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wow in 80 dollar jig rod wow the st. croix do not cost that much it must have ben a thorn brothers custum jig rod
"After a period of time with no action I thought maybe it would be a good idea to switch to a live bait. I rigged for walleye with a treble and medium shiner. Next I sat at my jigging hole with the rod in my hand. Shortly after this one of my tipups had tripped so I sat the rod/reel down a foot or so from the hole with a rather large chunk of ice behind the reel to offer some resistence. On my way back from the tip up I hear eeeeccchhhh - the drag being stripped, then a loud plop! The last thing I saw was the reel going through the hole. Trust me no amount of jigging got this one back. "End quote"Dear List, After years of self acessmet, and ponderance of murphy's laws, I have determined that the longer one goes with out a bite the better probability of a bite while you are not paying attention. Also is a sister law, rule of 32, when it gets colder than 32 degrees, all sorts of different physical laws take place (this does not take an engineering degree to figure out), like things freezing up (such as a lightly set drag or a rod easily sliding a 20 pound block of ice out of its way). Then there is a murphies law of wind~ if it moved, the wind did it (wind moves things sometimes unexpectedly, I live in Wyoming!). So, murphy's law of non biting fishes (nonbobberosity <not to be confused with non tipuposity which is a lack of beer>) + rule of 32 + murphy's wind law all equal or more than equal chances for lost rods, lost minnow buckets, lost ice skimmers, who moved my sandwich, I know it was here last time I looked, etc.It is lucky that we can go fish, and come back home some days!Best Karma to you,WYIfish
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAI agree that the longer you go without a strike the better chance you will get one when you finally set down your rod. i know this because it happens countless times a day. People go to take a pee, or walk away to talk with people, and all of the sudden that persons pole is going down. Did it this weekend. Was jigging for about 20 minutes straight, my dad caught a fish so i put my pole down and looked up, looked back down to see the pole jumping around, picked it up and nothing. The only way to describe it is typical, i also hear that word more than a couple times a day. lol.Same with fishing off the boat. The more deep in thought you are, the better chance you will get a bite and your thoughts become rudely interrupted.
"The Green Hornet"