Forgotten technique????

paincave

New member
Does anybody here remember fishing with a Go-Devil and an "Idiot Stick"? I haven't heard or seen anyone doing it since I was a kid. I've looked online and guess the lures aren't made anymore.I've still got one that my uncle gave me and I've been thinking about giving it a try this spring.I know it was extremely deadly for big bass on Kentucky lake. So I was just wondering if anybody on here even knew what I was talking about since nobody else I know does.
 

paincave

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This is the lure and you basically put on a stiff fly rod or cane pole with about 12 inches of 50 pound line and no reel and just did figure 8's around bushes or logs that stick up out of the water.
 

elwestb

Active member
I always heard and referred to it as Jigger Poleing. People used a huge gob of worms, both live and plastic or just some type of top water bait.
 

dragfish

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elwestb - 1/30/2015 11:10 AM

I always heard and referred to it as Jigger Poleing. People used a huge gob of worms, both live and plastic or just some type of top water bait.

That's what I heard it was too. I saw an old man sculling his jon-boat along some rip-rap using a big black worm and he was wearing them out!
 
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