02-14-2022, 02:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-14-2022, 03:08 PM by Springbuck1.)
Good job, Shaun!
Last time I was there I was all over fish that weren't biting, so I guess the less suspicious fish are farther out. I never mind walking, but in past years I was fishing blind (no sonar), so I always assumed finding fish was the problem. I feel pretty confident I have bite detection worked out, so I learned something, and now I hope I've learned to things.
The only dilemma is: the first two trips I caught a bunch. Last time, only 5, but they all went 10-1/2" instead of 9-1/2". so...................
Shaun, question, though.
I have never fished much with a flasher (like you had a gold Castmaster inline, 8" dropper, right?). With such a light bite, I have always just relied on 2 lb test line and as big a jig as I can get away with, but as small as I have to, to get bites. I always seem to be fishing a pretty small jig, pretty deep, over-all at PV.
PROFILE-wise a Gizzy Bug on a1/32 jighead isn't TINY, so it's nice to know I'm not really over-sizing my jigs, but I guess I always assumed that having something (like a flasher) between my jig and my spring-bobbers or (slip bobbers) would really interfere with bite detection. I have no real problem with bite detection with a home-made Hali-jig type (cheap spoon with a swivel and hook), and I'm often surprised how well I do with fairly large jigs at PV, but sometimes I feel I need to downsize.
I'd be MORE than happy not to have to feed line slowly down a hole with a jig that will barely straighten line out, so a little extra weight would be good. Between the cold night-time temps and the darkness, especially when I was forced to be outside a shelter, I DO feel like I spend a lot of time managing line; getting it own a hole and untangled from the ice chips around the holes, etc, all of which is easier with something I can FEEL on my line, if only subtly, BUT..........I also pick up plenty of fish on "negative" bites on the drop or jigging, and I know a lot of takes are just little sideways movements of my jig (where I feel like the fish would feel the spoon before I see it).
Usually if I want more weight, I tie a short dropper ABOVE my main jig and add a smaller jig of a different type, but honestly, I almost always catch fish on the "main" jig and seldom on the addition.
So, what's your take? It obviously works for you. Is it just worth it, having the line down the hole more of the time? Does a gold flasher do much in the dark? Does it change the way you jig, the way jigging feels, or the way jigging looks to the fish? How big IS this spoon? Is there something I haven't even considered about this?
Thanks.....
Last time I was there I was all over fish that weren't biting, so I guess the less suspicious fish are farther out. I never mind walking, but in past years I was fishing blind (no sonar), so I always assumed finding fish was the problem. I feel pretty confident I have bite detection worked out, so I learned something, and now I hope I've learned to things.
The only dilemma is: the first two trips I caught a bunch. Last time, only 5, but they all went 10-1/2" instead of 9-1/2". so...................
Shaun, question, though.
I have never fished much with a flasher (like you had a gold Castmaster inline, 8" dropper, right?). With such a light bite, I have always just relied on 2 lb test line and as big a jig as I can get away with, but as small as I have to, to get bites. I always seem to be fishing a pretty small jig, pretty deep, over-all at PV.
PROFILE-wise a Gizzy Bug on a1/32 jighead isn't TINY, so it's nice to know I'm not really over-sizing my jigs, but I guess I always assumed that having something (like a flasher) between my jig and my spring-bobbers or (slip bobbers) would really interfere with bite detection. I have no real problem with bite detection with a home-made Hali-jig type (cheap spoon with a swivel and hook), and I'm often surprised how well I do with fairly large jigs at PV, but sometimes I feel I need to downsize.
I'd be MORE than happy not to have to feed line slowly down a hole with a jig that will barely straighten line out, so a little extra weight would be good. Between the cold night-time temps and the darkness, especially when I was forced to be outside a shelter, I DO feel like I spend a lot of time managing line; getting it own a hole and untangled from the ice chips around the holes, etc, all of which is easier with something I can FEEL on my line, if only subtly, BUT..........I also pick up plenty of fish on "negative" bites on the drop or jigging, and I know a lot of takes are just little sideways movements of my jig (where I feel like the fish would feel the spoon before I see it).
Usually if I want more weight, I tie a short dropper ABOVE my main jig and add a smaller jig of a different type, but honestly, I almost always catch fish on the "main" jig and seldom on the addition.
So, what's your take? It obviously works for you. Is it just worth it, having the line down the hole more of the time? Does a gold flasher do much in the dark? Does it change the way you jig, the way jigging feels, or the way jigging looks to the fish? How big IS this spoon? Is there something I haven't even considered about this?
Thanks.....