fish tactic.....?

i have been wondering what are some of you guys tactic that you use when fishing. I'm more use to a more slow style which it most likely typical, where the fish decides that he is going to take the line slowly creeping away with the cork. one of the guys that i work with, if the cork flinches ever so slightly he's on the hook set and this guy continuously limits out. i was always taught that you wait till the fish takes off with the cork. maybe this is something I'm not use to and will have to practice a little more in the future. :dono when i get out i do catch but nothing extravagant more or less a quart bag. just something i can try to ask help from you guys.

I tend to fish real fast because I'm excited. I switch baits pretty quick until I get a bite then I stick to that color. After the first 30 min I slow down. There were some guys yesterday fishing with a cork and jig, and they were popping it like you would a red fish, they caught a few. The cork attic is not one of my go to tactic but each his own.

My belief is that during the spawn, the males will often just inhale and move the bait from the bed. Thus giving a slight twitch to the cork as he isn't trying to eat the bait.

I have not seen a cork move lately....not sure what to do.

I fish when the cork slightly moves I set it. Cobayashi bream fishing is when you got to wait for the whole cork to go under. Sacalait inhale the bait most of the time when the whole cork goes under by the time you set the hook he is letting the bait go. I tend to use a small cork that way I can see any movement in it

I used to wait for the cork to go under and think I lost a lot of fish...lately I have been setting the hook on any wiggle...had one the other day come up from below and took the shiner and sat there with the cork laying on its side....after a moment I set the hook and it was a 13" slab......also, fishing with shiners the other day, the bass were just taking it and holding it in their mouth while some would run with it....once my cork did not move for a while so I went to pick it up and place it somewhere else...when I lifted it up there was a 3# bass on it.....and the cork never moved......it is hard to tell sometimes because I like to fish with big shiners and they will move the cork themselves.....

i also use a small cork 1-1/2" with 1/32oz jig head so any movement i can see, evidently i need to re-adjust my fishing style. i have gotten some good tips from my buddy i work with, i always wondered why the heck he caught so many and i struggled to catch 4-6 at a time. i guess i was so used to redfish where they take the whole thing like a thief and had places to get, that i accustomed to that style. :banghead

ahh well, you live and you learn

This may not be what was asked, but I can give you my tactics as they change during the year.
Pre-spawn - I cast jigs and roadrunners to points leading into known spawning coves.
Spawn- this is splits between jig pole around trees and shiners under cork to known spawning banks. When jigging, even the slightest movement of the cork = hook set. With shiners, it depends on how the fish are acting. Most of the time, the cork just takes off. Other times, it flattens out. I only give fish time wit it if they are tipping the cork up.

Post spawn - casting jigs under cork in swamp lakes and jigging grass lines in impoundments. Both are immediate hook set.

Summer - I go nothing.

Fall - same as impoundment post spawn. Casting jigs to grass lines.

The end.

I need new/more tactics.

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Originally Posted by prefers shiners

I used to wait for the cork to go under and think I lost a lot of fish...lately I have been setting the hook on any wiggle...had one the other day come up from below and took the shiner and sat there with the cork laying on its side....after a moment I set the hook and it was a 13" slab......also, fishing with shiners the other day, the bass were just taking it and holding it in their mouth while some would run with it....once my cork did not move for a while so I went to pick it up and place it somewhere else...when I lifted it up there was a 3# bass on it.....and the cork never moved......it is hard to tell sometimes because I like to fish with big shiners and they will move the cork themselves.....

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That's exactly right for me. I can see the shiner rising and moving about, the cork moves a lot during this time. For some reason, I like to see the cork constantly moving about due to the shiner action. I set the hook when the cork goes under because I know the shiner can't do that. Interesting thoughts you fellas have.

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Originally Posted by fishervet

I have not seen a cork move lately....not sure what to do.

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I know what you mean fishervet and I feel your pain.

I fish the same water that you do. Lake Verret, Grassy, Bayou Black. I use cork about 95% of the time. When the cork layes flat, twichhes while falling back after I pop the cork all equals a hook set. Also alot of times you think its a perch messing with the jig tail but have sac a lait bite the same way. Basically any funny movement of the cork - I set the hook.

Thanks fellas, I appreciated the advise. Now I might have to take it to the bayou friday, I said I wasn't going to but, hearing what i have been doing all wrong all this time makes this itch even worse that needs to be scratched pronto! Ordered 100 jigs tonight ready for the long haul.

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Originally Posted by Tracker123

That's exactly right for me. I can see the shiner rising and moving about, the cork moves a lot during this time. For some reason, I like to see the cork constantly moving about due to the shiner action. I set the hook when the cork goes under because I know the shiner can't do that. Interesting thoughts you fellas have.

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One thing I believe about shiner fishing.....I hook the shiner under the dorsal fin....some hook it through the eyes....personally, I want to the shiner to see what is coming so I don't want to destroy the eyesight....sometimes the shiner will sit still and not move (cork not moving) then a fish will come close to the shiner to investigate and the shiner will start running around in circles (cork bobbing) and even swim up and cause the cork to lay down sideways...many times right after that the fish will take the shiner and run.....so when I see that shiner start bobbing around, I get ready to set the hook......you think football is exciting....I can feel this just talking about it......Randy knows what I am talking about......

If your doing something and not getting good results then stop doing that.Not matter how your fishing or with what....if your not hooking and landing a high percentage of your bites change your technique.If your not getting bit....change something.

Haven't used shiners lately but when I do I hook em through the eyes P.S. and they go crazy before they get eaten. Even if they can't see I think they feel other fish using their lateral line. That may be their greatest sense. Usually a bream bite is several light taps. With jigs I set the hook when my cork moves, period. Mostly I tight line but I sure miss that cork sinking. Some times when I use to lay down to sleep I would see the cork going under when I closed my eyes. Now that's sweet dreams!

I tight-line probably 99% of the time. I am addicted to the THUMP just like others are addicted to seeing the cork disappear.

When I fish with Toledo Bend guide Coon Gilespie, we fish brush piles in 15-25 feet of water. he insists to let the cork go down until you cannot see it anymore before setting the hook. And he's right. If you try to set that hook too early, you seldom catch the fish. And he'll say, "He gone". I laugh and laugh and that sucker. Otherwise in shallower water, I set the hook sooner.

to me for the most art pretty much when the cork moves he has it. i set hook right away the longer he has it the more likely he will drop the bait with artificial. and i am the opposite of many i fish fast in general. matches my lifestyle. for some i am not an easy person to fish with. i will slow down if the fish tell me that i have to or if i can catching in a small area and wont to work it over. otherwise i fish fairly fast fishing for the more aggressive active fish

Same here fish fast and move a lot. Also remember. Sacalait tend to feed up so if you fish to deep you won't get many bites. With a cork I usually stay 3-4ft deep

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Originally Posted by Pastor

I tight-line probably 99% of the time. I am addicted to the THUMP just like others are addicted to seeing the cork disappear.

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I love feeling the thump but in the spring time I switch to the cork for bream. Love seeing the cork go under!

Sacalait are very finicky to a float most of the time. If the float moves or twitches or lays on its side, set the hook. If you're twitching your cork and on the way down it stops, set the hook. Sometimes tight lining is the way to go.