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New Trout technique for slow days
Posted on 12/19/11 at 10:11 am
Posted on 12/19/11 at 10:11 am
Went fishing in Dularge on Saturday. The front moved through Friday and shut down what had been a great bite... Fronts always seem to come through on Friday, don't they?
The day started off slow. We had 6 trout and 2 reds at 12:00 and were about to go home. By accident, I hooked a trout while dragging my bait (purple and chartreuse Chub minnow) in the water while talking on my phone. We had trolled out of a canal and the current in the main bayou had started making us drift. Hmmnn. Throw out again and let it drag. Another trout.. Tell dad what I am doing, he throws out...trout. We had a second boat with us. They start doing it. Everyody is hooking up. We spend the next couple of hours drifting and dragging, and end up with 60 nice trout between the 2 boats up to 20". Only had to use the trolling motor to keep us lined up. If you tried reeling or working your bait in any way, no bite. We'd drift a few hundred yards, then motor back up current and drift through again. Turned a crap trip into a meat haul, and was a fun and easy way to fish.
The day started off slow. We had 6 trout and 2 reds at 12:00 and were about to go home. By accident, I hooked a trout while dragging my bait (purple and chartreuse Chub minnow) in the water while talking on my phone. We had trolled out of a canal and the current in the main bayou had started making us drift. Hmmnn. Throw out again and let it drag. Another trout.. Tell dad what I am doing, he throws out...trout. We had a second boat with us. They start doing it. Everyody is hooking up. We spend the next couple of hours drifting and dragging, and end up with 60 nice trout between the 2 boats up to 20". Only had to use the trolling motor to keep us lined up. If you tried reeling or working your bait in any way, no bite. We'd drift a few hundred yards, then motor back up current and drift through again. Turned a crap trip into a meat haul, and was a fun and easy way to fish.
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Posted on 12/19/11 at 10:14 am to dpd901
Posted on 12/19/11 at 10:14 am to dpd901
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New Trout technique for slow days
Ever wonder why they call it a "slow" day?
Posted on 12/19/11 at 10:15 am to dpd901
That is how we fish when it is really cold. 20" trout makes for a good day.
Posted on 12/19/11 at 10:15 am to dpd901
Awesome. I guess the current's presentation was more realistic than ya'll spinning those reels.
That must have been a good time.
I got shut out this weekend. Congrats.
That must have been a good time.
I got shut out this weekend. Congrats.
Posted on 12/19/11 at 10:16 am to Clyde Tipton
Guess cause the bite is slow (few and far between). I could be wrong?
Posted on 12/19/11 at 10:16 am to dpd901
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New Trout technique for slow days
quote:Do this all the time when the bite slows down.
I hooked a trout while dragging my bait
Or just twicth your bait really soft and wait a second.
It was slow for us too this weekend but we managed to get 3 away from 4 limits. Mostly by slow fishing.
Posted on 12/19/11 at 10:19 am to dpd901
what was cool is that it took the lite/finicky bite misses out of the equation... They'd get it in their mouths and the speed of the drift would set the hook for you. I'm thinking it was effective too because we were covering huge amounts of water in a brief time. Your bait was bound to pass by a fish.
Posted on 12/19/11 at 10:22 am to dpd901
quote:Yep, we guessed the same thing. Also try White Perch (Sac-a-lait) jig heads when the bite slows.
what was cool is that it took the lite/finicky bite misses out of the equation... They'd get it in their mouths and the speed of the drift would set the hook for you
quote:My buddy says we are catching the most active fish everytime we fish this way.
I'm thinking it was effective too because we were covering huge amounts of water in a brief time.
Posted on 12/19/11 at 10:22 am to dpd901
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Guess cause the bite is slow (few and far between). I could be wrong?
Yeah, a "slow" bite refers to their overall activness, and you can bet the bait fish are doing the same.
To me, a slow day means you need to slow down your presentation as the weather change has made everything slow down. If you match the overall mood swing of all the living creatures you have more success.
I'm going off on a tangent... what I mean is, once you slowed down too, were the bites still "few and far between"?
