|
|
Location: Northern Wisconsin | i am going to wade in a river where a boat cant go. any one have tips or anything to help? |
|
| |
|
Posts: 284
Location: Fishing the weeds | Make sure you bring a wading staff for stability and to check the terrain as your moving. It would also be a good idea to wear some kind of floatation device. Pat |
|
| |
|
Posts: 2024
| Don't wade too much, except for smallies. PM Reelwise with your question. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 16632
Location: The desert | I wade for muskies here in Point.....I work in an area with pretty decent current. Cast up into the current and work down with it, it looks much more natural than if you would work up current. A figure 8 is very hard when standing in the water. I bring my bait in towards my body, then work around my body in an octagon sort of shape, twitching the bait and pausing making it look very erratic. Got 3 in the river this spring and missed a nicer one that ran into my leg while trying to eat my bait. Good luck.
Mike |
|
| |
|
Posts: 201
Location: Stevens Point | pretend you're trout fishing, look for current breaks, under cut banks, downed timber, oh yeah and dams if there are any. good luck. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 619
Location: Verona, WI | I've caught a few wading in rivers this year and last and here's what I have learned:
1. Casting up river makes a tone of sense. However, if the fish comes in from behind both the fish's momentum and current are working against you on the hook set. Set it hard and reel fast.
2. Make sure you have some sort of pants/backpack/fannypack that gives you quick access to your release tools. Dinking around trying to find a pliers only stresses out the fish.
3. Buy a lip gripper that you can stick in your pocket. It's worth the investment.
4. When it comes to looking for fish, slack water areas near current and ambush points like down stream sides of rocks and log jams are very good.
Good luck and be safe - my fear is taking a treble hook in the leg someday wading.
Shane
|
|
| |
wading for muskie