<br /><br />Ya, I know, it catches lots of fish. Now, When I do use this type of rigging, I tie a large loop where the hook goes so that the hook actually sticks out away from the main line at least a couple inches. The two lines of the loop actually help hold the bait out away from the main line. Use a small lite worm with a lot of action with very little movement. I use about a 3/8 oz. weight mostly unless I have to fish more than about 15'. Small circle Hooks are becomeing the hook of choice because you dont have to set the hook much and the fish are hooked right in the corner of the mouth almost every time. I just toss it a little bit away from the boat, let it sink to the bottom, drop my rod about 6" and shake the worm with very little twitches of the tip. Strikes can be very lite or hard.
The guide I was with was a big believer in watching the line for movement . His knot for the hook was just a polamur {sp} about 18 in. up to get it just above the cabbage. The hook had to be facing down if it came out facing up he just ran the free end through the eye once more to change it. Then added a large split shot to the line end. I now have one rod set up in my boat
This statement is very much accurate. It doesnt matter what you are fishing with, there are always several ways to fish that particular bait, be it fast slow deep shallow, twitch, jerk whatever. If you see a fish follow your bait, that usually means that if you paused the fish probably would have hit it. Every time you catch a fish, think about what you were doing when you got the hit. Did it hit the bait while it was sinking or when you picked it up, while you were reeling it in. Thats what we mean when we say "Let the fish tell you what they want". Or, you could just stick your head in the water and yell, "Hey, what do you want this morning"!
<br /><br />Never go to the lake with the mindset of just what you are going to do no matter what. Thats a sure way to get skunked.
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