Jolicious Posted March 30, 2006 Posted March 30, 2006 Hello to all! First post - just joined today. I have been reading and reading on this site, and I keep running across the term "dead stick". Would someone please help me understand what that means? Is it a rig or a presentation method? Forgive my ignorance, but I am DEFINITELY a novice fisherman (maybe 10 times per year) and my son (12 years old) is really starting to like fishing. So, I am looking at boats and stocking up on tackle. Hopefully, with the help of you guys (and gals), I will be able to teach him a thing or two. Thanks! Quote
Jolicious Posted March 30, 2006 Author Posted March 30, 2006 I forgot to tell you where I am from. Sorry about that! I am in a bedroom community called "Sonora" about 3 miles east of Springdale, AR. We are about 1/4 mile off Beaver Lake. thanks again! Quote
Captain Cali Posted March 30, 2006 Posted March 30, 2006 Welcome to the forum! Deadsticking is a presentation method. You can deadstick anything. Simply cast your lure out to your target and let it sit, kind of like soaking bait. Keep most of the slack out of the line but leave a little so you don't move the bait on accident. Just let it sit for as long as you can. 1 minute, 2, 3 4 5...whatever it takes. I've heard 30+ minutes but I haven't tried that. That would test my mental endurance! I lost a potential personal best while deadsticking a swimbait. The bait was sitting for about 5 minutes. When I lifted the rod and started reeling I instantly felt some weight. She spit the hook once she came up (weak hookset!). It takes some patience but it works! Just be prepared for light strikes/pickups. Quote
Jolicious Posted March 30, 2006 Author Posted March 30, 2006 Thank you very much for your help. At least now I will know what I am reading ) Quote
Minuteman Posted March 30, 2006 Posted March 30, 2006 Welcome to the Forum! Dead stickin' :-/ watchin' grass grow. I just can't take it more that 30 secs. Quote
FALCON Posted March 30, 2006 Posted March 30, 2006 NOT A METHOD YOU'D WANT TO TRY IF YOU ARE A TYPE "A" PERSONALITY. BUT SOMETIMES VERY EFFECTIVE. Quote
Hookhead Posted March 30, 2006 Posted March 30, 2006 While I do know that 'deadsticking' is casting your bait at your target and letting it sit, I figured it applied mostly to Senko type baits. As in 'stick baits'. Some of my biggest fish were caught deadsticking a senko. I'm sure there are plenty of other members here that can attest to that method of senko type fishing. Oh yeah, WELCOME! Quote
Guest avid Posted March 30, 2006 Posted March 30, 2006 Dead stick? No problem. They have this little blue pill..............j/k :-* Quote
Super User Grey Wolf Posted March 30, 2006 Super User Posted March 30, 2006 WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!You will definately learn a lot on this sight . Don't be afaird to ask any question. There is no such thing as a stupid question when you are on a quest for knowledge. Quote
Super User K_Mac Posted March 30, 2006 Super User Posted March 30, 2006 Dead stick? No problem. They have this little blue pill..............j/k :-* I don't get it :-? ;D ;D Jolicious Welcome to the forum. Deadsticking is a very effective coldwater water technique. Quote
Guest bigtex Posted March 30, 2006 Posted March 30, 2006 Dead stick? No problem. They have this little blue pill..............j/k :-* Avid can you send me one of those blue pills. The Red and Green ones don't work as well. Quote
Guest the_muddy_man Posted March 31, 2006 Posted March 31, 2006 I think thats what happens after you turn 70 ;D Perhaps a Horny Toad can help with this situation 8-) Quote
bassnleo Posted March 31, 2006 Posted March 31, 2006 Dead stick? No problem. They have this little blue pill..............j/k :-* deadstick, little blue pill, avid your killin me... Quote
Poor Richard Posted March 31, 2006 Posted March 31, 2006 There you go again, picking on us senior blue pill users. Your time is comiing. :'( I caught my personal best--7# in western Washinton State, where that is a good 'un--in a moment of total dead stick. My lure? A midget Jitterbug. My problem? A serious tangle. That bug sat there for at least 20 minutes while I got straightened out. It drifted a little, close in to a tangle of roots beneath a tree. She must have nested there, though it was late in the season. When I twitched the bug, she exploded, and I did get her out of that tangly place. Weighed and released immediately. Too pretty to put on a wall. Trouble is, I can't wait that long ordinarily, even though I know it is a great technique, especially for busy, hard-fished lakes. ------------- When I was kid, the elders insisted I be quiet and patient when fishing. They just didn't want me to yap all the time. They also didn't want to clean any fish. I was all growed up ere I learned that the fish won't come to you--you gotta go get 'em. Quote
Redtail Posted March 31, 2006 Posted March 31, 2006 Avid - How did you know it was a Blue Pill! LOL Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted March 31, 2006 Super User Posted March 31, 2006 Dead stick? No problem. They have this little blue pill..............j/k :-* OK little blue pill, but how do you get the bass to swallow it??? :D Quote
bixbybasspro Posted March 31, 2006 Posted March 31, 2006 First of all, Welcome to the board... Dead Stick simply means taking a Senko or a Fluke and casting it out and letting it go the bottom w/o moving your rod...Just let it go to the bottom.. 8-) Quote
SneakySnook Posted April 1, 2006 Posted April 1, 2006 Welcome to the forum! Your on a great forum for learning how to bass fish. I have learned a lot from everyone here in the few months I've been on here. Quote
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