smallieking Posted February 1, 2008 Author Posted February 1, 2008 yea sounds good i will go with u just tell me when u want to go roots hmm i dont remember fishing roots alot on creeks but minnows should work on the rivers i fish i look for a deeper shoreline and BIG trees right beside the river usally the roots are under the water and u cant see them i will use craws and beaver baits around them on a really light weight trig these trees dont only offer the roots but also offer shade from the tree branches Quote
fishnaddiction Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 cool there are alot of roots in wills im sure we fished some idk for sure yea ok thanks for the tip for rivers i know of some spots like that i fish from a tube float on the raystown branch Quote
smallieking Posted February 1, 2008 Author Posted February 1, 2008 where are the roots in wills? i know that there are some fallen trees below the pit but other than that i dont know of any real timber in the creek. of course i only fished it once lol i was just curious i would like to fish some of the roots in wills because the rivers i fsih root systems definetly produce big hawg smallies Quote
fishnaddiction Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 remember fishing cooks mills at the train trussel but we fished up stream? well the next two holes down stream are all roots on one side there are some roots right below the pit a few spots actually not way down by the camps but up farther i dont remember if we fished them or just went down to the timber there are some down by the border but the creek is alot bigger there and i doubt that we fished any of them at the camps between hyndman and fairhope at the bulldozer road there is a long shoreline of roots there i dont think we fished there either i actually only fished there once so yea i know u didnt fish there well i was reading your post on skirt grubs i dont have any and was wondering if it is worth buying and any tips on them Quote
smallieking Posted February 1, 2008 Author Posted February 1, 2008 o yea they are ok they catch fish i like em they are deadly for rivers like the raystown im hoping for the bass to be bitting tehm on the poto. well i like a 1/4 or 3/8 shaky or football head jighead rig it just like a extarnel jighead for a tube bury the head into all the tencles i like them alot for gravel rocks riprap and any bottom contour changes like mud to a rock bottome they are very straight forward u can either just shake em on the bottom and let the tencales shake or u can hop and bounce it alot like just a single tail grub to tell the truth it doesnt matter what company u buy from the only difference will be the scent and the durablity of it i like gary yoto. but pick which ever one u feel like. the best colors are green pumblikin, junebug and pumblkinseed ebay has a good many deals on them Quote
fishnaddiction Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 o ok thanks man yea i found a deal on ebay 10 of them i think 4inch but it comes with 4 1/4 ounce jigheads so im goin to buy a pack and try them have u ever fished them at raystown? or a creek? Quote
smallieking Posted February 1, 2008 Author Posted February 1, 2008 yea few times i mostly fish shallow flatter water which isnt key sitiuation for the grub i like deep shorelines when or cliff rocks createing really deep water i use it alot like a jig i sometimes call it my river jig im actually using it throughout may im goin to be definetly using it at the poto then mostly like at the sushanna then ill probably throw it alittle on the raystown river so yea its good at times i will show u how to use it when we go to wills in june i dont know how it will work in a small creek but we will see lol Quote
fishnaddiction Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 so u like fishing deep structure and depth changes with them? i need to see how to fish them i have no idea right now i need to try them out and get a feel for them Quote
smallieking Posted February 1, 2008 Author Posted February 1, 2008 lol yea i like to fish them parellel to dropoffs and ledges they are ok in bolders just fish them and will will figure out how they work i will show u better techinques with them when we go to wills its hard to explain excaltly the tips on them i will show u Quote
smallmouthbeginner Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 Hey guys how are you? So these craws on ebay fishn, how do you work them. Just in general anyone, how do you work craws? Quote
smallieking Posted February 1, 2008 Author Posted February 1, 2008 hey whats up buddy im good how are you? aaa fishn gets on about twice a day just so u know are u talking about the small little craws he bought of ebay well im going to assume thats what u are talking about take a 2/0 hook and a small 1/16 or 1/8 ounce weight and trig it throw it out let it sink then just slowly bounce it off the bottom u can also just cast it out and just bounce it in one spot but that is very hard to do if u are not in a boat last u can texas rig it with no weight and let the current take it down stream use light line and a spinning rod if u are going to just drift it Quote
