Stupid FISH Trick

[jtexas]

Nice day to be on the water yesterday. Got on the lake (Lewisville) about noon. Four and a half hours of fishing followed by a solid hour and a half of catching; thirty sandies in ninety minutes! Had to leave 'em biting because I still haven't got around to replacing the bow lights which my stupid boat tossed overboard a couple weeks ago (see Stupid BOAT Trick in the SHT forum).<br /><br />Anyway, the presentation du jur was a 3/4 oz. slab, chartruese with a white belly, bounced on the bottom in 22 to 24 feet of water. I mean drop it to the bottom and lift it a tiny bit & drop it back down, kind of like making tea in a teacup.<br /><br />The stupid trick I wanted to mention is that I caught four nice sized white bass foul-hooked in the top of the head. Sure, I know that requires a sensitive rod, sensitive hand, and razor sharp reflexes and hooks, but that's not my point. <br /><br />My lure was barely an inch off the bottom and these idiots were swimming under it? One fish I had hooked, it got away but left an eyeball on the hook! What's up with that?<br /><br />I guess if you can't get 'em to bite, you got to knock 'em in the head!<br /><br />Actually, I was using a spinning rod with 50 lb powerpro braid when I caught those foul-hooked fish. When my right forearm started aching from the weight of all those fat fish, I tied the lure onto a baitcaster with 12lb mono - didn't catch fewer fish, but I didn't feel all the taps as I did with the braid. Now I realize that I was actually feeling the lure hitting fish that weren't biting. It wasn't a less-sensitive rod, either; had to be the line.

 

[NathanY]

Re: Stupid FISH Trick

Are you bragging? Sure sounds like it.

 

[jtexas]

Re: Stupid FISH Trick

Yes I am. <br /><br />But the fish were fat - kept a dozen for dinner - half a those were so full of eggs they almost split in two.

 

[Barlow]

Re: Stupid FISH Trick

Very cool JT .. so by the sounds of it you didn't get out at night this weekend .. but, that'll do just fine!<br /><br />a few years ago on the Wisconsin River south of the Prairie Du Sac Dam, My brother and I ran into a similar situation with Crappies while fishing wing dams for Walter with 3/8oz. jigs and 3" shiners.. was weird indeed! hopps so small you could say we were dragging the jigs.. the 'bumps' were like soft hits.. natural reaction like you said was to set the hook. We laughed for what musta been an hour as we were playin' around with 'em. Couldn't believe it. they were foul hooked all over the place. funny thing is that we were pulling up and occasional walleye and sauger that were mouth hooked .. was a trip!<br /><br />glad to hear you had a good time !