08-01-2004, 11:52 AM
this is my first summer using them so i'm no expert on them , but i can tell you this . i've cought a ton of bass on them , plenty of rock bass , a couple big channel cats , a steelhead , and at the small dam i've been fishing for the last 5 years , walleye !
in those five years at the wiggins dam i've never hauled in a walleye before . lures , worms and minnows have never brought one in for me . first leach i put on netted me three marble eyes in a row .
it has taken me some time to get used to using them thou , yuck !
the fish love them which is what sparked my curosity about the slimey critters . i try them at every new place i visit , usually letting them bounce along the bottom on a steelhead set up . it seems to produce the best results .
i'de say you should give it a try at your dam and see what happens . i run a single size 8 hook thru the mouth (pointey end of the thing, not the suction cup end ) .my lead line is about 2 feet or better and for a weight i use a small bell sinker or some split-shot .
i started using a pair of hemostats to get them out of the cup but a needle-nose plires will do the same thing . i'm getting braver with the critters and can now reach in and pick one out , but that has taken some time to get used to .
they do outpreform the worms and last a heck of a lot longer . i've cought 16 fish on one leach alone . thats streaching your bait money a long way .
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in those five years at the wiggins dam i've never hauled in a walleye before . lures , worms and minnows have never brought one in for me . first leach i put on netted me three marble eyes in a row .
it has taken me some time to get used to using them thou , yuck !
the fish love them which is what sparked my curosity about the slimey critters . i try them at every new place i visit , usually letting them bounce along the bottom on a steelhead set up . it seems to produce the best results .
i'de say you should give it a try at your dam and see what happens . i run a single size 8 hook thru the mouth (pointey end of the thing, not the suction cup end ) .my lead line is about 2 feet or better and for a weight i use a small bell sinker or some split-shot .
i started using a pair of hemostats to get them out of the cup but a needle-nose plires will do the same thing . i'm getting braver with the critters and can now reach in and pick one out , but that has taken some time to get used to .
they do outpreform the worms and last a heck of a lot longer . i've cought 16 fish on one leach alone . thats streaching your bait money a long way .
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