What Do You Believe In The Most?

[SilverBullets]

Ok... Let's assume it's around noon. The hot bite is gone and your scratching your head deciding what to do next. Your at the right depth and dragging the gear right above their noses but nothing. What would you change... what do you have the most faith with in these circumstaces? I know a few changes are usually required, but what's the one thing you believe in the most when they have lock jaw? Would it be uv, glow, type of lure, color, scent, more attraction, less attraction, speed change, direction, set-back, etc.

 

[SuperD]

My experience has led me to stick with what worked earlier in the day. Sometimes the bite just shuts off for a while to turn back on again later. So many times when I've gone through the tackle box, I find that when I've gone through everything and back to what I started with, I start catching fish again. I'm not saying that the lure choice doesn't change with time of day but I definitely keep what caught fish to start the day out there at all times. It generally proves to be the most productive lure for the day when it is all said and done.

 

[SilverBullets]

I guess for me it would be a combination of less attraction and set-back. Usually i fish with ball trolls... but after the bite dies and the sun gets overhead i've had more success shedding the trolls and getting farther away from the ball.

 

[Propnut69]

Ok... Let's assume it's around noon. The hot bite is gone and your scratching your head deciding what to do next. Your at the right depth and dragging the gear right above their noses but nothing. What would you change... what do you have the most faith with in these circumstaces? I know a few changes are usually required, but what's the one thing you believe in the most when they have lock jaw? Would it be uv, glow, type of lure, color, scent, more attraction, less attraction, speed change, direction, set-back, etc.

Given this senarieo ,the first thing and easiest to change,would be boat speed.More times then not, this will produce a strike. Maybe go slower or faster ,then if still no strikes,then I will start to think about changing gear. Many of times on the gorge, I hear on the VHF, ahhhhh the bites over time to go in. I will stay fishing and continue to catch fish. Yes the bite does slow down ,as the sun gets higher,and produces more light on the water. Temps are moving up and causeing the fish go deeper,looking for thier comfort zone. Then tactics and gear have to be changed.

 

[Kokaholic]

I have found that If it gets slow, one if these changes will always produce a fish.

1. Get a sandwich. This usually will cause a rod to do the bendow and release, silver flash in the air, going crazy. So, you either set the sandwich down, grab the rod and fight the fish. Then turn around, your sandwich fell on the floor of the boat and you stepped on it fighting the fish. Or, your dog ate it.

2. Take a pee. This sometimes will usually produce at least a drive by hit, might not be on the rod in the rigger though.

3. A nap. Enough said on that one. Doze off, then your buddies reel in your tackle, place a pop can on it and through it back down on the rigger.

As the day slows, try these tactics. Many will produce fish. If not, at least make you feel better.

Oh, note to self, always bring two sandwiches!

 

[Bduck]

The hardest part starting out the day is finding out what entices a bite and whether it holds or not. Once I find what's working the best I will stay with it. My set backs are not much more than 15-20'. Pretty much hold same general speed the whole time but I like going into a zig zag motion whenever I see population on the sonar unit. I had a lot of success with this motion but at sometimes I get the feeling I should have zag before zig. This works with kokaholics attack. 101faceslap101 One other note, don't run out of gas. whistlersmother

 

[bob r]

I would go with changing gear, then depth if fish are not showing at same depths. Bob R

 

[mrmike]

It has to do with two part first the Sun now higher in the sky the color spectrum has know changed you will need to go deeper as their food source has drop lower into the thermocline and different color are needed your in crystal clear water keep it a pastel color's try a peach/orange or go the directly opposite purple/blue see what they want. The second and most important thing is water temperature you want 46/52 degree water which is ideal. Fisherman can troll all day in fish and these are non biters if there water temp is like 55 or higher they are not feeding I see it all the time. I have purchases a special water temp gauge you can drop into your favorite fishing lake and this gauge give you the water temp every 5 ft up down to 100 ft or so. I hit that magic temp mark there may not be as many fish but these fish will all be biters guaranteed.

 

[kok-head]

Ok... Let's assume it's around noon. The hot bite is gone and your scratching your head deciding what to do next. Your at the right depth and dragging the gear right above their noses but nothing. What would you change... what do you have the most faith with in these circumstaces? I know a few changes are usually required, but what's the one thing you believe in the most when they have lock jaw? Would it be uv, glow, type of lure, color, scent, more attraction, less attraction, speed change, direction, set-back, etc.

I can always catch them by changing speed and making turns and coming at them from different directions, rarely will I change gear when they have lock jaw, there have been times when it takes me 30min to get a marked school to bite but coming at them for example at a specific speed from the south vs the north will get them to bite, since we all catch them on about 3 or 4 main lure styles I believe that the right combination of speed and direction is the key during slow fishing

 

[clawman]

Binoculars - fish like a walleye guy, spy on everyone else

 

[DLM]

I have found that If it gets slow, one if these changes will always produce a fish.

1. Get a sandwich. This usually will cause a rod to do the bendow and release, silver flash in the air, going crazy. So, you either set the sandwich down, grab the rod and fight the fish. Then turn around, your sandwich fell on the floor of the boat and you stepped on it fighting the fish. Or, your dog ate it.

2. Take a pee. This sometimes will usually produce at least a drive by hit, might not be on the rod in the rigger though.

#1 and #2 are my go-to tactics, but if you want to catch the big ones, try 1 and 2 at the same time.signfishin

 

[DLM]

All my spinners and anything else with a blade are rigged with clevis's that allow me to change blades. That is usually the first thing I change on something that has gone cold. I can vary not only color but vibration just with a change of blades yet the main lure body that was working has not changed. My wife started this a few years ago and developed a couple color/ blade combinations that are very consistent.