05-08-2017, 04:58 PM
[#0000FF]You will find that the smaller bait-size chubs are more difficult to find. They travel in small schools and there are not as many as there used to be. The big predators do a good job of eating the small ones before they can become big ones. The only small chubs and redsides we got at Scofield were around the docks...usually between the outside docks and the shallow shoreline.
On the other hand, the big ones are more solitary. We did best by fishing small jigs below a bobber...and keep it moving to find the fish. If you can rig a slip bobber to get deeper you will often do better than fishing too close to the surface.
Those big chubs are great bait for Da Berry. Fillet them and cut the fillets into nickel sized pieces as you use them. Keep them frozen until you use them if you can. They soften up fast after thawing. Some guys use too much bait to tip their jigs. Just some "sweetening" is usually all that is needed...and it does not use up so much bait.
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On the other hand, the big ones are more solitary. We did best by fishing small jigs below a bobber...and keep it moving to find the fish. If you can rig a slip bobber to get deeper you will often do better than fishing too close to the surface.
Those big chubs are great bait for Da Berry. Fillet them and cut the fillets into nickel sized pieces as you use them. Keep them frozen until you use them if you can. They soften up fast after thawing. Some guys use too much bait to tip their jigs. Just some "sweetening" is usually all that is needed...and it does not use up so much bait.
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