08-08-2014, 01:59 PM
[quote Blackellunge]thanks for everyone's insight- learning alot from this forum!! ......used to focus on fishing weedbeds, now its tough to find any....[/quote]
Obviously you've not been to Mantua. It's NOTHING but weedbeds! But yes, many of our man-made reservoirs (they aren't "lakes" really) don't have all that natural structure, but there are places, depending on water depth - another factor that goes up and down (down mostly in summer!)
Pineview is another where you will find submerged brush and such in winter.
One thing worth doing it to mark off some territory now at low water - GPS, or photo some shoreline landmarks around structure, then return come ice when it's all down under.
Jawjackers are one tipup option, I like the [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=81151"]Jigger Totter[/url] options too, as they are easy to give a prod and add a little action. I've thought of adding a small flag to catch some wind.
I got a tip-down setup, still need to give it more ice-exercise. Doesn't have the snap of a Jawjacker setup.
So two rods, but you can also have up to three hooks per line, so keep that in mind. I've got some spreaders and have toyed with trying them, just have to be able to get them through the hole, so may be more hassle than benefit.
You could use some sort of motor or rigging to add "action" to a tip-up rod. There's always crazy ideas out there!
Obviously you've not been to Mantua. It's NOTHING but weedbeds! But yes, many of our man-made reservoirs (they aren't "lakes" really) don't have all that natural structure, but there are places, depending on water depth - another factor that goes up and down (down mostly in summer!)
Pineview is another where you will find submerged brush and such in winter.
One thing worth doing it to mark off some territory now at low water - GPS, or photo some shoreline landmarks around structure, then return come ice when it's all down under.
Jawjackers are one tipup option, I like the [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=81151"]Jigger Totter[/url] options too, as they are easy to give a prod and add a little action. I've thought of adding a small flag to catch some wind.
I got a tip-down setup, still need to give it more ice-exercise. Doesn't have the snap of a Jawjacker setup.
So two rods, but you can also have up to three hooks per line, so keep that in mind. I've got some spreaders and have toyed with trying them, just have to be able to get them through the hole, so may be more hassle than benefit.
You could use some sort of motor or rigging to add "action" to a tip-up rod. There's always crazy ideas out there!