stinger help from fishermen

[rscotfish]

if i make a 1 inch stinger by the time i use the 2 sleeves which are a 1/4 inch long theirs not much wire left would you attach at the main hook i have thought of making mine short for the simple reason that i jig hard pound the bottom and the stinger can get wrapped around the jig eye but i catch fish last year i used a 1 ounce dark purple with a strip of flash and i caught bigger fish while there was days the boat landed a lot of shorts i was catching 3-5 pound fish and then i lost it i was using 15 pound braid the fish was huge seen it then it dove down by the out drive line got cut probably on prop me with 3 hundred jigs on the boat had to go home and make a dozen then got sick and never made it out again

[Frank]

Sure beats getting sick from losing a 34" fish half way in the net but hung to the net on a bandit, I'm still sick but will recover,as soon as I get to fish for eyes soon!

[rscotfish]

im sick for you i have not seen a 34 inch fish come in my boat in 35 years of trying funny thing 2015 jig season our canal was closed for dredging so we moved buddys boat to wildwings first trip 8-10 ft of water 2 - 12 pound fish females and caught females in there the first 3-4 trips i even got a 10 pound male there with quick limits on jigs. this year no females and i can count on 1 hand the females we caught on the jig over the past seasons. but nothing wrong with a cooler full of smaller jacks

[Frank]

Well I hate to say it but the odds of getting another fish that size to the net again, would be like hitting the lottery twice,something I'll never forget though. What a exceptional fishery.

[rscotfish]

mount it in your memories