06-25-2013, 04:01 PM
I agree with the worm/mallow floating off the bottom, or a worm injected with air, but I keep forgetting to put syringes into my bag. I have also put the worm 5-6 feet under the bobber (makes it a bugger to cast) but gets it down where the fish are sometimes, or a weight on the end, worm part way up, and then a tiny bobber that submerges from the weight.
We recently went to a little pond near Ketchum, couldn't get them to take fake maggots or worms very well so I switched to a silver kastmaster and started catching them. Then my wife put on a black Jake with red spots and had a fish on almost every cast, three in a row at one point. No more swallowed hooks, easy release, probably caught 25-30 fish each.
I tried a bunch of different lures while we knew they were biting, the Jake did the best but I caught fish on brown trout and perch rapalas, and even caught a 9-10" fish on my giant 6" rapala. There was no way for it to eat the thing, but it nipped at the tail and hooked itself perfectly.
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We recently went to a little pond near Ketchum, couldn't get them to take fake maggots or worms very well so I switched to a silver kastmaster and started catching them. Then my wife put on a black Jake with red spots and had a fish on almost every cast, three in a row at one point. No more swallowed hooks, easy release, probably caught 25-30 fish each.
I tried a bunch of different lures while we knew they were biting, the Jake did the best but I caught fish on brown trout and perch rapalas, and even caught a 9-10" fish on my giant 6" rapala. There was no way for it to eat the thing, but it nipped at the tail and hooked itself perfectly.
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