Fishing Report

[focused fishing]

I've heard of the wacky rig recently but never used it. Do you suspend and twitch it or let it come to rest on the bottom and twitch??

Thanks in advance.

Most of the bites come on the fall dead sticking the bait. It seems that when you move the bait they ignore it. It's a blast when you find 'em willing to take it, you can catch a dozen or more fish in a small area. A couple of years back we caught spots off the 86 bridge piers for two hours strait on every cast doing it. Really kind of freaked my cient out catching fish over 100' deep on his rig, we still talk about it every time he calls.

EP

[skeeter]

Reminds me of the old Charlie Brewer Slider Head "do nothing" rig. Anyone remember him ? Horizontally flat-headed jig with a short, small diameter worm rigged lengthwise on the hook shank. The light, flattened jighead made the worm sorta "sail" down but think the wacky rig would be better as the ends of the worm flutter as it falls imparting that fish-tempting motion ( you hope ) . Thanks for reminding me of this. Looking forward to Tuesday morning to run out and try it.

Regarding earlier post about Whites. Seen small school in the Baxter Marina area but they are up and then down so fast you can't even cast to them.. Guess they can't tolerate that 89 degree surface temp. for long.

Very limited early morning success with white buzzbait in surprisingly shallow water close to channel banks. The fish are actually warm to the touch as you release them. Almost all have hook holes in them.

[Trout Commander]

Most of the bites come on the fall dead sticking the bait. It seems that when you move the bait they ignore it. It's a blast when you find 'em willing to take it, you can catch a dozen or more fish in a small area. A couple of years back we caught spots off the 86 bridge piers for two hours strait on every cast doing it. Really kind of freaked my cient out catching fish over 100' deep on his rig, we still talk about it every time he calls. EP

Thanks for the reply EP. Sorry I am slow responding. I always use the "View New Content" button and I somehow missed the replies until I went looking for it.