Hi all, new member from the Treasure Coast. I picked up a Jigmaster 501 last week as a hot rod project and my several Google searches of course led me here. This is my first time dabbling in upgrading and repairing reels but I'm looking forward to it. Glad to be here, thanks!
Welcome aboard, Milton!
Best, Fred
Welcome! What kind of fishing do you usually do, and what types of reels do you usually use?
Welcome from Salem virginia,,, ;D
Yes please tell us more, Milton. and welcome from Sunny Western Australia. cheers Don.
Hi.
Welcome, you are in the right place. Dominick
Quote from: work2fish on March 24, 2026, 08:41:27 PMWelcome! What kind of fishing do you usually do, and what types of reels do you usually use?
Nowadays I do a lot of land-based inshore saltwater fishing. I target snook, seatrout, snapper, and whiting most of the time. I use a lot of spinning reels, Shimano and Daiwa mostly. Baitrunner, Stradic, Saltist, and BG. Truth be told, the jigmaster I picked up is my first conventional reel. I've had a few baitcasters, wasn't the best at casting, but I'm hoping my thumb learned a thing or two and I can transfer that experience over to the jigmaster.
Quote from: Jighead on March 25, 2026, 01:25:19 AMQuote from: work2fish on March 24, 2026, 08:41:27 PMWelcome! What kind of fishing do you usually do, and what types of reels do you usually use?
Nowadays I do a lot of land-based inshore saltwater fishing. I target snook, seatrout, snapper, and whiting most of the time. I use a lot of spinning reels, Shimano and Daiwa mostly. Baitrunner, Stradic, Saltist, and BG. Truth be told, the jigmaster I picked up is my first conventional reel. I've had a few baitcasters, wasn't the best at casting, but I'm hoping my thumb learned a thing or two and I can transfer that experience over to the jigmaster.
Sounds like you'll do just fine here. Welcome from the other side of FL. I'm gonna venture to guess you fish the Indian river? With a few upgrades and the right rod that jig master might become your go to black tip/bull shark rig.
Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on March 25, 2026, 01:52:20 AMQuote from: Jighead on March 25, 2026, 01:25:19 AMQuote from: work2fish on March 24, 2026, 08:41:27 PMWelcome! What kind of fishing do you usually do, and what types of reels do you usually use?
Nowadays I do a lot of land-based inshore saltwater fishing. I target snook, seatrout, snapper, and whiting most of the time. I use a lot of spinning reels, Shimano and Daiwa mostly. Baitrunner, Stradic, Saltist, and BG. Truth be told, the jigmaster I picked up is my first conventional reel. I've had a few baitcasters, wasn't the best at casting, but I'm hoping my thumb learned a thing or two and I can transfer that experience over to the jigmaster.
Sounds like you'll do just fine here. Welcome from the other side of FL. I'm gonna venture to guess you fish the Indian river? With a few upgrades and the right rod that jig master might become your go to black tip/bull shark rig.
Yup, I'm right down the street from the lagoon and about 20 minutes from the Sebastian Inlet. Wouldn't mind catching a few sharks in the summer.
Howdy!!
I like fishing out of fort peirce,,, ;)
welcome!!!
Greetings, JH, from Minnesota.
Frank
Welcome Milton from the SoCal Inland Empire! - john
Greetings Jighead!
Hey John, how come they call So-Cal an "Empire"?
Quote from: Jighead on March 25, 2026, 01:25:19 AMI've had a few baitcasters, wasn't the best at casting, but I'm hoping my thumb learned a thing or two and I can transfer that experience over to the jigmaster.
I have posted this trick a few times and helps make untangling backlash less work.
#1, START WITH MONO..
Strip off a bit more line than you are trying to cast and tape the spool. Wind the line over the tape and start casting. The backlash can not go past the tape.
WELCOME, You have come to the right place. If it can be done to a Jiggy these guys have done it. Bill
Quote from: Gfish on March 26, 2026, 04:40:11 PMGreetings Jighead!
Hey John, how come they call So-Cal an "Empire"?
Not John, but let me take a stab at that from a NorCal perspective.
The "Inland Empire" is not all of SoCal, just that bowl around Orange County with vague borders. Its origin is a real estate promotional scheme from some time around the turn of the century.
They had to come up with something sexier than "A hot dry desert bowl with no view of the ocean." :P
There is also an "Inland Empire" in the Pacific Northwest, and another somewhere in the Midwest, and probably other places too.
—J
Quote from: jurelometer on March 30, 2026, 04:05:44 PMQuote from: Gfish on March 26, 2026, 04:40:11 PMGreetings Jighead!
Hey John, how come they call So-Cal an "Empire"?
Not John, but let me take a stab at that from a NorCal perspective.
The "Inland Empire" is not all of SoCal, just that bowl around Orange County with vague borders. Its origin is a real estate promotional scheme from some time around the turn of the century.
They had to come up with something sexier than "A hot dry desert bowl with no view of the ocean." :P
There is also an "Inland Empire" in the Pacific Northwest, and another somewhere in the Midwest, and probably other places too.
—J
Now this post is empirical. Good work Dave. Dominick
Yeah, thanks. An "empire" to me was a sovereign state with its own government. Having possessions, commonwealths, territories, etc. and military installations outside of it's borders.