That's great advice, and yeah, I've got kinda hung up on spider rigging. The wind and my tin boat, keeps me from fishing some lakes I would like to try, but there will come a day. Thanks for taking the time to reply, very much appreciated.



Quote Originally Posted by Slab_Slammer83 View Post
The fish shouldconcentrate more when he water cools, its just a matter of finding thatconcentration of fish. Easier said than done. That concentration mayoccur on the staging flats during pre spawn or near cover during spawn. Fishingdifferent areas may help you identify these concentrating fish. I am in asimilar rut. I’m been maintaining a 7 fish average between 7-8 lbs (for the top7 fish) since the beginning of November. There have been exceptions but thatresult seems to be bankable. With that said I’m fishing the same areas, I dovary my presentation. I’m only catching the open water fish because I prefer torun a thousand rods (more like 18-20 rods). It’s my understanding ( I may maybewrong) that I’m catching the pre-spawn fish and any fish that maybe transitioningto the spawning location. Haven’t done any “bed busting” yet, that comes later.I don’t know what your fishing now but I would mix up your location selectionby targeting likely spawning locations and then maybe falling back on what you’vebeen doing. That’s the advice I would give myself…. But I love a sure thing andI hate to burn the morning on something new.. but nothing ventured nothinggained. Tight Lines