10-27-2015, 07:04 PM
I guess I'd better chime in on Old_Coot's 'fish story'...
I had an absolute BLAST. Such a great time fishing and pulling in all those cutts.
One thing that I didn't see mentioned is the Crawdads.. aka cray fish, craw fish, or whatever you want to call those miniature lobster thingies that live on the floor of Strawberry Reservoir.
They feel EXACTLY like a cutthroat nibbling gently on your tube jig.. I kept jerking at bites and not setting the hook. Ralph told me that there must be crawdads down there nibbling but I had trouble believing that they would tug like they did.
So, he had me reel in really slowly at the next 'bite'. I did so, and watched my line, and sure enough, there was a big 5 inch crawdad on the end of it. They drop off immediately when they break the surface of the water, but they are certainly down there.
So one strategy I learned is that the fish were on the very very bottom. I would drop my tube jig to the very bottom until the line went slack, then I'd reel in just about 6 inches so it was off the bottom. That's where I got my bites.
The crawdads would grab the tube jig if it was too close to the bottom, but the fish took it when it was up about 6 inches from the bottom of the lake.
The crawdads were thickest in that bay directly to the north and west of the Renegade ramp.
And yes, the story of the peanut butter being spread with a plastic Rappalla case is 100% true. I had to use my creative skills, but the thing worked pretty good, and the samiches were GREAT !!!
Old_Coot is a blast to fish with. My compliments on the excellent organization and efficiency of his boat. He runs a nice tight ship that's for sure.
Thanks for the trip Ralph, it was GREAT !!!
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I had an absolute BLAST. Such a great time fishing and pulling in all those cutts.
One thing that I didn't see mentioned is the Crawdads.. aka cray fish, craw fish, or whatever you want to call those miniature lobster thingies that live on the floor of Strawberry Reservoir.
They feel EXACTLY like a cutthroat nibbling gently on your tube jig.. I kept jerking at bites and not setting the hook. Ralph told me that there must be crawdads down there nibbling but I had trouble believing that they would tug like they did.
So, he had me reel in really slowly at the next 'bite'. I did so, and watched my line, and sure enough, there was a big 5 inch crawdad on the end of it. They drop off immediately when they break the surface of the water, but they are certainly down there.
So one strategy I learned is that the fish were on the very very bottom. I would drop my tube jig to the very bottom until the line went slack, then I'd reel in just about 6 inches so it was off the bottom. That's where I got my bites.
The crawdads would grab the tube jig if it was too close to the bottom, but the fish took it when it was up about 6 inches from the bottom of the lake.
The crawdads were thickest in that bay directly to the north and west of the Renegade ramp.
And yes, the story of the peanut butter being spread with a plastic Rappalla case is 100% true. I had to use my creative skills, but the thing worked pretty good, and the samiches were GREAT !!!
Old_Coot is a blast to fish with. My compliments on the excellent organization and efficiency of his boat. He runs a nice tight ship that's for sure.
Thanks for the trip Ralph, it was GREAT !!!
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