over 50 years and still catch my share of fish. When the bite is on you are not constantly replacing the plastic on the jighead because a fish pulled it off. For me, like I said, it helps.

I tip with a Crappie nibble or liquid minnows too to mask the scent or even sometimes I use a wax worm.

I have never really had a reason in the past to use the glue and never really thought about it. I have just read here where people use it and have read where people do not use it because of the smell. I have actually caught fish on jigs that I put on with gas smell all over my hands before. I think scent sometimes has an affect, but it is not the most important thing. I believe if the fish are feeding and the action and color is right, the scent is the last thing they are after. I just know that in the past when I have tried adding crappie nibbles, that I stop catching fish or catch less fish. I think it affects the action of the bait. I believe if I were using tubes and injected the bait, then it might work better. I do have some of the slab sauce and liquid minnow

sleeker I have never had any problems with using crappie nibbles stopping the action of the plastic bait we catch more fish when I use them also we use pieces of crappie is probably the most deadly yes unattractive that you can put on with your plastic baits for years I used to fish with cut bait off of crappie and I've caught hundreds of fish doing it so if you catch one and your not catching any more caught up the one in try we you she use a razor blade to cut little thin strips this is the way we finished many years ago before all the fancy jigs come about and plastic baits I would believe that gas on your hands would affect fishing I do not like any thing like that near my plastic baits or jigs we deftly carry a bar of soap when I go fishing to worthwhile cans after I monkey around with stuff in the boat like gas or oil believe it or not oil from your hands may have a big factor on catching fish it has been proven that the older that we put off this offending to the fish this is something I knew for many years in practice it I seem to catch more Bass when I was fishing for them if I kept my hands clean also crappie I know that may sound kind of funny to most people him what little oil that we have on our hands would affect anything but it does it's the same thing when you are hunting we put off the order that is offending to animals course they do not like the smell of humans I you she try to mask my body order I will have campfires in get the smoke on me or we use other natural cents to put on me so see our body is very offending to fish and wildlife especially when I was coyote hunting they are very very Lurie about coming in if they even get a whiff of you.

After the honeymoon sometime in late June I can use some more Jilly jelly jig bodies in white, pink, and of course lime/chartreuse. I have to go to the bait store tomorrow and get some neck hackle after I come back from the knee orthopedic specialist.

Hope you found comfort in the letter I sent you Bob.

By the way, I will continue to use Super Glue because it works and the fish do not care.

Ship, when i get time, I am going to make up some more of those baits like that and try the glue this time. Another main reason I have not made any that way is I have not had much success on those baits in the past, plus I like to quick change my baits which I could not do with this technique due to it tearing them up. However since I make my own now and it is rather cheap, I will probably make some up and give them another try. It will be a while though because right now I do not have time to make any. I am just clumsy when it comes to glue and I get it everywhere.

Snake, for some reason and I do not knwo why, not sure if it is the action or the color change or what the nibbles due to the bait when I apply them directly to the hook, but it does do something that has a negative effect, or atleast it has for me in the past. I threw away a few things of nibbles in the past because they just were not productive for me. I completely believe they work for some people and some locations. However in my experience and the way I used them they did not work for me. I will some day get a bait pump and try injecting them, I think maybe they will work that way, but as someone else mentioned it is much easier to just add some slab sauce or liquid minnow. By the way, hows the marriage thing coming along?

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Originally Posted by shipahoy41

After the honeymoon sometime in late June I can use some more Jilly jelly jig bodies in white, pink, and of course lime/chartreuse. I have to go to the bait store tomorrow and get some neck hackle after I come back from the knee orthopedic specialist.

Hope you found comfort in the letter I sent you Bob.

By the way, I will continue to use Super Glue because it works and the fish do not care.

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yes I did find comfort in your letter God bless you you're a very wonderful person and I don't know how to thank you many times over from what you have done for me I appreciate your devotion your definitely one-of-a-kind and definitely a wonderful friend to have.

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Originally Posted by snake River

yes I did find comfort in your letter God bless you you're a very wonderful person and I don't know how to thank you many times over from what you have done for me I appreciate your devotion your definitely one-of-a-kind and definitely a wonderful friend to have.

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Thank you my friend. You are indeed a perfect example of who a Crappie.com person of the year should be like. I value our friendship.