Hi ! New Guy

[Gillchaser]

Hi , just joined up . I've been visiting and enjoying for awhile and decided to join up hoping to share some of my experiences .
Here's a couple of shellcrackers I caught yesterday using one of my micro jigs under a weighted float .
I've become addicted to fishing with the jig and float rig . I love watching that float disappear . You never know what decided to grab your jig . Gillchaser

[Gillchaser]

looks like I'm going to need to reduce the size of my pictures . I'll post them when I do .
Gillchaser

[Gillchaser]

One more try .

[Gillchaser]

The other cracker .

[carl hendrix]

WELCOME TO BIG BLUE GILL ; GILL CHASER !!  LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT A COUPLE OF NICE CRACKERS; CONGRATS TO YA ON THEM !    YES SIR;; JIG FISHING IS FUN;; AND ACCOUNTS FOR A LOT OF GREAT CATCHES!!    SO WHAT TYPE OF JIG DID YOU USE;; DID YOU MAKE IT??  HOW DEEP WERE YOU FISHING; AND ;; DID YOU TIP YOUR JIG ?

[Gillchaser]

Thanks Carl , I used a 1/80th jig I tied up . That one was tied to resemble a black wooly booger . Tied using black chenille for the body , tail using black zonker rabbit fur , with a hackle palmered down the body .
I used to fly fish a lot ,but find using jigs and weighted floats less wearing on the shoulders .
I was fishing about 24" below a 1" weighted bobber .
I've tried tipping my jigs with crappie bites , but really didn't see any improvement .
I was fishing out from a friend's backyard that lives on a pond near me . He has about 150 feet of shore to fish from in the upper end of the pond . So the water is fairly shallow . Gillchaser

[Slip Sinker]

GillChaser… looks like we are in the same boat. Due to neck, shoulder and arm pain I reduced my fishing down to UL slip floating for a while last summer floating on a kayak. At one point I thought I would have to give up fishing. Ended up having a great year. Did most of my fishing shallow in less than 2’ FOW fishing the slop and thick weed edges.

I had to give up fly fishing for the most part also.

A lot of fly tyers on this site… you should fit right in. think about sharing a photo of your jig tie… we eat that up on this site

[DAVID L EITUTIS]

HEY GILL CHASER, WE APPRECIATE YA JOINING THE SITE AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP ALL YA GOTTA DO IS ASK......TOOTY

[Slip Sinker]

Welcome Aboard GillChaser!..

Some very Nice Redears you tagged there!...

You might look into this tutorial for an excellent way to add pictures so they show up in the main photo list… it’s a better way to discuss photos on an individual basis.

Keep those pictures coming!