02-23-2015, 11:10 PM
I just fished DC yesterday and caught mostly browns using Gulp minnows.
It occurred to me that the other times I've done alright for browns there have been overcast days.
The first surprise brown day, I had to cast out as far as I could and leave the bale open to let the offering sink to the bottom, without pulling back toward me with the line tension. This was on the railroad side with a steep drop-off.
Once I was sure it was on the bottom, I gave just a few light twitches (light, but firm enough to feel the bait move), then brought it back up the water column without bouncing across the bottom the whole way. It's way to snaggy there anyway.
Most hits came right after those first twitches.
Yesterday, it was pretty much the same type of thing, but I also got hits in relatively shallow water, close to shore. Same part of the lake too.
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It occurred to me that the other times I've done alright for browns there have been overcast days.
The first surprise brown day, I had to cast out as far as I could and leave the bale open to let the offering sink to the bottom, without pulling back toward me with the line tension. This was on the railroad side with a steep drop-off.
Once I was sure it was on the bottom, I gave just a few light twitches (light, but firm enough to feel the bait move), then brought it back up the water column without bouncing across the bottom the whole way. It's way to snaggy there anyway.
Most hits came right after those first twitches.
Yesterday, it was pretty much the same type of thing, but I also got hits in relatively shallow water, close to shore. Same part of the lake too.
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