04-29-2005, 07:36 PM
I prefer the longer leader when fishing for river cats. Sometimes the weights are too shiny and distracts them from the meal at hand.
As far as stink baits go, I generally stay away from the commercial ones that are out there and make my own. I will generaly use ground up Mack, Chovy, Squid and dines. I place them inside of some pantyhose material and tie that to a 2/0 circle hook.
I have had success with that for Channels, Blues and Flatheads. If I am to target only flat head, then I will use a little Crawdad and Shad oil in the mix. They have a hard time resisting a nice scent of a couple of their favorite snacks.
When you resort to the old faithfull nightcrawler, you can also inject them with a little Crawdad oil too. It doesn't kill the worm and it releases the scent that they like as well.
There are times when I vertical jig in lakes. I will use a piece of shrimp on a lead head. That has been one of my better baits with vertical jigging in nice clean water lakes.[cool]
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As far as stink baits go, I generally stay away from the commercial ones that are out there and make my own. I will generaly use ground up Mack, Chovy, Squid and dines. I place them inside of some pantyhose material and tie that to a 2/0 circle hook.
I have had success with that for Channels, Blues and Flatheads. If I am to target only flat head, then I will use a little Crawdad and Shad oil in the mix. They have a hard time resisting a nice scent of a couple of their favorite snacks.
When you resort to the old faithfull nightcrawler, you can also inject them with a little Crawdad oil too. It doesn't kill the worm and it releases the scent that they like as well.
There are times when I vertical jig in lakes. I will use a piece of shrimp on a lead head. That has been one of my better baits with vertical jigging in nice clean water lakes.[cool]
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