Low Water For Today’s Fishing Trip..2/28/2026
Never the best conditions when the water is dropping a half of foot overnight, throw in muddy, cold…
Do you love big bluegill?
What's an Auto?
Hi, amigos... I've fished for 50 years, but never heard of this lure. Help an old geezer out?
Views: 294
Comment
-
Comment by steve kooyers on November 14, 2011 at 11:56am
-
thanks guys, for the help. I've never been one for tying flies but you have dragged me kicking 'n screaming... OUT of the closet!
-
Comment by Dwayne Denison on November 14, 2011 at 6:52am
-
Thanks guys for all the help on this. I have been wondering for sometime what an auto was. I cannot wait to try one out. Ledhed any special method of fishing this jig? Once again Thanks.Dwayne
-
Comment by Greg McWilliams on November 13, 2011 at 9:55pm
-
Heard it!!!!
Semi = Great
AUTO = AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can do semi!!!!!!!
-
Comment by LedHed on November 13, 2011 at 4:19pm
-
You are right Greg "Recently it has been his go to WEAPON of CHOICE!!!!!". That's all we were using this morning and the gurlyz got some nice ones today.
-
-
Hola Steve
The Auto is short for Automatic and we also have the Semi - auto.
Tried a copy of a new chub head pattern (Semi-auto) in July that was a producer. The original knock off (1/80th & #12 hook) was too small (almost all gut hooks). When it unravled (Auto) it seemed to produce a little better. So bumped it up to a 1/32nd roundhead jig & #8 hook and tyed the jig both ways.
The Auto got it's name because the first tye caught 7 fish with 7 casts. The Semi-auto was 5 for 7. Easy and cheap to tye - we like the chartreuse green & yellow & glo-pink colors.
-
Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on November 12, 2011 at 6:38am
-
Well, there you go!
-
-
http://bigbluegill.com/photo/sotua?context=user
This is my version of the Autos, it is not an Auto till it produces so it is the sotua!!!!
-
-
http://bigbluegill.com/photo/fabi-first-tyes?context=user This is a picture of the Auto. It is a little bit of flash for the tail with rubber legs tied in!!! 4 legs to the back and 2 to 4 to the frount!!!!! Check out LedHeds photo's and he goes into more detail in some of his pictures!!! Recently it has been his go to WEAPON of CHOICE!!!!!
http://bigbluegill.com/photo/maddy-s-pb?context=user This is a good picture of it in the MOUTH of The WHALE!!!!
Ask LedHed he will correct what I have told and go into more detail!!!! Til he does his photo's are a good place to start!!!!
-
-
would love to know myself.
-
-
Can we get a little more to go on? "Auto" by itself doesn't google up as any sort of fishing lure....
Latest Activity
Ice Breakers for 2026…2/28/2026
Thought it was too early for shallow crappie and fished three canals and a creek that typically…
"Got out today to try for a bit, still cold and dirty water…..highest surface temperature was 46.6 degrees…..avoided a skunk ….."
My Comal Tackle Float Order Arrived Just In Time….2/26/2026
"I can understand perfectly with the amount of huge Fish you catch that it pays to buy in Bulk!"
My Comal Tackle Float Order Arrived Just In Time….2/26/2026
"Well John my preference is the pegged styrofoam so many get dinged up, line cut…"
My Comal Tackle Float Order Arrived Just In Time….2/26/2026
My favorite size for panfish….1.25 peg pears and 1.25 peg little brothers (bottom)….rigged up six…
"Marvin -not sure you know but Carl Hendrix, one of the best guys I met here and most generous and…"
"I diont visit the site as often as I use to, and thats sad for me. Guess I am too busy with other…"
"Hi Marvin, yes it's dropped off considerably in visits and comments. I still post and visit…"
"Is the site still active or has most folks kind of just drifted away from it? I know it has been a…"
We Finally Warmed Up This Week……2/13/2026
Finally lost a lot of the skim ice on local rivers…..birds were feeling it today…….we’re getting…
Tungsten Jig Mealworm got hammered
"The rod I'm holding has a pounder rig tied to it. It caught the pseeds and most of the…"
© 2026 Created by Bluegill.
Powered by
You need to be a member of Bluegill - Big Bluegill to add comments!
Join Bluegill - Big Bluegill