Mushy's Dad Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 I have been hearing a lot of reports of 1 or 2 fish, even the dreaded skunk on WI side of Michigan. When days like this hit, what is your plan, method, goto, bag o tricks to produce fish???
Nailer Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 I like to bring plenty of beer with me when fishing is bad
Adam Bomb Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 I like to bring plenty of beer with me when fishing is bad You need to fish with my Dad Ken!
joelsanders Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 usualy we run way out offshore and just enjoy your company and the time spent on the lake
Adam Bomb Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 On tough days or when fish seem to be scattered, i think a good approach is to run a huge spread with baits high, low and everywhere in between. Kick the speed up and cover some ground to maximize your lures exposure to as many fish as possible. Sometimes, it dont matter what you do, its just not gonna happen.
jgaul Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 I agree with Adam... cover all depths and cover as much ground as possible. Beer helps though...
j1musser Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 Lotsa beer, big spread (color depth and size), then head deep and troll out til something goes
killerbe20 Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 Patience and lots of phone calls!Sometimes it does not matter what you do. You can't catch what is not there. I agree with bumping up the speed and going on a recon mission. Find an area you feel comfortable with and work it. If nothing happens, keep going again. Time can be a factor in this. Most charters only have +/-5 hours dock to dock to try and find a boat load of fish. If you are out all day, you can spend more time searching. If there are fish and they just are on a negative feed, thats when patience comes in. I have confidence in the baits I present to the fish. I try not to get too crazy changing baits. There definitely are times when bait changes can help but it can also be too much. If the fish turn back on you may have taken off all your clutch baits. I have taken the leash off of heavy bait changing guys just to get back to the dock scratching my head looking at whats on my rods wondering if we ever really gave ourselves a chance.
Salmon Assassin Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 Appreciate the days of quick limits ALOT more.... bounce things off the bottom for greasers..... (I'm guilty of it too) The slime balls taste like crap grilled but a guy at works loves to smoke those things and is always willing to swap for some vension....
Fishwhisperer Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 Patience and lots of phone calls!Sometimes it does not matter what you do. You can't catch what is not there. I agree with bumping up the speed and going on a recon mission. Find an area you feel comfortable with and work it. If nothing happens, keep going again. Time can be a factor in this. Most charters only have +/-5 hours dock to dock to try and find a boat load of fish. If you are out all day, you can spend more time searching. If there are fish and they just are on a negative feed, thats when patience comes in. I have confidence in the baits I present to the fish. I try not to get too crazy changing baits. There definitely are times when bait changes can help but it can also be too much. If the fish turn back on you may have taken off all your clutch baits. I have taken the leash off of heavy bait changing guys just to get back to the dock scratching my head looking at whats on my rods wondering if we ever really gave ourselves a chance.I couldn't have said it better myself.
Priority1 Posted July 23, 2011 Posted July 23, 2011 Patience is highly over rated when it comes to fishing. I'm not saying you should start changing all your baits but speed, location, and direction changes may be in order. You can be patient all day long or do something and maybe make it happen. Ya gotta find out what they want and then give em lots of it. I'm developing some different methods I call "Force Feed Fish" or "FFF". It's not for the times when fish are extremely active, it's for when they are neutral or somewhat lethargic. I have been having very favorable results with it. This will work with every species of fish large and small. The Force be with you.
In The Net Posted July 23, 2011 Posted July 23, 2011 Copper with meat rigs on it... its seems to be the most natural presentation.. we try to get meat rigs as far away from the boat
mattmishler Posted July 26, 2011 Posted July 26, 2011 Talk with tons and tons people, craig and I are on our phones daily with with someone who's on fish, yea meat rigs will take a fish or two,but were looking for 5 or 6 more fish.
Mushy's Dad Posted July 27, 2011 Author Posted July 27, 2011 Patience is highly over rated when it comes to fishing. I'm not saying you should start changing all your baits but speed, location, and direction changes may be in order. You can be patient all day long or do something and maybe make it happen. Ya gotta find out what they want and then give em lots of it.I'm developing some different methods I call "Force Feed Fish" or "FFF". It's not for the times when fish are extremely active, it's for when they are neutral or somewhat lethargic. I have been having very favorable results with it. This will work with every species of fish large and small. The Force be with you. Master Jedi (AKA Priority1), are you willing to share these Force tips?
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