jfrancho

Start off to the side of it, and cast across it. Make you way up to it, then fish the sides. Then work to the other side and fish across it. Then work the inside cove anchored by a good secondary point....that's where the big one is. The issue is, guys usually plop their crap down on the beach, and cast straight out as far as they can, with no regards to reading the water or the structure of the pond. Boaters will do the same thing, motor up to the shore, ans cast straight back at the shore. Its funny. Think parallel, or at an angle to the structure and you'll do better.

Oh, and note that legit fish above, the bait in in its lower jaw. That happens a lot in float fishing, since you fishing upstream from them, and can't really hookset straight up with a 13' rod.

If i was trying to dupe someone on that, I'd have video, LOL. Its really for my friend Speedbead, who wants to catch a trout on a SB. I keep trying to get him up here for cold steel action.

Its not even about the bite being good, just that some shore spots are too weed choked to fish in summer, and covered in ice in winter, LOL. Technique? Same tech applies to shore as in a boat. Most boaters make the same mistake shore bound anglers do, just in a mirror image. Don't just chuck out ion the open water because you can. Sell the bait off as a vulnerable, easy to get meal. Know where the best ambush points are, the routes the bait use to move, and what's going on. Example: Its early summer, and I'm froggin' my nooner pond. I'm seeing some blowups behind my frog, in open water. Weird, looks like they're missing. Then I see it happen in close. A blue gill that was following the frog's skirt legs just got munched..... Off to the truck for swimbait rod and a Hard Gill floater, and toss on open areas near weeds. Catch a few nice bass on a day where nothing was going on with the frog.

Timing, and choosing the right body of water are going to be critical. You also want to choose water that you think has some bigger fish in it. I fish a pond during my lunch breaks. Spring prespawn fishing and fall, when the weeds are lower are my prime times for swimbaits. Its got some relatively big fish in it, largest I've caught was 6-1. I have a few other shore spots, and any that really produce any action outside of those two periods have some pretty deep water, very close by. They also tend to get very little pressure. A big lake, with public access fishing might be good, but often not for me.Its why I got into fishing kayaks - but that's for another post.

beautiful fish. I haven't had any monsters at that river, but have been into them pretty good in my local ditches. how are you fishing for them? I'm pinning with beads, flies, and eggs.

No story, just a prank. Though, I am positive I can catch a DD brown trout on a bass swimbait this spring. they come in shallow every spring to demolish alewife, smelt, baby rainbows, gobies, and anything else that swims. Anyway, cold weather, fishing for big steelhead makes you do crazy stuff to pass the time between hot runs. Figured you'd get a kick out of it. Using a swimbait would be illegal anyway, no hooks bigger 1/2" gap, and lures must float. Here's a 31" x 21.25" male caught on a spawn bag from two weeks ago. Put some trebles on that puppy

Mini Slammer, though a Hudd was probably closer to a real SB.

Chances are, you're not capturing enough fields or able to build a report from that data for it to matter. I have a buddy that has 7 years of fishing a few specific reservoirs stored in a database. He captures about 20 pieces of data for every fish he catches, including GPS location, bait, time, weather, water depth, bait, retrieve cadence, etc. with a digital voice recorder. He can query that database using whatever fields he wants. Does all this make him a better fisherman? Who knows. I tend to think he's better anyway.

Yep, and I do JDM as well. Here's one "fresh out of the oven" LOL

I use KVD on all my lines. I even pretreat the big spools I buy. Works great on micro guides as well.

Can I cuss too? Reel Smooth Reels John Franchot Use the email user from here, on my profile. Super Clean Tune & Lube Casters $20 Spinners $25 400 series or Conventional style $35 Yes, I can get bearings, drags, handle swaps, etc.

All I use for swimbaits is 25 lb. P-Line CXX. I see zero advantage to using braid, and great risks, especially considering all the zebes and quagga mussels we have up here.

Any questions, feel free to PM me. I run a reel service and repair company. Not trying to skunk in on sponsors or anything, just lending a hand, if someone needs it.