Originally Posted by
Chuck7
Aaron..I had a pro pulled up right after I boated my 8th fish..I watched him for 30 minutes..and I learned some valuable stuff..I saw this before but needed a reminder..
He ignored the stuff I generally flip and flipped insane stuff..like cover with no entrance in water about 12 inches deep..ALL of his fish were HUGE..He took his time and covered the shoreline extremely carefull covering every inch..He fished like most of us bow hunt..I was impressed and it changed this years strategy totally. FORGET flourao carbon..I'll only need Power Pro for this kind of fishing./
My wife needs me home more now..but I will be doing more quality fishing ..about once a week...maybe twice..coverning less water but more thoroughly...HUGE lesson.. I saw this done before but I'd forgotten..I really studied this guy yesterday..he was simply using a big worm with a big weight to break a hole through dead reeds laying around the edge..takes a ton of patience..when you got 1-2 pounders schooling near by..but they must be ignored if your going for a wall hanger..This year..my goal is big fish ...I had fun with little fish yesterday..that was fun but not nearly the excitement I saw this man having..
Sounds like a slow but beneficial way to fish. Its amazing that those fish were that shallow with the weather being fairly cold still, but its hard to argue with the man's results, haha. What is the water temp sitting at in your neck of the woods Chuck?
Second lesson I learned from your post is that he was flipping and pitching with a worm. I have never really done that with a worm. You see, underhand pitching is my nemisis, I get so many birds nests doing it that I all but gave up on it, espcially since most of this past year was fished from the bank. I will have to try it again with my new Curado's and see if it isnt any easier. I know Ardent makes a flip n pitch real (great reviews from what I have read, but pricey $$$) that is Denny Brauer's signiture reel and I have thought a lot about it, but its just not something that I want to invest too heavily into if I dont get many oppurtunities to utilize the technique. Maybe a birthday/christmas gift to myself.