07-26-2018, 02:02 AM
I’ve been vertical jigging the berry for 15 years now and still can’t get enough of it. Love having the rod in my hand as we drift our boat, actively bouncing it near the bottom or at various depths, and setting the hook when a rainbow or cutthroat comes and bites my tube jig. Love the sport of it plus there are some lunkers at Strawberry.
But I swear every time I’m up there every boat is trolling, seemingly going after kokes while they just sit with their pole in the holder waiting for a bite.
Am I over exaggerating or do people really not target the trout anymore? Every report on the berry on this forum seems to be about their success or failure in catching the kokes. And most trout are by accident and just get in the way of their koke fishing.
More trout for me if that’s the case but I can’t imagine spending half a day at the berry and trolling the whole time. And you’re probably saying “good! More kokes for us”.
But to me, nothing beats jigging for big trout, especially when they’re being finicky and trying to nibble the night crawler on the end and you have to be skilled when setting the hook.
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But I swear every time I’m up there every boat is trolling, seemingly going after kokes while they just sit with their pole in the holder waiting for a bite.
Am I over exaggerating or do people really not target the trout anymore? Every report on the berry on this forum seems to be about their success or failure in catching the kokes. And most trout are by accident and just get in the way of their koke fishing.
More trout for me if that’s the case but I can’t imagine spending half a day at the berry and trolling the whole time. And you’re probably saying “good! More kokes for us”.
But to me, nothing beats jigging for big trout, especially when they’re being finicky and trying to nibble the night crawler on the end and you have to be skilled when setting the hook.
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