pdxfisher Posted November 27, 2022 Posted November 27, 2022 I fish a local lake several times during the winter. The fish are mostly in brush along a creek channel in 25-50' of water (spot gets deeper as lake fills in the winter). There is not much other cover in the lake. The spot is pretty snaggy. My success has come on either a drop shot or a Carolina rig but I am looking for other ideas. When I lived in PA in the late fall up until the ice formed I would usually fish a jig'n'pig exclusively but I have not had much success with that out here. I have tried a wobblehead the last few trips without any success. What is your goto winter tactic? 1 Quote
Super User GreenPig Posted November 27, 2022 Super User Posted November 27, 2022 90% Jigging spoon below 50 degrees. 1 Quote
Super User Catt Posted November 27, 2022 Super User Posted November 27, 2022 1 hour ago, pdxfisher said: What is your goto winter tactic? Jig-n-Craw ? 4 Quote
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted November 27, 2022 Super User Posted November 27, 2022 1 minute ago, Catt said: Jig-n-Craw ? Trailer of choice in the cold? Gene larew craw? 1 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted November 27, 2022 Global Moderator Posted November 27, 2022 Winter is my favorite by a landslide. Don’t really have a “go to.” tube, fluke/gulp minnow/armor shad on jighead, rattle trap, blade bait, spoon, jerkbait, and of course plastic worm 2 Quote
GRiver Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Catt said: Jig-n-Craw Same here, when I lived in NC and was smallie fishing a lot, jig with a netbait paca craws. I found out you had to almost put it right in front of them for a bite. During the winter, they would pool in the deeper holes. The road was higher than the river, so you could site fish the deep holes, but the bite was real hard to get. 1 Quote
pdxfisher Posted November 28, 2022 Author Posted November 28, 2022 Thanks for the tips. I had thought about a jigging spoon but I am already hanging up a ton with a drop shot and the CR. Maybe I can try that near the brush rather than in it. I have tried a wobblehead with a craw trailer without success. Maybe I just need to stick with it longer. Quote
Super User WRB Posted November 28, 2022 Super User Posted November 28, 2022 Define shaggy; brush or rocks? Structure spoon if rocky. If jigs are not working a nail weighted 5” wacky Senko on Owner wacky jungle hook size 1, if not windy. Tom Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted November 28, 2022 Super User Posted November 28, 2022 In spots that I know contains snags I fish Texas rigs, weightless plastics, or moving baits that run shallow. I hate having to go out after a bait in cold water. Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted November 28, 2022 Super User Posted November 28, 2022 How do we block out guys from FL, TX, AL, and GA from posting on winter threads?... 1 7 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted November 28, 2022 Global Moderator Posted November 28, 2022 1 hour ago, pdxfisher said: Thanks for the tips. I had thought about a jigging spoon but I am already hanging up a ton with a drop shot and the CR. Maybe I can try that near the brush rather than in it. I have tried a wobblehead with a craw trailer without success. Maybe I just need to stick with it longer. The spoon will pop free a lot easier than a drop shot, have no fear Quote
Super User Bird Posted November 28, 2022 Super User Posted November 28, 2022 Jigs did everything this past winter. Guessing I'll throw them again this winter. 2 Quote
Super User Catt Posted November 28, 2022 Super User Posted November 28, 2022 3 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said: Trailer of choice in the cold? Gene larew craw? 5 or 6 inch Hawg Craws are hard to come by & my stock is getting depleted. I do throw Zoom's Ultravibe Speed Craw or Rage Bug. 2 Quote
Super User DitchPanda Posted November 28, 2022 Super User Posted November 28, 2022 49 minutes ago, Deleted account said: How do we block out guys from FL, TX, AL, and GA from posting on winter threads?... Yep Quote
pdxfisher Posted November 28, 2022 Author Posted November 28, 2022 53 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: The spoon will pop free a lot easier than a drop shot, have no fear I don't own any jigging spoons. Do you have any recommendations? Preferably cheap ones Quote
Super User Solution WRB Posted November 28, 2022 Super User Solution Posted November 28, 2022 30 minutes ago, pdxfisher said: I don't own any jigging spoons. Do you have any recommendations? Preferably cheap ones Hopkins Shorty chrome 3/4 oz and add Owner split rings on both ends and Owner Feathered treble hook size #2. P-line Laser spoon 3/4 oz in Blue chrome same mods as the Hopkins. Don’t over fish spoons in cold water. Cast out 30’ let pendulum down until it stops then lift the rod tip and lower back down keeping in touch with weight. Let let fall on controlled slack. Strikes usually happen on the fall when the line just stops moving. Lift the rod to hook set and keep the rod loading by reeling. Tom 2 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted November 28, 2022 Global Moderator Posted November 28, 2022 34 minutes ago, pdxfisher said: I don't own any jigging spoons. Do you have any recommendations? Preferably cheap ones Cotton Cordell 4 Quote
pdxfisher Posted November 28, 2022 Author Posted November 28, 2022 3 hours ago, WRB said: Define shaggy; brush or rocks? Structure spoon if rocky. If jigs are not working a nail weighted 5” wacky Senko on Owner wacky jungle hook size 1, if not windy. Tom Water I am fishing is brush that is in 25-30' right now and will be in 50+' later in the winter. By spring it will be over 60' deep. I use wacky rigged senkos in the spring but not in the winter. Quote
Susky River Rat Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 Try fishing the spoons vertically. I have caught many bass accidentally through the ice with the vertical presentations. I have even used the flasher setting on my bow sonar to pick up some winter fish. 1 Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted November 28, 2022 Super User Posted November 28, 2022 Hold on, let me put this mat down to cushion the microphone, If winter fishing vertically for stacked fish in sticky bottom, a 3/4 oz Silver Buddy or one of it's clones modified with a split ring instead of a snap, and trebles that will straighten when I really yank on them, with the point of each facing down clipped off fished on 15 lb BG. Always catches, hardly ever loose one. 3 Quote
Mr. Aquarium Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 Up here in Ma. My baits, are jerkbaits, tube baits, hair jigs, blade baits, swimbaits 1 Quote
Skunkmaster-k Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 In the winter I use a kastmaster spoon and a blade bait for deep water. Quote
river-rat Posted November 28, 2022 Posted November 28, 2022 If I have to choose one it would be a jig with a craw trailer. A flipping tube would run a close second. Quote
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