02-07-2008, 01:36 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Thanks for the input. The slow drop and flutter can be a good technique. I like to fish light stuff for just that reason. The sink rate is a lot more natural and many fish intercept it on the way down.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, that works best on active fish, who are actively cruising and looking for food. That does not happen much under the ice at Willard during the winter. It would be gangbusters during the summer when the wipers are chasing shad near the surface, but not during the winter, when everything is right on the bottom and inactive.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]One other problem with your recommendation. It is illegal to possess or use shad for bait in Willard...or anywhere else in Utah besides Lake Powell. We do use dead minnows...both whole and strips...and the wipers like them fine. But, you gotta find them first.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, that works best on active fish, who are actively cruising and looking for food. That does not happen much under the ice at Willard during the winter. It would be gangbusters during the summer when the wipers are chasing shad near the surface, but not during the winter, when everything is right on the bottom and inactive.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]One other problem with your recommendation. It is illegal to possess or use shad for bait in Willard...or anywhere else in Utah besides Lake Powell. We do use dead minnows...both whole and strips...and the wipers like them fine. But, you gotta find them first.[/#0000ff]
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