ballhead

ballhead

n. an athlete; someone obsessed with ball games. (Perhaps a stupid one.) If you want to be a ballhead, you have to have talent and stamina.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • fettie
  • bluh
  • bousta
  • Hey!
  • lucci
  • horseradish
  • base
  • stir
  • brutal
  • doje
References in periodicals archive
It's pretty thick, so his 3/32- and 1/16-ounce versions on ballheads work at super-slow speeds.
Sweet MARABOU Treats for BIG-TIME BRONZE
For fall and winter harvests, the late stars in our garden are Krautman and Danish Ballhead, the latter being an old-time favorite.
NEW WINNERS From Old Favorites
This compact round ballhead has a clipped skirt that perfectly matches Jewel's Eakins Craw, a flat realistic rendering of a 2.5-inch crayfish, which Eakins reduced to just 2 inches to give the package an enticing glide that fooled bass wherever anglers tried it--deep under docks, brushpiles, cold-front conditions, finicky bass, and more.
The Mystery & Mastery of Jigs: FOR WINTER LARGEMOUTHS
But even during those memorable years, slow-downs would occur and the go-to solution was always a 1/8-ounce ballhead jig and a 5-inch Kalin's Lunker Grub or Berkley PowerBait Grub--which remain effective to this day.
BEATING FALL "REVERSALS" FOR SMALLMOUTHS
Danish Ballhead and Early Jersey Wakefield are heirloom varieties of cabbage that have been grown in gardens since 1840.
Your gardening answers; Picking a peck of veggies to plant
Most days, Balog begins and ends with a 1/16-ounce ballhead jig inserted into a 2-inch tube.
LONG-POLING FOR Panfish: THROUGH THE ROOF
Shimano Stradic 2000 reels, both with 10-pound Sufix 832 mainline, a 6-foot leader of 10-pound-test fluorocarbon, and usually, a 3/8- or 1/2-ounce teardrop or ballhead jig, though I often use 5/8-ounce heads in bigger swift rivers.
Grinding RIVER WALLEYES
"Trolling a 1/4-ounce ballhead jig tipped with a 2 1/2-inch Midsouth Tackle Tube Jig and lip-hooked minnow is the way to get 'em," he says.
Spawn Patterns For Southern Slabs
"When I chase smallmouths, I use either Frank's Leech--basically a black, brown, or olive bunny strip on a ballhead jig--or a Perch Pattern," he says.
Hairing Up FOR SMALLMOUTHS
His weapon of choice is a 1/2- to 3/4-ounce ballhead jig tipped with a 3u-inch paddletail softbait such as a Bondy Worm, though baits such as 3-inch Berkley Gulp!
Prime time: River Walleyes
To find active fish in those situations, he fishes a crankbait or small swimbait like a Berkley Havoc Beat Shad on a 3/8-ounce ballhead jig, covering water to locate groups of bass.
Rock talk for smallies
A standard ballhead like the Gamakatsu Round 26 or Owner Ultrahead Round is my go-to style because it adds or subtracts nothing with respect to tail action.
Grubs!
The football head lies flat, making it more snag-resistant than a ballhead. I usually fish 1/16- to 1/4-ounce versions with a twin wire guard if there's wood or rock cover to deal with."
Jighead solutions for smallies
"A 1/4- to 5/16-ounce ballhead jig with a curl-tail grub like Strike King's Rage Tail catches smallmouths everywhere," he says.
Head south for winter smallmouths
When larger minnows are unavailable, I lose the sinker and, go with a 1/4- to 3/8-ounce ballhead jig.
Chubbin' brown bass: (mother nature doesn't lie)