12-30-2006, 02:08 PM
[cool][#0000ff]I usually carry an arsenal of lures on any given expedition. My boxes usually carry a variety of spinners, spoons and jigs. I do not have any particular formula I use to determine what I use when, but here is a general guideline.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]First, I probably use some kind of jig at least 75 percent of the time...either for cast and retrieve, bottom hopping or vertical jigging. Using a tube, I do not troll, but I do some slow kicking and either dragging jigs or bottom bouncing. I do a lot of vertical jigging from the tube once I find a concentration of fish either holding on the bottom or suspending.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When fish are shallow, or in the top few feet of the water column...and active...I throw spinners or spoons. I use lighter spinners when I want a slow retrieve and heavier spinners when I need to go deeper or want a faster retrieve in shallow water.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]A whole lot of my choice depends on my knowledge of the water I'm fishing and the species I am targeting. Most places I fish I know well and there is not a lot of guess work. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If I am fishing a new water, I rely on my "database" of basic fishing knowledge combined with the information I have been given on that water and upon what I am able to observe. Using sonar and with some experimentation I am usually able to figure out a "pattern".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There are really a lot of factors that help determine what is going to work best on any particular trip. Some of those are time of year, species of fish, depth and clarity of water, water temperature, primary forage base, fish activity level, bottom structure, etc. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I really don't like Bill Dance (Dunce), but I saw something on one of his programs once that really made sense. He proposed that fishing was based upon "the 4 Rights". As he explained it...in order to be successful fishing, you have to use the RIGHT bait or lure...in the RIGHT place...at the RIGHT depth...with the RIGHT action or presentation.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That pretty much sums it up. Now, all you have to do is figure out what is RIGHT. Right?[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]First, I probably use some kind of jig at least 75 percent of the time...either for cast and retrieve, bottom hopping or vertical jigging. Using a tube, I do not troll, but I do some slow kicking and either dragging jigs or bottom bouncing. I do a lot of vertical jigging from the tube once I find a concentration of fish either holding on the bottom or suspending.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When fish are shallow, or in the top few feet of the water column...and active...I throw spinners or spoons. I use lighter spinners when I want a slow retrieve and heavier spinners when I need to go deeper or want a faster retrieve in shallow water.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]A whole lot of my choice depends on my knowledge of the water I'm fishing and the species I am targeting. Most places I fish I know well and there is not a lot of guess work. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If I am fishing a new water, I rely on my "database" of basic fishing knowledge combined with the information I have been given on that water and upon what I am able to observe. Using sonar and with some experimentation I am usually able to figure out a "pattern".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There are really a lot of factors that help determine what is going to work best on any particular trip. Some of those are time of year, species of fish, depth and clarity of water, water temperature, primary forage base, fish activity level, bottom structure, etc. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I really don't like Bill Dance (Dunce), but I saw something on one of his programs once that really made sense. He proposed that fishing was based upon "the 4 Rights". As he explained it...in order to be successful fishing, you have to use the RIGHT bait or lure...in the RIGHT place...at the RIGHT depth...with the RIGHT action or presentation.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That pretty much sums it up. Now, all you have to do is figure out what is RIGHT. Right?[/#0000ff]
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