Ned Kehde lives around Lawrence, Kansas and has done a lot of fishing as well as written a lot of good articles. He is a great guy who is willing to share ideas. Ned sent us this article; it tells the history about various lures that are still popular today. We knew a little bit about the …
Big Bass Lure Dennis Medley of Illinois shared this picture with us. Dennis is an outdoor writer and has number of articles in bass fishing magazines. This bass was caught on a purple 3” Puddle Jumper, and is more than 22 inches and weighs about 6 lbs. Keep a look out for Dennis’s upcoming …
A Level Lure is the Secret Perry Brunner, who fishes practically every day for crappie, says the secret to catching fish is for the lure to lie perfectly flat in the water. The problem is the weight of the rubber lure is generally a little heavier than the jig head. This will naturally cause the …
We have been compiling techniques from people who fish for crappie often. These guys know how to catch them, and we’ve have asked them to discuss techniques they think are the keys to being successful in consistently catching crappie. Techniques “When people are fishing around me and see me catching fish and they aren’t they usually …
One of the best ways to “load the boat” is to fish under lights after dark. Nothing beats going out on a nice warm evening, setting up over crappie cover, and putting out lights. Lights attract bugs, bugs attract minnows, and minnows attract fish. The action can get pretty fast and furious. Not only will you catch …
Perry Bruner shared another great tip with us. In discussing the difference in fishing with a minnow versus the Puddle Jumper, he mentioned a common mistake fishers often make with an artificial bait, especially when fishing under a bobber. Use a Bobber Perry recommends using a bobber most of the time since you can better control your …
Walleye We received an interesting call this past week. A couple of weeks ago we sent some 3-inch Puddle Jumpers to Gene in North Dakota. Gene is along-time walleye fisherman, and he had used smaller Puddle Jumpers on crappie before so was familiar with them. He gave us a call a day ago needing more lures. He …
Customer Dennis Hunt came by one day to pick up some Puddle Jumpers. Dennis does a lot of crappie fishing and asked me if we knew how to put a weed guard on a jig head cheap and easy. When we said we didn’t, he shared his technique. Making a Weed Guard Purchase some soft, easy-to-bend …
The most common way to rig a Puddle Jumper is to put it on a jig head with the wings flat. The action of the lure when falling is kind of like a dying minnow. The wings will cause the lure to spiral as it falls. This spiraling down will sometimes bring on a strike. Size …