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Jack! is a 22" plastic King salmon replica. Attach him to any 'rigger weight and he
will attract fish into your spread as well as camouflage your cannonball. Jack! has a
thin profile (.030") to minimize drag (blow-back) and is UV resistant.
A cannonball moving through the water is a very unnatural looking/sounding object.
Some days the fish seem to shy away from the underwater commotion. You can
actually see them swimming down on the graph as you troll over them. The Jack!
decoy attached to the weight tends to reduce this spookiness and can even draw
them into your spread.
This has been proven in many trips as well as the Cheyboygan tourneys that I have
fished. Both 2003 (4th), 2004 (1st), and 2005 (16th) were tough fishing with small
fish and a very slow bite. Each year had over 100 boats registered and each year
40-50 boats did not even weigh a fish.
We, on the other hand, had good action fishing 2 Jack riggers even with 20-30 other
boats around us. One of the other capts noted that "...you guys were fighting fish
every time we passed you! ...What gives?" I attribute our success to Jack!
8/16/05 - Cheboygan Tourney - Tried some new water and went 4 for 5, 25lbs, 16th.
Had 2 identical SpangDangler! rigs on riggers (pearl glow w/Lg White/glow F.C.)
and the rigger with Jack on it took 4 of the 5 hits. We had lost our other weight
prefishing. Thanks to RedFin for loaning us a weight and the excellent
O.W.F.W.T.S. (On the Water Floating Weight Transfer System)! TwinSlams did
not go for us this year, though DelRo took 13th and hit them on purple TwinSlams.
8/7/04 - Cheboygan Tourney - The Fisher Tackle boat "FISHBONE" took 1st place!
We ran Superglo Blue TwinSlams 36" behind glo/blue 8" flashers. These were
run behind Jack! rigger decoys. Tournament day we had them as tight as 7'!
Amazing Fact: Capt Kevin Bronz and I have only entered 7 tournaments, yet we
have placed well in all of them!!!! Fishing Jack!, TwinSlams!, SpangDanglers! and
Sqwinchees!!!!!
2003 - Cheboygan - 4th place, 'FishBone'
2004 - Ludington - 4th place, 'The Guppy'
2004 - Manistique - 3rd place, 'The Guppy'
2004 - Cheboygan - 1st place, 'FishBone'
2005 - Ludington - 5th place, 'The Guppy'
2005 - Cheboygan - 16th place, 'FisherTackle'
Cannonballs will track EXTREMELY straight!
Jack! Notes:
Attach with stainless or nylon nut/bolts/washers. Drill clearance holes thru
cannonball fin, assemble with large washers and tighten. See pics.
Be careful if you have the 'free-fall' type riggers that don't control the descent of the
cannonball. If you drop too fast, you may tear or even lose the decoy. Also be sure
to secure the decoy/weight when running/trailering as the decoy could tear from
whipping around.
You will have to use a release that is mounted above the weight and decoy. I use
rubber bands and wire hook. See pics.
will attract fish into your spread as well as camouflage your cannonball. Jack! has a
thin profile (.030") to minimize drag (blow-back) and is UV resistant.
A cannonball moving through the water is a very unnatural looking/sounding object.
Some days the fish seem to shy away from the underwater commotion. You can
actually see them swimming down on the graph as you troll over them. The Jack!
decoy attached to the weight tends to reduce this spookiness and can even draw
them into your spread.
This has been proven in many trips as well as the Cheyboygan tourneys that I have
fished. Both 2003 (4th), 2004 (1st), and 2005 (16th) were tough fishing with small
fish and a very slow bite. Each year had over 100 boats registered and each year
40-50 boats did not even weigh a fish.
We, on the other hand, had good action fishing 2 Jack riggers even with 20-30 other
boats around us. One of the other capts noted that "...you guys were fighting fish
every time we passed you! ...What gives?" I attribute our success to Jack!
8/16/05 - Cheboygan Tourney - Tried some new water and went 4 for 5, 25lbs, 16th.
