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| What new techniques were you able to come up with in 2001 that put a fish into your boat?
I for one can't take credit for this one but I will post it anyway. I was fishing the Madison Chain this Fall with Cory Painter. We went across a spot where there are deep boulders in 30 feet of water and baitfish stacked up. Cory decides to drop his bulldawg all the way to the bottom and drag it across the boulders. When he came into contact with a boulder, he would give his Dawg a jolt. It didn't take long for a super fat 40" fish to hammer his Dawg. Needless to say, I started doing the same thing as soon as we took pictures and released this fish. Dragging Dawg's across deep rocks will definitely be a part of my arsenal - especially during cold fronts and Fall fishing! |
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| Don't know about techniques to put them in the boat but sure can provide tricks to keep them OUT of the boat!!![:(] [:sun:] |
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| I am no pro, and I can't take credit for the change....but 0723 (Bill Ramsey?) chided me in a Chat Room EARLY on in the season for being an over-zealous young punk, and that I should SLOW-DOWN on the presentations. Put a bunk of extra fish in the boat this year. SLOW gliders barely worked and Dawgs slowly pulled brought fish to the boat and even got some stuck in the mouth (and one in the back).
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| Not necessarily new to the muskie world, but new to me was some experimenting with ultra-short line trolling. I'm talking running rods at bizarre angles, and with ridiculously short leads from rod tip to bait. I boated over a dozen fish this year that hit baits within 8 feet of the rod tip . And we're not talking about the prop wash either. Had two over 45" within 6 feet of the boat. Muskie Stalkers, huge spinnerbaits, and the new version of the 10" jointed Believer really produced. Did some experimenting with planer boards as well.
Steve Wickens |
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| Good point on the short lining. I did much more of that this year than any previous years. I had the best luck running deep diving Slammers with only 10 to 15 feet of line out. Great control running tight to weed pods, steep breaks, rocks, etc.... |
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| had the same experience fishing for northerns here with short line-trolling |
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| Trolling was also more a part of my arsenal this season. I made a few mistakes along the way, but it was a good experence and I did learn alot.[:bigsmile:] |
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| Small spinner baits in spring did well for me.
Adding tailgunners on suckers seemed(maybe?) to have improved the frequency of live bait encounters as well.
Jono
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| Speed trolling spinner baits in the slop was another good technique this year. Using Bionic Bucktails about 30 to 40 feet behind the boat running between 3.5 and 4.0 mph. It's a must to hold the rod so you can snap weeds off of the spinner baits. |
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| I can't claim this but it helped. I changed the way I put my crank baits into the figure 8 after Jason and I went out after Smokey's sale.
It wasn't a drastic change but I watched how he did it rather than pay attention to my own fishing and it payed off when I got home.
Thanks Jason...[;)]
I can claim to learning some "trick" moves that I can do on demand with Undertakers, Squirko's and Phantoms. Sort of making them dive down and then back to the surface with one swift move...Triggered allot of fish with that one.
Think I need to try some short line trolling...I always lost confidence and got really stupid looks from clients with the bait that close to the boat but sounds like it worked for a few of you..
Mark |
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| Mark H thats on old one... remember..just like a race track.. high in the corners low in the straight aways. Glad to hear you stuck some fish on it.
I did some more propwash stuff this summer but its the early spring propwash trolling that I had never done that got me thinking.[;)] |
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