fishnaddiction Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 o ok cool hey whats up smallmouth im fine yea excalty what smallie said i will be throwing them into fallen trees i use larger 4inch craws for dragging yo smallie im going to wills tomorrow trout fishing i cant wait!!! Quote
smallmouthbeginner Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 Thats good info. Good luck trout fishing. And umm do you recommend this way of fishing? Im short on money as it is but i have a giftcard to cabelas that im about to use, so i might add it to my list. :-/ Quote
fishnaddiction Posted February 1, 2008 Posted February 1, 2008 yea get a 3.5 or 4 inch craw the number one bait for smallies are crawfish so yea 3.5=2/0 hook 4=3/0hook just so you know if i was u i would get 4inch craws and 3/0 hooks because i use 3/0 hooks for alot of my baits so this will save u from buyin abunch of different hooks Quote
smallieking Posted February 1, 2008 Author Posted February 1, 2008 well i agree with fishn but if u have already purchased 2/0 or 3/0 buy which ever size accomdates the hook size so that u dont have to buy matching hooks for new baits just buy baits that go with the right hook that u already own Quote
fishnaddiction Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 yup smallie u never quit impressing me with your great tips lol Quote
smallieking Posted February 2, 2008 Author Posted February 2, 2008 haha shut up punk lol so are u fishing wills or one of the other creeks down there tomorrow? Quote
smallmouthbeginner Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 OK for finesse worms, what good worms do you recommend? and what size hooks for these? Quote
fishnaddiction Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 yes i love finess worms i catch my biggest smallies on them my favorite is a 4inch powerworm in pumblikinseed they are alittle pricey for beggineers but they catch fish everywhere i fish for a larger worm i like the strike king 3x finess worm they are ok for both of them i use 3/0 worm hooks the 3/0 is alittle big for the 4in powerworm but it doesnt hurt the action and actually increases hook up percentage just carolina rig or texas rig them and they should produce for u o yea smallie im going down to try out my waders to make sure they dont have a hole in them and my dad needs to get his stuff so that we can go fishing up at erie for steelhead later in the year i think we are going to go fish gladens run the stream that dumps into wills below cooks mills then on the way home we are going to fish the feeder stream of the upper raystown branch called breast works for native brookies Quote
smallieking Posted February 2, 2008 Author Posted February 2, 2008 o ok yea i use them on smaller rivers like raystown branch but for larger rivers the fish dont hit as well u got to work harder and fish much slower when it comes to larger rivers i like fishing around rock or rock piles with a shaky head and shaky worm u can just take a finess worm and put it on a shaky head and just let it sit on the rock Quote
smallmouthbeginner Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 Im going out today, just for fun to see if i can catch anything. what should i bring? Cranks soft plastics and spinners? Quote
fishnaddiction Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 i would say cranks but thats me i caught 6 4 in one spot great day i had a blast!!! 3 rainbows, 2 native brooks and a brownie Quote
smallieking Posted February 3, 2008 Author Posted February 3, 2008 yea sounds like a great day i wish i didnt have work today or i would have went trout fishing too somewhere around my house yo smallmouth i fish sometimes when there is no ice on the rivers around here i do ok on finess worms just dead sticking them in deepwater also if i want to cover alot of water i use singletail grubs like the mr twister but since u fish from shore the best option is throwing on a finess worm on a jighead and just letting it sit with a twitch everyonce and away good luckk u will need it for these time of year Quote
smallmouthbeginner Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 Nice fishn. Well i didnt get anything but to tell you the truth, didnt really try.... the water was about 2 feet higher then normal and the current was crazy! I had to walk with my mom because she was walking my dogs so i didnt get to fish very long. But who cares, today i got to go to cabelas with my friend! haha i spent 80 bucks on lures, mostly tubes, some flukes, finess worms and a lot of hooks. It was awesome Quote
fishnaddiction Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 nice nothing better than spending alot of money on some tackle Quote
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