I got thinking the other night when i was out on my kayak. I was throwing poppers and the bite was ok, but slow. I took my second rod and rigged up a fly lined Gulp swimming minnow. no weight, just a 1/0 octopus hook and the swimbait (white, 3 in). I let that sit in my rod holder just a few feet off the bottom while i drifted along, and caught some quality fish. I think that the bait just twitches ever so slightly and does a good job mimicking a dying shad. Its nice that you can use the same bait for 10 or more fish also. Better than putting on a new piece of 'chovy every 10 minutes. Get the gulp bait. It really works well. let me know if it works for ya.
The Whizzle
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Great idea will have to give it a try.
Stripercraze
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[cool]Hey TheWhizzle, I use the Gulp 3" minnow grub on a darter head jig. I get quite a few hookups with it. However I haven't tried flylining it yet. I fish from a floattube and could probably troll it same as you but not as fast. I will try it out on my next outing and let you know.
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thats one of my favorite tricks, especialy when comming in at the end of the day, just let one drag behind.
got some real woppers that way...[
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Interesting. I've tried all sorts of lures, crankbaits, and poppers but haven't had the same type of luck as when I use anchovies. Whether I'm shore fishing or on the back of a houseboat, I like to set up a line with a no.2 hook and a small lead ball bearing weight about 8-12 inches from the hook. I use a small piece of cut frozen chovy, and cast out about 20-40 ft on 6 - 8 lb line. I play with the depth by reeling slower or faster but I get great action because the stripers can really catch the flavor of a chovy versus an artificial bait. Admittedly, I haven't used your technique but I'll try it out. I've drifted on a houseboat in the middle of the lake on quite a few occasions. I'll drop 15 lb lines with whole anchovies but never had a bite. I was in some pretty deep waters in certain areas. 300+ feet. Using ocean reels with 15 lb test, I couldn't even reach the bottom, and this is with 4-6 ounce weights.
Best regards,
Paul
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