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Location: Southern Ontario, Detroit River and Lake StClair | Hey Jon. I won't argue with you or Zib over the effectivness of jigging but with all the time we spend fishing near each other do you ever recall seeing me jig. Even if you've had had twice the fish in the boat I've not switched. Maybe I'm stubborn or just plain loosen it as I get old but I can't handle more than about 15min of it. Just like handlineing for 'Eyes's....can't do it. I guess I may be just trying to build a better mouse trap and will come to my senses one day.......but then again I've never had much of it to start with.
Good Fishin'
Tim
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| How deep will the standard 8" Depthraider get? The 9" Grandma? |
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| Hey Jon. I won't argue with you or Zib over the effectivness of jigging but with all the time we spend fishing near each other do you ever recall seeing me jig. Even if you've had had twice the fish in the boat I've not switched. Maybe I'm stubborn or just plain loosen it as I get old but I can't handle more than about 15min of it. Just like handlineing for 'Eyes's....can't do it. I guess I may be just trying to build a better mouse trap and will come to my senses one day.......but then again I've never had much of it to start with.
Good Fishin'
Tim
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"If yer not gonna learn what you don't want to know then why ask in the first place?" - Bob Weir
Dude, I spotted a primo drop on the rock bottom in about 18' of fast current and went after the fish I expected would be tucked in there. Current on top was much slower than the current on the bottom, plus the current was swirling down there and no wonder, the river had just come out of a turn and narrowed tight against a rock bluff. Fast and swirling water doing different things at different depths.
Jigging failed because of the current.
Backtrolling the boat to bring the bait to the target area worked somewhat but I had little control against that wall and the bait was hanging up on debris.
The only way I was able to drag a lure on the rock bottom and immediately over the head of any holding fish in that single feature, a sudden drop from 18' to 20', was to use a weighted crankbait and run with the current. Tooks me a whole lot of passes to get the bait in the right place.
In the end you can't argue with results. Look at the pic above. I spent all day targeting a single spot I assumed held a nice fish if I could just get the bait down there in the right manner. And trolling carefully-modified cranks was the ticket. |
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| Roughneck,
Big joes will be good, but there is a bunch of guys in your area using the Live Action mojoe's casting them getting some huge fish the last few weeks, If you fish them slow they will get get super deep. They are the next size up from the Big Joes and are alot heavier. If you want to use dawgs deep the weighted leaders from Stealth tackle are a must.
good luck,
Jeff Hanson
madisonmuskyguide.com |
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| I've wanted to try the Sebile Koolie Minnow LL for hitting deep humps. The LL runs really deep. Might work in the river. Otherwise, I'd probably try a large jig with plastic minnow. |
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