Thread: Article: Back to Basic's

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Very nice CP, sometimes it's good to go back to the past.

Beautiful fish....the only way I fish is single pole casting.....love it.


Regards

that's how we fish at T hill but from the shore and my problem is casting it far enough out to drag bobber and jig back over brush or PVC. Need to learn how to get the right 10-12 foot pole, reel, line and weighted fixed bobber 40-60 feet. Any suggestions?

Originally Posted by hdhntr

that's how we fish at T hill but from the shore and my problem is casting it far enough out to drag bobber and jig back over brush or PVC. Need to learn how to get the right 10-12 foot pole, reel, line and weighted fixed bobber 40-60 feet. Any suggestions?

If the water is stained get a bigger wieghted bobber, and maybe go down to a quality 4 lb test to get MAX distance, I have done well with a 4-5 inch wieghted cigar shaped bobber and a 10 long handle jigging pole to reach out and touch them, fishing as little as 18" deep, also a good mid sized spinning reel with lots of spool line capacity will help, A mid sized slip bobber butting right up to a 1/8th or 1/4 oz jig or a good sized split shot just above the jig with a slipbobber can be zinged a long ways. Good Luck

Were you just fishing banks or were you in a cove, creek, slough?

Originally Posted by Jiggah

Were you just fishing banks or were you in a cove, creek, slough?

I was fishing the back of a small cove, and the mouth of a small feeder creek coming into the cove in a stained water lowland Res. It was a nice sunny windy winter day, a little chilly.

About as good as it gets without dad there.

i guess I am just a basic fishermen. That is how I fish all the time.

Originally Posted by Dave and Lynn

i guess I am just a basic fishermen. That is how I fish all the time.

I fish the way Dave and Lynn fish, my problem I guess is not knowing the Lake, creek or slough.been fishing the same lake (Creasant) and creek (dunes) with no luck for three years. The very first time I caught five three to four lb cats shooting docks on the northwest banks of the lake with a beetlespin (it was a crappie tournament). My stratagies are being basic stay at it and eventually I'll find my problem, How to catch crappie!