Thread: minnows for warmouth

Originally Posted by crappiepappy

Save your minnow money, if you're targeting Warmouth :p .... just tie on a 1/16oz chartreuse marabou Roadrunner

Trim the marabou back, by cutting 1/2 the length off, between the hook bend & the longest strands (works especially good if you're getting hits, but no hookups)

Cast the Roadrunner down the bank, especially where there's rocks or stumps/roots ... and keep it out away from the shoreline, in water that's a couple of feet deep, or more. Stairstep rock banks, or cliff wall banks are good areas to try (if present), if you're fishing from a boat.

There may be even bigger Warmouth, out a little deeper (and in the same areas where you're catching the smaller ones) ....

... cp

you know, maybe i will try that! but, where could i find a marabou roadrunner? where i fish at, there is too much current for most lures, and too little space, so thats why i stopping fishing there for a while. the only reason i came back was because of "the how do you use your minnows?" post i made.

Originally Posted by jonnythefisherman1

you know, maybe i will try that! but, where could i find a marabou roadrunner? where i fish at, there is too much current for most lures, and too little space, so thats why i stopping fishing there for a while. the only reason i came back was because of "the how do you use your minnows?" post i made.

... Roadrunners should be available in most any Wal-Mart, or any sporting goods store that has a fishing section. Aside from that, you could also have some made by the board members that tie jigs .... look on the jig tying forum for their names & pics of their work.

Direct from Blakemore, they run $3.75 for a pack of two (+s/h) ... so buying them elsewhere should be much cheaper
I think they run about $2.75 for a 2pk at my local bait store, and about the same at Wal-Mart.

If the current is that swift, you might even consider a 1/8oz size. But, if you want to use 1/16 ... be sure and cast towards the same way the water is flowing, so that you're bringing the lure back towards you against the current. This is the natural way a baitfish would be swimming, so your bait would look "natural" to the fish.

Where exactly, on the Erie Canal, do you fish ?? I'd like to Google Earth the location & check it out. I might be better able to help, if I understand more about "what/where" you're fishing.

... cp

Originally Posted by crappiepappy

... Roadrunners should be available in most any Wal-Mart, or any sporting goods store that has a fishing section. Aside from that, you could also have some made by the board members that tie jigs .... look on the jig tying forum for their names & pics of their work.

Direct from Blakemore, they run $3.75 for a pack of two (+s/h) ... so buying them elsewhere should be much cheaper
I think they run about $2.75 for a 2pk at my local bait store, and about the same at Wal-Mart.

If the current is that swift, you might even consider a 1/8oz size. But, if you want to use 1/16 ... be sure and cast towards the same way the water is flowing, so that you're bringing the lure back towards you against the current. This is the natural way a baitfish would be swimming, so your bait would look "natural" to the fish.

Where exactly, on the Erie Canal, do you fish ?? I'd like to Google Earth the location & check it out. I might be better able to help, if I understand more about "what/where" you're fishing.

... cp

i fish the part in covertry county, there is a metro park nearby and the tuscarawas river drains into the ohio-erie canal.