My FAVORITE Mid-Summer PANFISH RIG!!
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- HELLO and WELCOME to another SHOP TALK video! This week, I'm running through my FAVORITE mid-summer panfish rig of all time - the "Monona Rig" or "Gene Rig", or "100 different names for the same thing" rig. Although it's super simple, this rig consistently puts big, sometimes finicky, panfish in the boat. Live bait, plastics, even trout flies work great on this rig, and we catch so much more than just panfish on it, too! (PSSSTT....it works great for super finicky walleyes).
The real keys to this simple rig are:
- Slightly opening the bend of the jig to increase the size of the hook gap (makes a BIG difference)
- Using Fluorocarbon or a Co-Polymer line for your leader (the little over hand knots that naturally form in the leader will, over time, cut the line if you use monofilament)
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What a fun video. Cool rig as well. Good info for the future. I understand your excitement when they bite like that. Awesome. I took a young man fishing locally today. We kept 9 very nice bluegill for dinner and put back 2 @ 9.5”, 3 @ 9.75”, and 1 @ 10”. What fun! Note to your viewers: Help keep our fisheries great. Let the big ones go to keep the gene pool great. Thanks. God Bless!
Well done! Video was to the point and enjoyable to watch!
I use a 4mm tungsten jig and a 1" gulp minnow. 6'10" medium light extra fast action #4 fluorocarbon. No hardware(swivel,sinker,stop,leader) Gulp is good for 10-50 panfish per minnow. Gets deep quickly with 100% more feel sensitivity and jig control.
Fantastic video! I fish similar to this in my neck of the woods in Indiana. That’s a lot of fun!
Blue Gills can be very light biters at times, and unless you have an extra limp rod tip you will never see those bites! Wire bobbers when ice fishing are the ticket, but what about summer time fishing? Great video by the way 👍!
I use the Improved Clinch Knot from my fly fishing for all my other fishing needs, it helps the hooks, jigs, lures, and spinners work better when hooking fish and I lose less gear when I get hung up on rocks and logs. And catching bluegill on flies is alot of fun too! (Hopper patterns)!!!
Before Monona Terrace was around everyone use to park along the lake and catch white bass with what i think they were call "pinky rigs."
Awesome video & great tip information. I really enjoyed your presentation, insight , descriptions & tips! Thank You for sharing. 😎
I bank fish and the rig I use in the summer is a panfish popper fly on that same rig with either the gulps you mentioned or the 1" gulp minnows or waxies. I go a little heavy on the egg sinker for casting distance (and a shorter leader) then tight line it and I get one after another, usually all decent size and yes, an occasional bass or cat is possible.
Great description of the rig and showing how to tie them up. I love to add beads between the weight and the swivel and I only do about a 4 to 6 inch leader of 4 pound test, just like I do with the Mendota rig and the pencil sinker. I get less tangles, I think, with the shorter leader length and the beads only add to the attraction of the rig. I did a video with my buddy a few years ago out there on how I fish them and we pounded them that day!
Awesome video and info!!! I'm going to try this rig on the Bay of Green Bay next week for perch! I'll let you know how I do!
Great vid! When too hot on the water, just jump in, or even take off your shirt, soak it, squeeze it out and put it back on. Cool for 2 hours.
My first fish was a 5lb walleye in Wyoming. Trout are my favs.
That picture of that panfish was one big ass panfish. 👍🏻
I have to ice fish that lake someday. We're so lucky to have great pan fishing. I'm ready to start on the rivers, open water all year near Milw, giant trout and salmon, smallies, we're so spoiled here in WI.
Great video, thank you
I will try this out, i like the little jigs. I bought some earlier this year.
Excellent video! Thank you!
great video - plan to use that rig in near future - thanks
i have to ul my rigs were live with gulp minnows to catch crappie and gill and red ear sunfish with a jig head if i to much wait i will only catch catfishing when i put a split shot above the jig great video we got giants here in a certain lake here i caught my 2 pb best crappie and red ear sun fish monsters
Never heard of this before granted I don’t fish that deep where I live but knowing what hurt
Great video, an info, tried to find the Gulp worms, are these alive or rubber ones your using, can't find them at D&S in Madison. Only ones they show are Gulp alive,??? your jar says alive, so how long do that last,? really enjoyed the video. 👍👍👍👍
Great video. I'm gonna try the rig. I don't get the whole throw the fish in the water thing. Here he comes they are fighting over it, lol. 11:18. But I enjoy the video.
Great vid!
Made me recall the Mendota rigs we used ice fishing for perch years ago. Are those things still around?
I have one that I have never used. The rod also.
Thanks for the video! Came here from Pats fishing report. Went out on my kayak yesterday and had great results with this method! How long does this bite usually last through the summer?
New to Madison and glad I found your channel 😀
The Willy Worm resembles the Trout Magnet. Am I right?
What are the sunglasses you’re sporting boss?
Livescope is awesome. Like shooting fish in a barrel. Everyone is an awesome angler.
@garyfeldman4778 oh for sure, nevermind guiding full time for a decade before it ever existed and having the exact same results 🤣
I've been throwing willy worms for 40 yrs.
Wonder how a floating jig would work on that rig?
@@hirambrashier1449 a floating jig would defeat the purpose
Why a swivel?
When I was a kid we called this a "perch rig"
Basically you are using a Carolina rig
@hirambrashier1449 that's essentially what it breaks down to be, minus the glass beads and brass weight to make noise
What does DNS. Stand for ,
It’s the name of a bait shop on the Northside of Madison.I don’t know want it stands for.
It's D&S Bait, Tackle and Fly Shop. Debbie and Steve opened the bait store originally. Gene and Sandy had it for many years and now Pat and Ashley have it and it's a really great shop!
D&S Bait, 1411 Northport Dr
Why not just drop shot then you don't have to worry about the knots
@bryanfolkens290 dropshots work too, but the handful of times I've tried them for suspended gills our hooking percentage was about 30% lower
Sorry you lost me at live scope
@hirambrashier1449 sorry about your feelings 😘
@hirambrashier1449 to each their own
Using artificial lures is an insult to the fish and its also unfair. The fish dont even get a chance to steal some bait. This guy is a loser.
@@mg8718 you just became famous on my Instagram story 🤣
@@MadisonAngling Thats because im right.
@@mg8718 it's because we all needed a good laugh today. Keep them coming!
@@MadisonAngling Your such a lousy fisherman you cant even catch a fish with a real worm.
@@MadisonAngling really is the funniest take on artificials I've heard. Part of me thinks it's right, too. I know I've fed some bluegill over the years.