11-01-2010, 04:05 PM
We fished Saturday as well at East Portal bay. Caught one near the surface earlt on dragging my fly rod with a white zonker type fly. It took us a bit to realize that the fish weren't near the surface. We started throwing our white tube jigs tipped w/ worm. We let them sink near the bottom, and then did a super slow retreive, keeping the jig near the bottom. Every coulpe casts we would get hit. We had tried other retreive methods such as quicker retrieves near the surface and bottom, but nothing til we figured out the slow retreive.
I did try vertical off the bottom, but did not produce fish like casting out did. I am new to jigging, so maybe my vertical method was flawed.
Others around us seemed to be doing quite well also. The winds started blowing at 11:00 and our method stopped working and we needed to get back anyways so we left.
Jealous that Friday was clear all day as I usually go every Friday, but not this week. Maybe it was a good thing so we got home decent time to help get the kids ready for trick or treating. Probably would have got myself in trouble with the wife if the fishing had been good all day.
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I did try vertical off the bottom, but did not produce fish like casting out did. I am new to jigging, so maybe my vertical method was flawed.
Others around us seemed to be doing quite well also. The winds started blowing at 11:00 and our method stopped working and we needed to get back anyways so we left.
Jealous that Friday was clear all day as I usually go every Friday, but not this week. Maybe it was a good thing so we got home decent time to help get the kids ready for trick or treating. Probably would have got myself in trouble with the wife if the fishing had been good all day.
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