Posted on 12/19/11 at 10:27 am to dpd901
On the bottom or higher in the water column?
Posted on 12/19/11 at 10:32 am to Topwater Trout
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I'm going off on a tangent... what I mean is, once you slowed down too, were the bites still "few and far between"?
Well, we'd pick up 2-5 each drift, so it wasn't fast and furious, but you wouldn't go more than 5 minutes without a fish.
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On the bottom or higher in the water column?
Definitely on the bottom. You could feel the jig head contacting the bottom the whole time and we had a few snags.
Posted on 12/19/11 at 10:40 am to dpd901
Yeah in December-Febuary when the water is cold this is my technique.
It is similar to fishing a texas rigged worm for bass. Very slow...if you know where the fish are it is great...if you don't finding them is a bit of a beast.
It is similar to fishing a texas rigged worm for bass. Very slow...if you know where the fish are it is great...if you don't finding them is a bit of a beast.
Posted on 12/19/11 at 10:42 am to dpd901
There's a long-time Delacroix fisherman who goes by the name "OneofthePack" on RodnReel.com's reports forum. He PREACHES this technique to anyone who goes to Delacroix. Calls it the "Oak River Troll"
I personally have had more success casting & retrieving and using corks in Oak River, but I've never fished it when it's cold like it is now. Depths range from 15-20 ft and it's perfect for holding trout in the winter time.
I have used a modified version of this when fishing inside a small marina in Slidell. There's a ledge that drops from 7-ish ft to 11-ish feet that runs the entire length of the open area in the marina. I set my trolling motor on its lowest setting and just troll up and down that ledge and have decent success. Per the GPS I'm averaging just under 2mph when doing this.
I personally have had more success casting & retrieving and using corks in Oak River, but I've never fished it when it's cold like it is now. Depths range from 15-20 ft and it's perfect for holding trout in the winter time.
I have used a modified version of this when fishing inside a small marina in Slidell. There's a ledge that drops from 7-ish ft to 11-ish feet that runs the entire length of the open area in the marina. I set my trolling motor on its lowest setting and just troll up and down that ledge and have decent success. Per the GPS I'm averaging just under 2mph when doing this.
Posted on 12/19/11 at 10:51 am to cdaniel76
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Calls it the "Oak River Troll"
Hmmn... Might have to rename it the "Bayou....
Secret" Troll for my purposes.
Of course, like a true coon arse, I'm trying to figure how to rig my boat so I can have 10 baits dragging in the water at the same time....for the 3 trips a year I might make when this technique will apply
Posted on 12/19/11 at 11:16 am to cdaniel76
quote:That's about the range I like to fish ....I like to stay in 7-8 feet and throw into 11-13 feet.
7-ish ft to 11-ish feet
When I troll 12' is the mark I try to keep the boat in.
Posted on 12/19/11 at 11:17 am to dpd901
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Definitely on the bottom. You could feel the jig head contacting the bottom the whole time and we had a few snags
I have never tried that drifting. We usually slowly bounce it off the bottom and the bites are very subtle. My dad kills me usung this techinique b/c he fishes with g-loomis and i use falcon rods. It is the only time of the year I notice a huge difference with tackle.
Posted on 12/19/11 at 11:27 am to Cadello
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quote:
7-ish ft to 11-ish feet
That's about the range I like to fish ....I like to stay in 7-8 feet and throw into 11-13 feet.
When I troll 12' is the mark I try to keep the boat in.
This. About the average depth where we were fishing.
Posted on 12/19/11 at 11:33 am to dpd901
Fwiw, I hardly ever "fish" my lure when trout or red fishing.
That's all I'm saying and im going to work
That's all I'm saying and im going to work
Posted on 12/19/11 at 11:39 am to dpd901
At least you had a successful day down in Dularge. We were there and got stuck on a mud flat. My friend, who was in another boat, text me saying "call me when you get off" while he went to fihing. Some crabbers ended up getting us off.
Just to be a smart arse, I told him that I would call him everytime I "get off" from here on out. hehehe
Just to be a smart arse, I told him that I would call him everytime I "get off" from here on out. hehehe
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