05-19-2003, 05:47 PM
[cool]Well, at least you initiated the new stuff. Don't teach my lures any bad tricks.
I hate fishing in the wind. I can handle heat and cold, but when the wind starts blowing I am finished. It is too hard to maintain position, and if you are "touch" fishing with light tackle and small lures, it is impossible to tell what is going on down there.
As I pointed out in the little writeup, I like light lures that fall slowly...like real prey does. You never see a small fish or shrimp plummet to the bottom like heavy jigs do. I have watched fish feeding underwater. When they see something falling slowly, they move over to intercept it...watching it very closely. If it looks edible, they will either gulp it before it hits the bottom, or watch it until it moves once it reaches the bottom.
A lot of the fish I catch on small jigs are at this point. A little "shivver lift", after letting the jig rest on the bottom a few seconds, will often turn into a strike and a fish. But, the more natural it falls, the more likely you will be to charm one into biting.
TubeDude
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I hate fishing in the wind. I can handle heat and cold, but when the wind starts blowing I am finished. It is too hard to maintain position, and if you are "touch" fishing with light tackle and small lures, it is impossible to tell what is going on down there.
As I pointed out in the little writeup, I like light lures that fall slowly...like real prey does. You never see a small fish or shrimp plummet to the bottom like heavy jigs do. I have watched fish feeding underwater. When they see something falling slowly, they move over to intercept it...watching it very closely. If it looks edible, they will either gulp it before it hits the bottom, or watch it until it moves once it reaches the bottom.
A lot of the fish I catch on small jigs are at this point. A little "shivver lift", after letting the jig rest on the bottom a few seconds, will often turn into a strike and a fish. But, the more natural it falls, the more likely you will be to charm one into biting.
TubeDude
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