08-01-2012, 03:57 AM
[quote idahoron]I drift, Just like I do for cats. [/quote]
Hey Ron,
Have you ever thought of jigging while drifting? The fishing style would be like backtrolling from a boat. I have seen videos (from a boat) of this on the Columbia and it seemed to work well. And when I mean jigging, they were really moving the rod up and down quite a bit. They would just dramatically swing the rod tip up and let it sink and when a fish bit, it was hooked. Not even sure they noticed the bite other than the tension on the rod. The guide stated that is an uncommon but successful way of sturgeon fishing. Given how light most bites are, I always figured you would need to try to stay in one spot but I guess you are moving some in the toon with the drift, so I guess not.
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Hey Ron,
Have you ever thought of jigging while drifting? The fishing style would be like backtrolling from a boat. I have seen videos (from a boat) of this on the Columbia and it seemed to work well. And when I mean jigging, they were really moving the rod up and down quite a bit. They would just dramatically swing the rod tip up and let it sink and when a fish bit, it was hooked. Not even sure they noticed the bite other than the tension on the rod. The guide stated that is an uncommon but successful way of sturgeon fishing. Given how light most bites are, I always figured you would need to try to stay in one spot but I guess you are moving some in the toon with the drift, so I guess not.
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