strawberry report (8-22-04)

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The last two weekends jigging aggressively has worked best but we also caught fish just letting the jig sit stll, it can change from week to week. I like jigging it 3 quick ones and letting it sit for afew seconds. We where fishing in 38' of water with our jiggs 2'-3' off the bottom. Jigging 30'of water is alittle shallow for this time of year if you want to get into alot of cutts but we did catch afew rainbows in 16' last weekend. 30' would be good during the spring or early summer or even late fall-early winter early in the morning. You need to find water that is 35'-45' for this time of year 38' has seemed to be the best. White has been working very well pearl has been a good color also. I use anchovie smelly jelly it helps attract fish,hide our own sent and it is good to put on the jigg head before you slide it into the tube jigg so it will slide in easier. I tip it with a worm or even a meal worm. I fish it pretty much the same as I do ice fishing except ice fishing I will use smaller jiggs most of the time,1.5"-3"during the summer but during the winter using smaller that 1.5" even down to a 1/64oz jigg head. The 22.5" cutt I caught today was caught on a bright pink 1/32oz icefly I was hoping to pick up a koke, I very seldom use that jigg during the summer months.
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