Product Preview: Cabin Fever Lures Venom Flipping Jigs! | flipping jigs

It's been in the works for a while now, but I think we're in the final stages of getting our Cabin Fever Lures Venom Flipping Jigs ready for sale!

The Venom Flipping Jigs will feature Mustad Ultrapoint hooks, our SF Skirts (80 strands of premium silicone), and skirt collars that will accept rattles! They will only be available in 11 colors, but we're hoping to eventually expand the colors available.

Skirts Bonus Part 3 of 2: Lumaflex | Skirt material

Lumaflex. Not too many people have heard of it yet, and I just recently learned about it.

Lumaflez is the newest skirt material on the market, and is supposed to have quite a few advantages over living rubber and silicone. This supposedly has the color potentials of silicone while having a livelier action like living rubber.

According to the Living Rubber Company, lumaflex is safe for both fresh and saltwater fishing. It has a "glowing" appearance due to high light reflection. They also claim it will absorb scents and attractants and that it won't melt together (or other things) in your hot tackle box or boat.

Lumaflex is; however, a lot more expensive so I don't think you'll seeing it hit the mainstrean fishing market soon, but there are a few custom lure companies that do offer it.

Cabin Fever Lures Website Gets a Photo Upgrade! | Photo upgrade

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, I agree. That's why the site got a whole photo upgrade! These all new photos give the site a more professional feel, and they display the jigs a whole lot better. It's almost like you're looking at them in person!

Go check it out and let me know what you think here on the blog!

Skirts Part 2 of 2: Fullness | 80 strand skirts

Another major question about skirts is how full should a skirt be. Like the material, this also depends on the conditions you're fishing.

Now, lets say you estimate you'll need 50-75 feet of rope to tie something together. You go to the store and they have sell rope in 50 foot and 100 foot increments. You're not going to buy the 50ft rope and hope its enough. You'd buy the 100ft rope and just not use it all.

I prefer to take the same approach with my skirts. I'd rather have a skirt that is fuller than I normally need incase I do need a full skirt. If I don't need a full skirt, I simply trim some of the strands off and then I have a thinner skirt. It is for this reason that all Cabin Fever Lures jigs come with our super full 80 strand skirts.

I use a jig with a full skirt if I want to slow down the jig's fall. A full skirt increases furface area and increases drag, which slows the jig. I also use a full skirt when I want a bigger profile. If I'm fishing muddy water, I want a big profile on my jigs, so I'll use the full 80 strand skirt.

I normally trim the skirt down when I want the jig to fall faster, or when I want a smaller profile. In the winter, since the bass aren't as likely to grab a jig on the fall, I prefer a thinner skirt so my jigs looks smaller and easier to catch once it is on the bottom.

So next time you're buying jigs, make sure you don't buy a jig that will limit you're possibilities to catch fish and get one with a nice, full skirt!

Skirts Part 1 of 2: Material | silicone skirts

When it comes to jgs, buzzbaits, spinnerbait, etc. there is always the question of which skirt material is the best. Now, for jigs there is only two choices in my opinion: Silicone and Rubber.

Silicone: Most of the jigs on the market, including the Cabin Fever Lures jigs, have silicone skirts. The main reason I like silicone skirts is because of the wide variety of colors. Silicone colors can be from black to natural greens and browns, to white or even bright chartreuse. Silicone can even mix colors and include flakes like plastic worms.

Rubber: Or sometimes called Living Rubber, is normally round. It comes in very limited and basic colors, but can outperform silicone when it comes to action in the water. Living Rubber "breathes" underwater and flares out much better than silicone. Sometimes this can be good, sometimes it can be bad. I like living rubber for jigs that I'm going to work slow in the winter or spring because the rubber breathes and moves slightly, even while the lure is sitting still.

There are advantages to both Silicone skirts and Living Rubber skirts, and when to use which really depends on the conditions and the fish's mood.

Targeting Bass Through the Ice | Buck-Shot Rattle Spoon

Here, with winter taking hold, the ice is starting to form on some of the smaller ponds and reserviors around here. this means the end of open water fishing till spring.

For me, that means when I go fishing, it's ice fishing. While I normally don't ice fish for bass, but target more delicious fish like yellow perch, I do occasionally see a bass swim by the underwater camera.

When I see one, or sometimes more, I grab my rod with Northland's Buck-Shot Rattle Spoon on it. I drop it down and let it sit for a few seconds then raise it up about 4-6 inches and let it fall back down so it rattles. I repeat this 5-6 more times then let it rest. Then I shake it again. I've caught a few winter bass this way, so next you're out ice fishing and spot some bass, give these spoons a try.