I'm heading to deadwood for a few days. Going to try for some kokes and anything else that will bite, and hope those fires around there don't spread.
Last time I trolled just west of the dam and south of the dam, but only caught one.
Tried standard tolling rig with worm trailer. Any tips on other areas to try. Should I try flatfish or plugs? Going to see if I can find some shoepeg corn before I head out.
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Seems to me that you only really need two types of gear...hoochies behind shasta sling blades or 0000 dodgers, and/or pop gear with wedding rings. You can get shoepeg at Winco and Albertsons. Big Lots had it for 25c a can earlier but were out the last time I was in there. By the way, a guy at LP recently told me he couldn't get hoochies to work. Well, he was dragging them about 3 feet behind the sling blade! The rule of thumb for dodgers is 1 1/2 times the length of the dodger, not counting swivels, etc. The main purpose of dodgers is to provide action to the hoochie. Only a short leader will do that. Mike
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Try trolling the area from the campgrounds (Howers) to the island. it has always been good for me. That would be East-West. Two weeks ago the area near where the River comes in was good. just don't go too deep in that area or you will lose some equipment.
The smoke from the Stanley fire was pretty bad a few days ago, it was coming over the hill to the Warm Lake area.
Enjoy
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Thanks. I will give it a try. How deep were the fish?
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The ones we caught were only in 10-20ft. we did not have DR or lead line but had some weight with the dodger i think 3/8 oz.
good luck.
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The morning we were supposed to go to deadwood, the road was closed below banks, so we ended up going to woodhead park. Caught some decent catfish and some decent bass. No crappie... Everybody told me the bass were deep, but I caught quite a few 13 - 15" bass on the bank and in 10' of water. Saw hundreds of tiny bass.
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