![]() Largemouth bass, bream ( bluegill and redear sunfish) and channel catfish are raised in Florida fish ponds. The state has many small natural and manmade ponds that, if managed properly, can provide excellent fishing, waterfowl hunting and bird watching. Florida Youth Conservation Centers Networkįishing is one of the most popular recreational activities in Florida.Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail.Report injured, orphaned or dead manatees.Report fish kills, wildlife emergencies, sightings, etc.Lots of people seem to worry about the plastic but I haven't heard of one breaking yet and think it would only happen if you abused it or if drag was way too tight on a big fish. The plastic also makes them lighter which helps with shipping costs too. If they tried to manufacturer them out of aluminum they would cost significantly more and few people would buy them. I altered a air hammer tip to save me from buying an actual rivet setter.Īt $50 each probably around $20 is going to the retailer and $15 for the company's markup leaving only $15 to cover the manufacturing of all the pieces and paying someone to assemble them. Before I start.Īs for your boat, I restored the boat and trailer I grew up fishing in last summer but it was a riveted Lund no welding, just normal solid boat rivets. But I would like to see a real one in the flesh to get some dimensions etc. It should cost under $30 in materials to build. If I was to do it again, I would have just made a jigging base for my store bought jj. I think the jigging base is WAY over priced, but I’m sure it’s a good unit aswell. The more I appreciate it, the less the plastic offends me. There is a ton of clever engineering in it. But the more I studied/played with it, the more I was impressed by it. You could certainly change some of the trigger geometry/dimensions to alter the type of sensitivity you’re looking for.Īt first I thought the jaw jacker was a joke, for the cost. I wanted everything to be easily replaced if need be. It’s all bolted together, the legs and spikes fold, cams can be changed with a knurled finger nut. Would probably work like a charm for your build. Canadian Tire sells them and I plan on trying and using them to patch some old transducer holes in the transom. It looks more like soldering, but it’s the real deal from what I’ve read and heard. I just learned of a low-heat AL welding rod that you can use a torch to use. I’m thinking my JJ has been set too weak to trigger, and with the lazy bites I’ve gotten all season so far, they likely have the hook pulled out on them.ĭid you weld that Aluminum, or is it riveted? I’m restoring my Starcraft Aluminum boat this winter so been working with AL a lot. It would be awesome if the JJ had a delayed trigger. One thing a tip-up can do that a JJ can’t, is let the fish take the bait for a bit. ![]() ![]() Not at all a big issue, just a thought, and an easy thing to add. I often find I need to reel in or out after I set the trigger. I’d like to see a ‘safety’ so that one could set it up then reel in or out to get the right depth, then just switch the safety off and walk away. And I plan on writing on mine what settings are ideal for a couple conditions I use it for. I think they should have instructions on the JJ itself somehow. If there’s a bit of snow it works ok, but bare ice it’s far from ideal to me.Īfter all that, I do think there well worth the money, and do work great if setup correctly. ![]() That’s certainly why my rod went down the hole.Īs for the ‘spikes’ there a joke IMO. I’d like to find a better ‘loop’ device for the rod tip, as the crimped piece will often cause my line to twist around it or the rod. And I find my bait gone and no fish more often then not this year.Ī JJ cost me my best rod and reel last year, and I haven’t forgiven it yet. I’m usually quite focused on things in the tent to bother with running out to reel in a fish. I do find myself using a JJ or tip-up less and less lately. I thought about a hole cover that has a pocket for one of those hand warmers to help keep things warm enough to not freeze. I haven’t spent a lot of time learning how to use it perfectly, and the first thing mine needs is a hole cover, since it always freezes over for me. Use a different rod and you need to tweak things again. Get it wrong and it often doesn’t set hooks. My issue with the JJ’s is setting them up, in both unfolding it, and the trigger and rod settings. I’d rather have one that didn’t fold up, yet was strong enough not to snap if stepped on. Yet it’s too light and plastic for my taste. The JJ is perfect for being a commercial retail item. I agree that just copying the JJ’s Trigger would be what I would try. But I also like to make stuff, and the satisfaction it brings when I use something I made. ![]()
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