American lake
Washington Fishing
Apr 14, 2023 15:16:58 #
Bigbum wrote:
Went there yesterday. Windy and slow- 1 fish. Wind laid down at 1 and the bite started. Water temp 49.5 surface 45-44 down through water column. 3 of us caught 8 keepers and lost at least that many. All were caught no deeper than say 20’.
Small 3” green gold Rapala killed it but also had hits on blue hoochie, pink hoochie, black Wooly bugger with smiley blade
Trolled 1.5 mph. Everything had a small dodger 18” ahead
East end of lake in front of condos in 80’ water
Small 3” green gold Rapala killed it but also had hits on blue hoochie, pink hoochie, black Wooly bugger with smiley blade
Trolled 1.5 mph. Everything had a small dodger 18” ahead
East end of lake in front of condos in 80’ water
Apr 14, 2023 15:32:10 #
I have a bunch of luck using a Ford Fender. I have used Cowbell and jack o diamonds. For those with a tight budget there are lures called flashlights that can also be effective. I like rigging much like Bapabear. I even have tied the blades to a salmon rod or other rod/reel with 25-50# mainline. I use inline lead on mainline or a diver between rod and whichever set of spoons you like. I have had lots of luck with wedding rings as the bait with hook. add piece of nightcrawler an inch or so of worm. Many times have to change the color of wedding ring beads or silver or gold blade on wedding ring.
Another REDHOT setup I discovered several years ago when seeing a couple in small boat catching one after another with fordfender ( trout on Pinehollow ). I asked what they had behind the fordfender? They said just powerbait on a little treble. 6-8" of 5 or 6# leader behind your spoons or blades with powerbait. Chartreuse Florescent Orange or Rainbow Corn or garlic PBait. Switch colors until you find what they want. You will definitely know which bait is right when you troll it.
Another REDHOT setup I discovered several years ago when seeing a couple in small boat catching one after another with fordfender ( trout on Pinehollow ). I asked what they had behind the fordfender? They said just powerbait on a little treble. 6-8" of 5 or 6# leader behind your spoons or blades with powerbait. Chartreuse Florescent Orange or Rainbow Corn or garlic PBait. Switch colors until you find what they want. You will definitely know which bait is right when you troll it.
Apr 14, 2023 15:34:29 #
I have also changed the hook on wedding rings to a micro treble and used Pbait. It seems they like much shorter leader when using powerbait behind blades ( ford Fender is my favorite)
Nov 5, 2023 17:15:35 #
djaims86
Loc: Tacoma, wa
Jeremy wrote:
I have a bunch of luck using a Ford Fender. I ha... (show quote)
A little hack I learned was to pull apart a normal writing pen and use that spring and thread it onto your hook and then cut the extra off then the power bait will hold on to a single hook and you don't need to switch to a treble hook
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