Had 2 identical SpangDangler! rigs on riggers (pearl glow w/Lg White/glow F.C.)
and the rigger with Jack on it took 4 of the 5 hits. We had lost our other weight
prefishing. Thanks to RedFin for loaning us a weight and the excellent
O.W.F.W.T.S. (On the Water Floating Weight Transfer System)! TwinSlams did
not go for us this year, though DelRo took 13th and hit them on purple TwinSlams.
8/7/04 - Cheboygan Tourney - The Fisher Tackle boat "FISHBONE" took 1st place!
We ran Superglo Blue TwinSlams 36" behind glo/blue 8" flashers. These were
run behind Jack! rigger decoys. Tournament day we had them as tight as 7'!
Amazing Fact: Capt Kevin Bronz and I have only entered 7 tournaments, yet we
have placed well in all of them!!!! Fishing Jack!, TwinSlams!, SpangDanglers! and
Sqwinchees!!!!!
2003 - Cheboygan - 4th place, 'FishBone'
2004 - Ludington - 4th place, 'The Guppy'
2004 - Manistique - 3rd place, 'The Guppy'
2004 - Cheboygan - 1st place, 'FishBone'
2005 - Ludington - 5th place, 'The Guppy'
2005 - Cheboygan - 16th place, 'FisherTackle'
Cannonballs will track EXTREMELY straight!
Jack! Notes:
Attach with stainless or nylon nut/bolts/washers. Drill clearance holes thru
cannonball fin, assemble with large washers and tighten. See pics.
Be careful if you have the 'free-fall' type riggers that don't control the descent of the
cannonball. If you drop too fast, you may tear or even lose the decoy. Also be sure
to secure the decoy/weight when running/trailering as the decoy could tear from
whipping around.
You will have to use a release that is mounted above the weight and decoy. I use
rubber bands and wire hook. See pics.
Attachment Side
Attachment Top
Band Release
Pad Release
The New WallyJack tested great last summer on Saginaw Bay. Running riggers for
walleyes on the bay is very effective! Since the bay is so flat, you can easily position
your bait right in front of their noses and keep it there with minimal adjustment! We
ran small dodgers with small TwinSlams (MiniSlams!) 6'-30' behind 8lb balls and
popped quite a few fish when other rigs were dead.
This decoy is 17" long from lip-to-tail and is .030 thick to keep blowback nil.
| HOT RIG!!!!!: Jack on a 1lb drop!!!!! |
| Drill a clearance hole thru a trolling rudder and secure the decoy with a SS screw and nylok nut. Run line from pole to 3way swivel and then to top of rudder. Attach drop weight below . Lure is shown very close for picture only. I run 5-6' behind rig. Shown with new BaitBall! |
| HOT RIG!!!!!: Jack on a Diver!!!!! |
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| Pic 5 |
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How to rig a Jack or WallyJack onto a Luhr Jensen DeepSix Diver:
Pic 1: You need a Jack decoy, a one inch 10-24 SS bolt with a Nylok nut, and a Deep Six Diver (I use a No 2 for Jack and a No 1 for
WallyJack).
Pic 2: Drill-out the rivet and push thru.
Pic 3: Trim the decoy for clearance in diving position as well as released.
Pic 4: Assemble with both weights on one side of diver and bend 'leg' as far to side as possible- this allows the diver to plane
slightly away from the boat...like a dipsy on '1'. Leave nut slightly loose so that the decoy can swing into diving or released position.
Pic 5: The finished rig.
Pic 1: You need a Jack decoy, a one inch 10-24 SS bolt with a Nylok nut, and a Deep Six Diver (I use a No 2 for Jack and a No 1 for
WallyJack).
Pic 2: Drill-out the rivet and push thru.
Pic 3: Trim the decoy for clearance in diving position as well as released.
Pic 4: Assemble with both weights on one side of diver and bend 'leg' as far to side as possible- this allows the diver to plane
slightly away from the boat...like a dipsy on '1'. Leave nut slightly loose so that the decoy can swing into diving or released position.
Pic 5: The finished rig.
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