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An eighth-ounce jig will usually be good, although there are times when the sixteenth-ounce or three-sixteenth ounce size ...

A bowfin’s jaw is as hard as granite. Even if you do manage a firm hookset, if you’re not using a strong, quality hook, they’ll bend it right out during their violent thrashing. I’ve even gotten ...