Ohhhh... I hear you there Mr. Goforth. It's hard to catch those trout with big line like that. You sound like a novice fisherman because I saw your posts about Walleye up the River as well. I totally understand the boat traffic at Cotter. I took some of my family over there one day and fished those jigs you're talking about and it can be really tough with all the boat traffic over there. For what it's worth, you might try some night crawlers tipped with orange salmon eggs when the traffic gets thick. Sounds like that guy is jealous of all those fish you've been catching!