Coming down to Bull- but..

[rps]

14 hours ago, mixermarkb said:

What rig for the power bait and worms? Hook size? Weight? Bobber? 

Set it up like a drop shot, weight below hook, and use a barbless octopus or circle hook, size 6 or 8. When you feel a bite, just start reeling. This will minimize damage to fish you will release. When I used to bait fish below Bull, if I didn't use sculpins, nightcrawlers, or crickets for Brown trout, I used one kernel of corn and one salmon egg on the hook. My friends and I used to argue over whether you should put the corn or the salmon egg on first.

Use enough weight to tick the bottom as you drift. If the bait gets ahead of the boat, reel in and cast again.

Note: The classic White river rig uses a dropper line above the weight. I did not find it necessary, and I hung up less.

[mixermarkb]

13 hours ago, rps said:

We all hear you. Grand niece does stage lighting for the Tulsa ballet and other one off gigs. She hasn't worked a day since early March. Younger daughter fell victim to a widespread layoff at the national lighting and design firm where she worked.

I've been fairly blessed, in that I have a side gig doing sound for a fairly large church on Sunday mornings, and they have kept me on to mix their online streaming service. The sound, lighting and video company that is my "day job" Iost literally millions of dollars of shows the week after the NBA suspended their season. The owner is committed to keeping up our health insurance payments, and about 50 of us were placed on unemployment. We have since been recalled to work some reduced shop hours as part of a payroll protection loan, but as that money runs out, I'm fairly sure we will be back on unemployment for a while. We have a couple parking lot "drive in concert" type events coming back, and some of the large event weddings look like they will be happening, but its most likely 2021 until concerts and large format corporate conventions start up, the few events on the calendar now are in no way, shape, or form enough to meet a full payroll.

I hope your daughter and niece are finding their way through this as smooth as possible, there is a drastic gender gap in our industry, and I'd hate to see two women who have found success against the odds have to give up and change careers.

thanks for the rigging tips- tying up a couple rods now-

 

 

[Fish24/7]

Rooster tails , I have yet to get skunked at Taneycomo when throwing them, I don't trout fish very much but that's about all I throw there for stocker trout. trout are like crappie sometimes and can be color selective so experiment with color, black ,brown, gold blades should get you started ,1/6,1/8, oz, that and a Ned rig might be worth a try also since the crew is familiar with that, heard it took 20+lbs to win a derby on Bull Saturday😁