Fishin' Fool

Two words....drop shot. Must have caught 60 fish today. Some were dinks but these weren't.

I usually just go twitch, twitch, pause with my fluke but you can adopt any cadence you like. I did okay in my event I had 5 for 10 1/4 pounds.

Flukes and senkos are the same rod for me. Learn to fish the fluke it's a great technique. I caught 3 out of my 5 fish in my tournament last Saturday on flukes.

Thanks guys I wanted to get some line before the TW sale ended so I threw a few packs of flick shake worms and some jigheads on the order so I could get the free shipping. Very economical that way

What weight of the wacky jig do you like?

For those of you that fish it in the northern states what size worm do you prefer?

You need to.

@J Francho Are you fishing them weightless on a casting rod or spinning rod?

Thanks guys. I didn't even know about the nail holes in the Keitechs until you mentioned them. @J Francho I assume you are fishing method pretty often with all your heavy weeds in NY. A swimbait head works good on St. Clair until the weeds get up then I usually abandon them. I'll have to re-think this now.

Do those nails fit perfectly or are you cutting them to size?

What size are the nails that you use?

Good stuff. Thanks.

I have my first tournament of the year Saturday. That lake is more challenging to fish when the weeds are up and from looking around yesterday it looks like they are getting pretty heavy already. I tried throwing a Keitech on a swimbait head but it kept getting weeds. Is a weightless Keitech a good option? I also thought about using a small bullet weight in say 1/8 ounce. Thanks for the replies.

I just picked up some Feider Flies last week. It sounds like it's something to try when the fish are heavily pressured or there is an active may fly hatch. Google Seth Feider hair jig. That should get you going in the right direction.

I got red Spike It all over my hands before. I looked like I was a murderer. That stuff doesn't come off for anything either.

He nailed it. I find the fish tend to wander more from cover and feed in these situations. The challenge can be rainy and windy just because it's difficult to fish but otherwise throw a reaction bait that is suitable for the water clarity and you should catch some.

We don't claim those people as Michiganders. They rout for the Green Bay Packers. Puke!!

That's getting your $ worth of a rod right there

It gets better in the fall when you can whack 5 tanks at a time. #23pounds

I don't have a lot of sparse cover where I fish here in Michigan. I could probably get away with a Fury 734 as a flipping rod.

I'll second the Fury 705cb. I was throwing it on Saturday. What a great lite CB rod!

I always hear this as one draw back to braid. I'm pretty new to braid on spinning gear so I didn't really know what caused it but I was watching a video with Seth Feider over the weekend and he described how to not get them. He said after you cast make your line is properly arranged within the line roller and not laying over the top of your spool and it's not an issue. This really helped me hopefully it's useful to others.

Throw a Keitech with a Buckeye Lures J-Wil lightwire swimbait head.

What? Really? Any idea what your water temps are right now?

Braid to fluro on spinning gear is new to me as of last year. I used to be 100% all fluorocarbon. I put 12 pound braid on a spinning rod that I'm anxious to try for this year. Should cast a mile as you say.