Thread: Questions about Elkhorn Creek

Zoom TINY brush hogs texas rigged with a bullet weight to match current. I like black with red flake, junebug, or pumpkin with green flake. Hardly ever get hung up, and easier to get the hook out than two trebles being swung around by a thrashing bass.

Well, I finally got a chance to head out to Elkhorn Creek today. I caught one smallmouth, maybe 8", so I didn't have great luck...but that wasn't due to a lack of fish. I missed quite a few bites and have a lot of learning to do. I tried working some texas-rigged baby brush hogs in watermelon seed color using a 1/0 offset hook, but had no luck. I have a feeling that these are a bit big of a lure. I then tried a 1/6 oz. rooster tail that is mostly green with a silver blade, and that's what I caught the lone smallie on.

I tried to present both lures from downstream and slowly work them back to my anchored canoe. With the hog, I simply jigged it and reeled in my slack. I had to reel the rooster tail in to avoid getting hung up all of the time.

Any tips? I think it's mostly inexperience, and there's only one cure for that





Irregardless of my lack of success, I still had a great time, btw!