Best winter river tactic or bait??

[fishinwrench]

Looks like a 3/16 or 1/4 head.   

Personally I never went heavier than 1/8oz.   and used 1/16 mostly, especially if they were biting on the swing.  

[fshndoug]

I'm ready Wrench

 

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1 hour ago, fishinwrench said:

Looks like a 3/16 or 1/4 head.   

Personally I never went heavier than 1/8oz.   and used 1/16 mostly, especially if they were biting on the swing.  

1/8

[Gavin]

My favorite is a 1/8oz black bear hair jig with a rabbit strip tail 4.5” long. Jig is an aspirin head (modify a ball head).. Ned or slider should work too. The Hard part is finding them. Those spots can be small, but you can pound them when you find them. Fish in the afternoon. 6-8’ of water can’t see bottom slack current, fish the sunny side. Jerkbait fishing for trout is more fun.

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40 minutes ago, Gavin said:

My favorite is a 1/8oz black bear hair jig with a rabbit strip tail 4.5” long. Jig is an aspirin head (modify a ball head).. Ned or slider should work too. The Hard part is finding them. Those spots can be small, but you can pound them when you find them. Fish in the afternoon. 6-8’ of water can’t see bottom slack current, fish the sunny side. Jerkbait fishing for trout is more fun.

Yep.   I like a sparsely dressed  jig.  

[jdmidwest]

I have luck in backwaters with a unweighted neko rigged dinger.  Morning Dawn was good last time out

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14 minutes ago, jdmidwest said:

I have luck in backwaters with a unweighted neko rigged dinger.  Morning Dawn was good last time out

Yep. I like senkos 

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21 minutes ago, jdmidwest said:

I have luck in backwaters with a unweighted neko rigged dinger.  Morning Dawn was good last time out

Isn’t an unweighted neko rig just a whacky rig worm?

[Seth]

Trick is finding them. When you find them then you just have to figure out if they want a bottom bait (finesse jig or ned rig) or something suspended (swimbait or jerkbait). I’ve used crankbaits like a wart or shad rap at times too but the NED and jerkbait do most of my damage in the winter.

[jdmidwest]

10 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Isn’t an unweighted neko rig just a whacky rig worm?

No, most of the time I am pulling the weight out and putting it back.  Depends on current