12-27 Etowah River

[bassboy1]

Been having cabin fever, since I have been unable to fish since the after Thanksgiving tourney I fished with Russ010, so I managed to make it out to the river today, in the 3 mile section between Allatoona dam, and the little spillover dam further down. Put in at about 8:15 or so, and fished a shakeyhead and spinnerbait for a while (just itching to try out my new spinnerbait rod). No takers. Went to a 1/4 ounce Spanky's jig, and back to the ramp, to start back down. No takers on the shoreline, but I did manage this guy below a laydown right in the middle, at about 11:05.

It was actually my first jig fish, so I am glad there, as that was a weak spot for me, and the jig is probably the most versatile lure made. Not long after that, my trolling motor quit, so I called it a day at about 11:30 or so.

 

[bAcKpAiN]

Nice fish! Looks like a real chunker. Sorry to hear about the trolling motor. Congrats on your first jig fish, I have yet to catch one myself. I had a bite on a jig at the river yesterday butcouldn't get the hook into him.

 

[Jim]

nice job bassboy1! =D>

Glad to see more reports (fishing) from you.

 

[bassboy1]

Got the trolling motor fixed. I originally thought it was the switch on the side that switches between momentary, continuous, and off. However, upon digging into it, I found that it was a loose male end of one spade terminal on the switch, and a broken female spade terminal on the wire leading to a different spade on the switch. The loose one was on the continuous side, which I never use, and I put a new female spade connecter on the wire leading to the momentary. Apparently, age had worn them out, and it finally vibrated apart while running down the river.

 

[Captain Ahab]

Nice jiggy fish

 

[slim357]

Whatd you think of the mojo

 

[bassboy1]

Didn't throw it that much due to the composition of the river (kept pulling in dead river grass), but it definitely casts it well. I had it paired with a BPS extreme, which is not the greatest caster, I could consistently get it where I wanted it. I had a 1/2 ounce tied on there (which really weighs .7 ounces #-o ). The only other true spinnerbait rod I had ever used was a Daiwa LT with a Fuego on it, which retails for about 40 bucks more. This did seem comparable to it, so far, but I still need to try it on the main lake, where I can really use it a bit (and maybe catch one on it - they seem to be biting spinnerbaits on the main lake).

I had the Viento I got for Christmas on my other rod, which is a worm/light jig rod itself, so I threw the shakeyhead a bit more, and that is the only reason I bothered to tie on the jig - to test out the reel. By golly, that Viento is a world of difference over that BPS. I had used them before, for worm and jig applications, but I apparently didn't like the rods that my buddy had them on. It does do a lot nicer on my Avid, than the (I think Daiwa LTs) he had them on.

 

[russ010]

I tried that Viento on the Powell Max after you did too... I hated it with that CXX. Switched it over to Fluoro and it still sucked. The only thing it really casts well on that setup is 30# stren super braid.

Good Job on the LM with the jig. I've caught more fish on that setup lately than shakey heads...

 

[FishingCop]

Good catch on the jig, I sincerely hope you can get out more to jig a few more up

 

[bassboy1]

I tried that Viento on the Powell Max after you did too... I hated it with that CXX.

I wasn't real crazy about the Powell Max your Viento was on, but I didn't use it much that day, as the righty reel about killed me, especially for the slow jig technique. The place I first learned to like the Viento's was with the British guy with the 18 foot Ranger that I have fished all of the Allatoonabass.com tourneys with. He has at least 3 of them, all lefties, and whatever his jig rod was (I think it was an LT) was horrible. I can cast light baits a mile with that reel on my Avid. Makes an excellent shakeyhead/light jig rod.