Guys,
I am new to the "lite wire" equipment and am curious what everyone prefers?
At this rate, I am at about 8 jigs per fish boated :yikes
Thank you in advance :cheers2
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Guys,
I am new to the "lite wire" equipment and am curious what everyone prefers?
At this rate, I am at about 8 jigs per fish boated :yikes
Thank you in advance :cheers2
I use 1/32oz & 1/16oz weedless jigheads ... both of which have a #2 Aberdeen hook. I don't normally lose that many jigs in a dozen or more trips. My jigheads are custom made by Grousefly and are the fiber brush style & the Y guard style :
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Where can you get them? Thanks.
Use braid!
There is a way to rig a Baby Shad plastic weedless up on a jig that works pretty well.
I’m a combo, what BarryG said I use braid.
Pappy says brush guard, and that’s what I use everyday.
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some stuff really eats jigs , braid helps , weedless jigs as well .
i often use a fat body plastic with very little hook point out of it and put a nibble on to make it weedless
Thank you all for the responses!
Do you guys notice any difference in strike vs hookup % using the brushguards? I tried them several years ago and seemed like my hookup rate went down. May have been in my head though. :confused:
I hadn't considered going with braid. Is there such an animal as high-viz braid?
Yes!
Bend the point downward just slightly, sort of like making your own sickle.
I use Lite Wire Hooks made by litewirehooker on the forum. I use Suffix Elite 6# mono along with them. I would say if your line is in good shape, no nicks or burr spots like you will get fishing brush piles and docks, at least 85% of the time I get my baits back when I get hung in a snag. You can improve this by using 6-8# braid. Good Fishing!
M, I just purchased a spool of hi vis yellow Berkeley 8 lb test Nanofil and have fished with it already a couple of times. I love it. Got it off eBay.Quote:
Originally Posted by M GO BLUE
BTW, I don’t like bending the hook down. Miss too many fish. I always open the gap up until the point of the hook is slightly above the eye of the hook. I buy Litewire hooks from Curtis Hobbs by the hundreds. Lolol. The old saying is, if you aren’t getting hung up, then you aren’t fishing properly. 8 lb braid wig Litewire hooks will enable you to retrieve most that get hung up in brush. Did I say that right, Curtis? Big Grin. :Rofl
Gonna give that Nanofil a shot, my friend. I'm not familiar with Hobbs??
One tip with using that small thin braid is to cut a piece of mop stick to wrap the line around to help pull the jig loose. That thin line will cut you quick, just big enough to fit in your pocket.
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and if you don't have a stick, a wrap around your rod handle will work too for freeing your line