07-24-2003, 12:48 PM
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]Let me see... We were the only boat south of you and we were catching fish in a hot bite. Yup, it probably was us hootin' and hollerin'! Do I have a tendency to get excited about fishing, especially when one of the guys in the boat has never wiper fished? Oh yea. When you make that perfect cast and the water explodes from beneath your lure do I get pumped? you bet. You know what the real kicker here is, there were three guys having the time of there lives and none of it was alcohol or drug enduced! When I don't get excited about fishin' anymore, it's time to put the rod down...[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]Xman is exactly right with how you fish curlytail jigs on the cast. The instant it hits the water start retrieving. I like to twitch the tip during the retrieve to add a little more action. Vary your speed until you find the speed the fish like. Sometimes you can rip it and other times you need a little slower presentation. Let the fish tell you.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]WH2, you'll drag thru mud for at least 30 ft, depending where you are. My advice is to launch in the most easterly ramp and hug the bank as close as you can. Watch the current in the channel. When you step off that drop off in the channel, it's hard to hold the boat. We caught fish on the troll at all depths.[/size][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]Xman is exactly right with how you fish curlytail jigs on the cast. The instant it hits the water start retrieving. I like to twitch the tip during the retrieve to add a little more action. Vary your speed until you find the speed the fish like. Sometimes you can rip it and other times you need a little slower presentation. Let the fish tell you.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]WH2, you'll drag thru mud for at least 30 ft, depending where you are. My advice is to launch in the most easterly ramp and hug the bank as close as you can. Watch the current in the channel. When you step off that drop off in the channel, it's hard to hold the boat. We caught fish on the troll at all depths.[/size][/font]
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