Thread: April Louisiana Sportsman - Henderson

Interesting article this month about a fella that fishes there regular - Murphy Royer. With his jig poles, he cuts all the guides off except the one closed to the reel. Then he drills a hole in the shaft at an angle, as well as cut the tip off and glues on a rivet. The lines runs through the pole and out the rivet. He uses Slater reels. Interesting I thought. His main area is in north flats. Good read - I like printed material :rolleyes:

Years ago I used a pole similar to Murphy's that I had made. It had some advantages but restringing was a pain, (used a real light wire to run through the pole) and using 1/32 jigs were hard to pitch. I saw the video with La. Sportsman and had not noticed the poles Murphy was using. There are probably a ton of crappie under those lilly pads, it takes a more patient fisherman than me to get to them….still it was good to see somebody that had figured out how to get to them consistently. Went to Henderson Wed., muddy water messing up Bijoux. Kept 12 good sac au lait and 3 real nice bass. Two days earlier I kept 32 sac au lait from the same area. Fish were caught about 18 inches deep, black/chart. 1/24 wooly bugger worked well in that muddy water. If it doesn't rain too much tonight, I'll give them a try tomorrow.