09-13-2025, 11:28 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-13-2025, 11:47 PM by obifishkenobi.)
(09-13-2025, 06:21 PM)BURLEY Wrote: Can you educate me on flig fishing? How far is flig behind slip sinker and how far behind the boat is the sinker say in 10 fow going 0.5 mph? Is it just under the boat or as far back as 70 feet? I have frozen chub.
Glad those guys chimed in, I’m not real scientific in my approach. My leader length is all eyeballed I run leaders 18-30” probably most around 26” right now with stained water. I use a full cast to set out the rods. On the initial set up, I’ll cast the two corner rods straight back then cast the side rods perpendicular to the boat and let them fall back behind the boat as we move forward. When we catch a fish on a corner rod I’ll move the side rod rod to the corner and set the fresh rod to the side position. The goal is to keep all four lines parallel behind the boat. When making a hard turn reel up the out side lines when they start crossing the back of the boat, make your turn then reset. I like to work either into the wind or across it, so I can control my speed.
(09-13-2025, 03:15 PM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: That's the biggest cat I've seen come out of Willard this year, what color flig was it caught on?
It was either the chartreuse with threes dots or a metallic gold flake with 3 red dots. The unusual thing was it was near the end of the day and I didn’t want to cut up another chub. So Juma put on a head, we usually don’t use the heads and tails. The heads are usually a little heavy for our fligs to float, it was a smaller head.