doodle fishing

[merc1997 Bo]

i have not posted anything for a while.  it has not been because i have not been or have not been catching any bass.  catching lots of bass, but not a great amount of keepers.

today, we caught 49 bass and had 6 keepers.  one of those was a 3 lb. lmg.  i am using some 10 lb. test braid that is smaller than a 2 lb. test diameter, and am using a NuTech 1/8 crappie jig for a head.  we are catching these bass 25 to 35 ft. deep.  the bites are next to nothing.  this is where the super thin braid comes into play because of the depth and nothing bites.

i took taylor sanders with me last week, and i was catching all day and he was not.  why?  because he was using 6lb. test floro  and was not feeling the nothing bites.  he finally took my rod right before we quit and promptly caught 6 bass.  he could not believe the difference in feel.  so, he went with me today and showed up with a reel that needed line, and put on some of the 10 lb. braid for him.  he caught fish all day this time.

wonder where all the better bass are up this way when you are catching the youngsters as deep as we are.  have spent a lot of time fishing a jerk and crank, but no love on either.  guess catching something is better than catching nothing.

bo

[Alex Heitman]

You didn’t catch any bigger ones because I was up there and caught them all 😉

[Royal Blue]

Are you tying the braid directly to the jig head?

[Guest]

9 hours ago, Royal Blue said:

Are you tying the braid directly to the jig head?

yes.

 

bo

[Mitch f]

So my question would be do you think you would get any more bites with a braid to fluoro combo?

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Mitch f said:

So my question would be do you think you would get any more bites with a braid to fluoro combo?

well mitch, i have had many sit in the boat using that combo to prove to me that they would outcatch me.  hasn't happened.  back when all we had was mono, many tried to prove to me that green line would catch more fish in the daytime than me using my clear blue stren.  it did not happen.

when fishing with taylor the other day, he blackened about 3 ft. of his line (which i had put hi-vis yellow on his reel).  he really did not really begin to catch them until the yellow began to show through.  i told him "see, when they can see your line, they can follow it right to the lure"!

line types and diameters affect your sink rate, or depth a billed bait will go, and the action of a lure.  braid does have some float factor, but it is also thinner per pound test.  some adjustments must be made one way or the other to get desired sink rate, or running depth.

next question for me would be, if fluoro is so good, why use braid at all??  just asking.

bo

 

[Mitch f]

3 minutes ago, merc1997 said:

well mitch, i have had many sit in the boat using that combo to prove to me that they would outcatch me.  hasn't happened.  back when all we had was mono, many tried to prove to me that green line would catch more fish in the daytime than me using my clear blue stren.  it did not happen.

when fishing with taylor the other day, he blackened about 3 ft. of his line (which i had put hi-vis yellow on his reel).  he really did not really begin to catch them until the yellow began to show through.  i told him "see, when they can see your line, they can follow it right to the lure"!

line types and diameters affect your sink rate, or depth a billed bait will go, and the action of a lure.  braid does have some float factor, but it is also thinner per pound test.  some adjustments must be made one way or the other to get desired sink rate, or running depth.

next question for me would be, if fluoro is so good, why use braid at all??  just asking.

bo

 

Well I like the no stretch of braid to detect bites, but was just wondering about using the best of both worlds.

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Mitch f said:

Well I like the no stretch of braid to detect bites, but was just wondering about using the best of both worlds.

so, are you saying that fish have the ability to reason?  reason that line is a danger?  the hook is what does the damage right?  and, the hook or hooks are as, if not more, visible than fishing line.  then why would a fish not reason to never bite anything with a hook or hook?

bo

 

[m&m]

This discussion surfaces a lot. I agree with Bo on this one. My evidence is the A-rig. No line is more visible than the wires on the A-rig and they don’t seem to affect the fish biting that contraption. 
 

Mike

[Mitch f]

Well I’m not disagreeing with Bo, just wanted his take. And I totally agree about an A-Rig. Although an A-rig’s flash and action seem to cause the vicious reaction bite. A spinner bait kind of does does the same, in a smaller way. When a lure is by itself motionless or slowly twitching, the fluoro may come into play.