Cotaco 1/1 Report

Got to sneak down to the river yesterday afternoon and fished from 2- dark 30. Ended up with 6 keepers, 4 quick release keepers due to a slightly bent in hook and about as many shorts. Also managed to squander most of my time messing with schools of small bluegill which were out in number and willing to bite. The bait in the creek was pushed to the middle and I did manage to catch one out following it around. All others were tight to cover on 2 lay downs. I could see them on the typical places out deep but all but a couple I caught were about half way to the bank in 5-6 foot.
The white marabou was the most productive all around and a couple on a flat tailed plastic in blue and green. I was holding out to see if the gills would get any size to them but almost all were about a few inches too short for fillets but about right if you are up to scale some. Overall a good trip and only one boat at Indian when I put in and one deer hunter headed out of the creek. It seems game days are best for community hole fishing.

Good times

Good report. Sounds like a fun trip. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the report. I’m contemplating where to go Friday if the weather allows. May give cotaco a try but really thinking of trying something totally out of the norm.


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Thanks for the report, sounds like you had a good time.

Way to go with the white marabou!

Thanks for the report.

Thank you! I can remember trolling double and triple rigs as a kind in Missouri with them but hadn’t used them much sense till the last year. They are definitely growing into my go to confidence bait.

$3.50 for ten at Bass Pro Shops (I stock up in the spring when they're on sale) you can be a little riskier burying them in a tree. So, while they catch fish and I have extreme confidence in them, I also put them in fishy places might not risk a more expensive jig head and soft body.