Last spring I jigged for kings out of ibay after trolling for browns in the skinny water. I haven't had a better fight in freshwater than a spring king in jigging gear, hope to try again next weekend.
Still looking for some of these rods if anyone has a few or can point me in the right direction. They have been phased out in all the local stores by the new gx2 ugly sticks
A friend just picked one up from out in Saginaw last weekend, he has a sea nymph gls220(22'islander) also. Looked like most of the room you gain is in the rear which makes for a ton of fishing room.
fished the north end of conesus all last weekend, 10 tip ups in with different baits for well over 20 hours and only 2 pike, 9.5 and 8.9 pounds and one other pulled bait to show for it.
I was given a bunch of swans 2 years ago from an older gentleman, They are phenomenal spoons, slightly heavier than suttons so they handle speed a bit better.
Just curious what they charged you for the work? I have a few cold waters that I already had "replaced" that still suffer from the same issue(sticky initial drag)