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Trolling when all else fails?
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:53 am
by Rfong
During his slow time of year with high water and muddy waters, is trolling with crankbaits or spinnerbait recommended?
I prefer using a fly rod but will resort to any level to catch a fish.
How about using rubber worms, Texas rig style?
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:48 pm
by roadwarriorsvt
I caught one small LMB on a black buzz bait yesterday. I had two poles set up with checken livers, but not even one strike!
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:55 am
by Ken
You can troll with a fly rod
Either streamers or deer hair pattens with a cut face so that it dives when you retrieve.
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:49 pm
by Stan Wright
I spoke with a guy last week who was catching some nice peacocks while trowling crank baits... that was the only way he was catching.
On Saturday I fished with a guy that is a pro bass angler. He was catching largemouth using worms and drop shot rigs in the tree tops and heavy brush. He was amazing.
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:37 pm
by Crash
Hey Stan,
Can you expound on the drop shotting in the tree tops thing. Worms?? What kind??
Crash
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:40 am
by Stan Wright
Go to Google and type in " drop shot rig " and all kinds of stuff comes up...
http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/drop-shot.html
We didn't have any 4 inch plastic worms so Chris just broke off the last 4 inches of a longer one. I don't even remember the color.
But boy, when you twitch that thing it has some nice action.
Chris was also using a regular 6 or 8 inch plastic worm. rigged Texas Style..... a bullet shape weight on the line and the worm hook point stuck back into the worm to make it weedless.
We just pulled up to a fallen tree and he tossed the worm right into the top of it and then started letting out line and the worm drop strait down.