Another Perspective

[Donna G]

Bo, on occasion I would turn around and throw a swim bait very close in and was able to keep a pretty tight parallel back to the boat. No takers on the swim bait, though. I only do that when I'm fishing something weedless. However, like Champ said, he left me the inside lane and it was fun!

[merc1997 Bo]

champ

there is a trick to the spoon right now. you have to just hang it, and just bump it every now and then. i went again today and caught some on spoon, but did better with the 1/8 head with a shad doodle. i had a couple of big split shot on to be able to keep the bait under the boat, and caught them just hanging it. ended up with 7 keeps and they were all lmg with three in the 3lb. range. most bites were 40 to 45ft.

bo

[Sore Thumbs]

On the Beav it seems like the slower i moved the jerkbait the more likely i was to catch a Kentucky. Any one else noticed that?

[merc1997 Bo]

sore thumbs

jerk baits are an entire science to themselves. can not really say that i have experienced the k's preferring any certain retrieve. what i will say though is that you need to discover each time whether they want a sinking bait, one the sits perfects still, or one that will slowly float up. next, is what cadence, meaning what length of time between jerks, and how much energy to actually put into the jerk. sometimes they just want the bait to be barely touched, and other times the living daylights jerked out of it.

you jut have to experiment each time out.

bo

[Sore Thumbs]

It might be coincidence but the only time i caught the K's was with a long pause.

[Bill Babler]

that would depend on what lake, and on table rock, that is not the case unless you are strictly talking spring fishing.

bo

That would be a big 10-4. White River Chain from November thru early March is a deep water winning pond. Most all those big A-rig bags last year came from counting the rig down and pulling it thru the tops of the deep trees. Last weekend on both derby's here those were deep fish winning. Most came from 60' on the bottom or suspended.

I caught fish in 35' Saturday on the bottom on an A-Rig. Had about 14 pounds with 2 4 pounders both were on the bottom on channel edge brush at over 30'.

This for RPS. Randy they are on that location we spoke of. Right on the break. All LM and as usual, I was hung up repeated times. Got hung once and pulled it thru and bang a 4 pounder. When I got it up to the boat another one just about as big had followed it in. I believe it will get better and better as the Winter gets here. If you get some time, go hit it.

Another point is on some of those deep bluffends where there is a jerkbait bite those fish are coming up in the water column to hit the bait. This is Table Rock and they can see it a Long, Long way off and come and get it.

[johnm]

Had trolling motor only this past weekend and put in baxter. No bites. Aunts creek I put in on OO and talked to a few fisherman with little to no success. So I took off from the ramp and drop shot ted my way out towards the main lake and caught 3 fish in about 4 hrs. Two keepers one short and one a really nice smallmouth 17.5 in long. 18 ft deep on bottom.