JUGHEAD Update & Pics

[FishWhisperer]

Pic of Jughead sizes & rigged. These were produced from the CAD drawings. They work awesome, swim great. Unfortunately the water is quite murky at this time of year so the vids of these little devils are very difficult to see. I will be making more vids in fresh water in the next few days and will post a link to them on here. As of today we're about a week behind sched, which isn't too bad considering... I expect a limited amount of Jugheads to be available near the end of June, the bulk of production should be available in stores beginning of July.

[Sculpin]

I'll be trying them out for sure. I loved the action in your earlier vids. Thanks for the update.

[spring time]

ya I think they are going to be a killer

[spring fever]

Must have missed a few threads-I assume these jugheads take an anchovy or herring?

[spring fever]

Just did a search- vid looks good-might be good down south too. Good luck!!

[dance a jig]

Fishwhisperer,
I really like the baitfish action but would ask if one had a much longer distance to the release than shown in you medium video, say 15', would this baitfish swim in a 10' circle? thanks. DAJ

[FishWhisperer]

Fishwhisperer, I really like the baitfish action but would ask if one had a much longer distance to the release than shown in you medium video, say 15', would this baitfish swim in a 10' circle? thanks. DAJ

Hey DAJ,
I trolled Jughead, all sizes, about 15’ to 20’ from the downie clip. The vids on YouTube are of me testing the heads only about 8’ from the clip. This was so I could get them on video (hanging off the stern with my GoPro bolted to a dip-net handle). Tow them naked with a dummy flasher or tow them behind a flasher. The large (Pilchard) size is too heavy to tow behind a flasher tho.
The Jugheads out of the pkg will have the standard tow hole that is dead-center of the bill. This config swims the bait and gives a sporadic dart to the sides and an erratic 2’ to 3' barrel roll (approx). Once you pass 2.8 to 3 kn, the barrel roll will widen slightly, it’ll perform more sporadic darts and the little buggers swim like crazy.
The large (Pilchard) size has a larger field of vision as it tends to have a wider barrel roll. Once you break the 4 to 5 kn barrier the thing starts doing big, erratic figure 8’s up to 15’ across.
It’s amazing that the bait doesn’t blow apart. My theory is that Jughead is recreating the natural action of the fish. I’ve towed some large bait around at speeds up to 7 kn and the bait always came back pristine.
I recommend trying diff speeds, diff size hooks, diff tow hole, beads, swivels, paint, etc. Try Baitrix, streamers, hootchies, etc. Use your imagination.
As I’ve stated, out of the pkg, the heads will have the same config. Basically a “starting point”. It’s up to each fisher as to what they want Jughead to do.
Out of the pkg they're simply awesome, but there’s so much more…

[PHW]

Please make sure to identify the stores by name so your friends down south (USA) can order as well!

[Seafever]

Any word on these yet?

I'm going to throw a hissy fit if I don't get the one that holds the anchovy soon......

I've got several things in mind for them......

Those "Yum" brand rubber baits with the action tale on them (also other rubber-bait brands) should fit right inside nicely. (You know....those ones with the "spade" tail).

Then you get the killer head action...plus...the killer tale action.....and...if there's dogfish around you can run with no scent on them.

[Enniberg]

Was checking on the Ukee ladder derby site tonite - looks like a couple of fish were caught on the jughead lure today.