07-04-2007, 10:33 PM
Well yes , there is the search engine approach. Trouble is, in angling, it depends on how observant you are. Not whose advice you trust in blindly. In other words I am sure there is a lot of stuff there that I would be better not seeing, if I am to pick it up as quickly as poss and with the minimum of "blind alleys".
All of my "rubber lure" fishing to date has been surface fishing ... usually for pike ... and quite productive it has been too.
But I feel I'm only enjoyoing half the fun.
The fishing trip reports are showing me very clearly the perch for instance LOVE JIGS. Something I have not tried for that species.
I recognise that jigs are really suited to the vertical and diagonal down presentation that much float tubing over medium to deep water requires. Esp when something interesting is on the sonar !
Right now I tend to use wet cel 2 + flies for trout / perch deepish tubing.
Or often go spinning with metal/sinking diving cranks ( I really like spoonplugs) that can sink, then track along the bottom, instead of rising up towards the surface, and away from the interesting zone.
The world of leadhead jigs, tubes and deep slow fishing with jigs are something I still have to tease out a bit.
Thx for the extensive reply, and the PDF file. All of it is highly interesting stuff, that I can read and re-read until the essentials filter in.
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All of my "rubber lure" fishing to date has been surface fishing ... usually for pike ... and quite productive it has been too.
But I feel I'm only enjoyoing half the fun.
The fishing trip reports are showing me very clearly the perch for instance LOVE JIGS. Something I have not tried for that species.
I recognise that jigs are really suited to the vertical and diagonal down presentation that much float tubing over medium to deep water requires. Esp when something interesting is on the sonar !
Right now I tend to use wet cel 2 + flies for trout / perch deepish tubing.
Or often go spinning with metal/sinking diving cranks ( I really like spoonplugs) that can sink, then track along the bottom, instead of rising up towards the surface, and away from the interesting zone.
The world of leadhead jigs, tubes and deep slow fishing with jigs are something I still have to tease out a bit.
Thx for the extensive reply, and the PDF file. All of it is highly interesting stuff, that I can read and re-read until the essentials filter in.
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