02-11-2004, 08:12 PM
One other thing I forgot to mention. When you have a light lure, because of the cold there is a natural coil to the fishing line and lure will not always take out the excess slack. Watch the coils and the second they start to straighten out in the least, you have a hit. These coils extend down into the water as well and using a bobber does not necessarily give you an indication right off the bat. I often use a split shot sinker 2'-3' up from the hook that takes most of the coil slack out of the line so you can detect a hit a whole lot faster. I know a guy that does that but packs power bait around the split shot. I never tried that because of the possible false strikes, but this guy swears by it.
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