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Author:
Kimberultra
Date:
Jun 16, 2013
Subject:
A few fish but still productive
Message:
I spent most of the day at bigelow pond. I usually bottom fish the ct river and mess around with jigs and senkos but I don't top water a whole lot since all of my rigs are heavier. The bottom of bigelow was too snaggy so I took out a few tiny torpedoes, a popper, a yellow perch clackin minnow and a spinnerbait. Was getting hits on alot of my surface stuff but I haven't quite mastered setting the hook with such light lures. The spinnerbait get hit hard on the first cast. A good sized crappie. I was thrilled because I have zero top water experience. I left bigelow and hit cabelas and got a few more spinners and a Zara puppy bass pattern. I went to walker res before sundown on the waterfall side. As soon as the Zara spook hit the water it got hit hard. I wasn't quite ready and the fish took off into thick cover and I lost it. I got a few hard hits on the tiny torpedoes and eventually lost one in a downed tree. Do any if you have tips on setting the hook on top water stuff. I was told to hesitate for a second before you set when you see it get hit but it didnt seem to work.
Author:
therieldeal
Date:
Jun 16, 2013
Message:
What i normally do is wait a second to see which direction the fish moves with the lure... for example if they move to your left, set the hook with your rod top low and to the right. With the rod tip too high you'll pull the lure right out of their mouth more often than not.
Author:
Kimberultra
Date:
Jun 16, 2013
Message:
Hm. That's good advice. It must have been a fluke then because I didn't go nuts on the hook set. It caught me so off guard it didnt give me a chance to rip my shoulder out of place :). Is the Zara puppy a good choice? The regular one seemed too big for the sjze of the bass I have seen. I'm fishing from the shore but I've never seen anyone pull out a massive bass. I tend to stick the the smaller versions of everything. 3 and 4 inch senkos, 2-3 inch cranks, and the 2-3 inch spooks and poppers.
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