04-19-2004, 05:00 PM
[cool][blue][size 1]Congrats on getting the "maiden voyage" out of the way. Glad you like the way it works for you. I am sure you will come to appreciate it more and more as you have other comparisons to make against the old round boats.[/size][/blue]
[#0000ff][size 1]The effectiveness of the brass lure is not surprising. My best lures on Strawberry were always gold or brass. Those with red spots sometimes worked even better. Jakes or Goldfish lures with the red spots are standards in a lot of tackle boxes for the berry.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]Hey, don't worry about not being a fly guy on the Berry either. Some of the best fishing can be on small tubes and light jig heads. Since a lot of the big fish in there feed heavily on small crawdads, toss some two and three inch tubes or twisters in different shades of greens and browns. The white tubes also work good on occasion, just like for ice fishing.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]Since I am a fly tyer, I used big marabou buggers and jigs in the same colors. One of my best all around patterns was a green body and a brown marabou tail. If you fish jigs, you can get them down deeper, faster than the guys with a fly rod and you can maintain better feel of what is going on too.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]The tubing to get for adapting to the valves on your rig is 5/8" clear vinyl tubing. You can find it cheap in the plumbing section of most building supply or well stocked hardware stores. I usually carry a two foot length in the back seat pocket. The attached pic shows how I attach it to the two-way pump.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]Good to hear from you again. Have you rigged up sonar yet? Rod racks? We have been having some chatter on some new ideas there, if you haven't been keeping up.[/size][/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff][size 1]The effectiveness of the brass lure is not surprising. My best lures on Strawberry were always gold or brass. Those with red spots sometimes worked even better. Jakes or Goldfish lures with the red spots are standards in a lot of tackle boxes for the berry.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]Hey, don't worry about not being a fly guy on the Berry either. Some of the best fishing can be on small tubes and light jig heads. Since a lot of the big fish in there feed heavily on small crawdads, toss some two and three inch tubes or twisters in different shades of greens and browns. The white tubes also work good on occasion, just like for ice fishing.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]Since I am a fly tyer, I used big marabou buggers and jigs in the same colors. One of my best all around patterns was a green body and a brown marabou tail. If you fish jigs, you can get them down deeper, faster than the guys with a fly rod and you can maintain better feel of what is going on too.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]The tubing to get for adapting to the valves on your rig is 5/8" clear vinyl tubing. You can find it cheap in the plumbing section of most building supply or well stocked hardware stores. I usually carry a two foot length in the back seat pocket. The attached pic shows how I attach it to the two-way pump.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]Good to hear from you again. Have you rigged up sonar yet? Rod racks? We have been having some chatter on some new ideas there, if you haven't been keeping up.[/size][/#0000ff]
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