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Fishing super clear streams.
Any suggestions for fishing super clear streams? I'm not having much
luck. I'm using 6lb flourescent blue mono. Wading quietly from downstream (casting upstream). Here are the the baits I've tried: - Black 4" sliders with 1/16 oz slider heads, worked slowly with little action. - Black 2" grubs with 1/16 oz slider heads, worked slowly. - #9 rapala twitched on top. - 4" senkos, worked slowly. - 4" tubes. - small single blade spinnerbaits with a steady retrieve. I read that 5" super flukes are good for really clear water. And to work it fast. I'm starting to think that I need to speed up my presentations so the fish can't get a good look at the bait. What about flourocarbon line? Any ideas? Chuck. |
Fishing super clear streams.
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Fishing super clear streams.
I think the lures you're throwing are fine, but I'd kill the fl blue line.
Try fleurocarbon or low-vis green mono. Warren "CR" wrote in message om... Any suggestions for fishing super clear streams? I'm not having much luck. I'm using 6lb flourescent blue mono. Wading quietly from downstream (casting upstream). Here are the the baits I've tried: - Black 4" sliders with 1/16 oz slider heads, worked slowly with little action. - Black 2" grubs with 1/16 oz slider heads, worked slowly. - #9 rapala twitched on top. - 4" senkos, worked slowly. - 4" tubes. - small single blade spinnerbaits with a steady retrieve. I read that 5" super flukes are good for really clear water. And to work it fast. I'm starting to think that I need to speed up my presentations so the fish can't get a good look at the bait. What about flourocarbon line? Any ideas? Chuck. |
Fishing super clear streams.
On the slow-moving, clear streams of Central Texas, I've had good luck with
Zara Pups and wacky worms, both fished with 10 lb clear mono or with 20 lb Power Pro and a 4-foot fluorocarbon leader. But my favorite way to fish our Hill Country creeks is with a fly rod. Best lures? #6 deer hair popper and (believe it or not) punkinseed-color four-inch power worms. Not a usual bait for a fly rod, but very effective, rigged Texas rig w/o sinker. Due to the wind resistance, a worm is hard to cast, but on small streams you don't need to cast very far anyway. Family, Friends, Fishing, Rob Storm http://stormsrestaurants.com |
Fishing super clear streams.
If your not haveing any luck at all, I would make the following adjustments:
Try 4lb mono. Downsize your lures (3" senkos and tubes, #5 or #7 rapalas, etc.) When useing spinners, don't use a steady retrieve. Add some rod tip twiches to make the spinner dart eraticly (also good with rapalas) or reel at a steady quick rate and suddenly slowing the reel for an instant when the lure is in a good looking spot. This is a hard tecnique to explain but its been VERY effective for me. What you want to do is have the spinner move along fairly quick and steady and suddenly the spinnerbalde slows for two or three revolutions and then speeds back up again. You dont want the spinner blade to stop spinning entirely. When done right in close proximity to a fish, it almost always draws strikes. -Zimmy |
Fishing super clear streams.
"go-bassn" wrote in message ...
10-4. Just bought some green mono. I think I'm going to try a super fluke type bait. Maybe something worked fast will bring reaction strikes before they can get a good look at it and realize it's fake. I think the lures you're throwing are fine, but I'd kill the fl blue line. Try fleurocarbon or low-vis green mono. Warren "CR" wrote in message om... Any suggestions for fishing super clear streams? I'm not having much luck. I'm using 6lb flourescent blue mono. Wading quietly from downstream (casting upstream). Here are the the baits I've tried: - Black 4" sliders with 1/16 oz slider heads, worked slowly with little action. - Black 2" grubs with 1/16 oz slider heads, worked slowly. - #9 rapala twitched on top. - 4" senkos, worked slowly. - 4" tubes. - small single blade spinnerbaits with a steady retrieve. I read that 5" super flukes are good for really clear water. And to work it fast. I'm starting to think that I need to speed up my presentations so the fish can't get a good look at the bait. What about flourocarbon line? Any ideas? Chuck. |
Fishing super clear streams.
Personally, I would stick with float fishing and run a Case Hellgie 2"
(natural colors) on a 16 ounce jighead. Also I would spool with P-Line fluorocarbon (6lb) and use a 4lb fluoro leader. That is how I usually deal with that situation. Other baits I have had good success with (float fishing for smallies in clear streams) are hair jigs, 1" Berkley power tubes (natural colors), and 1" berkley craws (natural colors). Good luck Chris Rennert "CR" wrote in message om... Any suggestions for fishing super clear streams? I'm not having much luck. I'm using 6lb flourescent blue mono. Wading quietly from downstream (casting upstream). Here are the the baits I've tried: - Black 4" sliders with 1/16 oz slider heads, worked slowly with little action. - Black 2" grubs with 1/16 oz slider heads, worked slowly. - #9 rapala twitched on top. - 4" senkos, worked slowly. - 4" tubes. - small single blade spinnerbaits with a steady retrieve. I read that 5" super flukes are good for really clear water. And to work it fast. I'm starting to think that I need to speed up my presentations so the fish can't get a good look at the bait. What about flourocarbon line? Any ideas? Chuck. |
Fishing super clear streams.
sorry 16 ounces might be a little heavy, lets try a 1/16 ounce instead or
even a 1/32 ounce. Chris "Chris Rennert" wrote in message ... Personally, I would stick with float fishing and run a Case Hellgie 2" (natural colors) on a 16 ounce jighead. Also I would spool with P-Line fluorocarbon (6lb) and use a 4lb fluoro leader. That is how I usually deal with that situation. Other baits I have had good success with (float fishing for smallies in clear streams) are hair jigs, 1" Berkley power tubes (natural colors), and 1" berkley craws (natural colors). Good luck Chris Rennert "CR" wrote in message om... Any suggestions for fishing super clear streams? I'm not having much luck. I'm using 6lb flourescent blue mono. Wading quietly from downstream (casting upstream). Here are the the baits I've tried: - Black 4" sliders with 1/16 oz slider heads, worked slowly with little action. - Black 2" grubs with 1/16 oz slider heads, worked slowly. - #9 rapala twitched on top. - 4" senkos, worked slowly. - 4" tubes. - small single blade spinnerbaits with a steady retrieve. I read that 5" super flukes are good for really clear water. And to work it fast. I'm starting to think that I need to speed up my presentations so the fish can't get a good look at the bait. What about flourocarbon line? Any ideas? Chuck. |
Fishing super clear streams.
"Chris Rennert" wrote in message ...
Personally, I would stick with float fishing and run a Case Hellgie 2" (natural colors) on a 16 ounce jighead. Also I would spool with P-Line fluorocarbon (6lb) and use a 4lb fluoro leader. That is how I usually deal with that situation. Other baits I have had good success with (float fishing for smallies in clear streams) are hair jigs, 1" Berkley power tubes (natural colors), and 1" berkley craws (natural colors). By float fishing do you mean in a float tube? The reason I ask is that I had a crazy idea to try the float'n'fly technique on streams. Actually I already tried it. I tied a 1/16 float'n'fly jig on my line, then put a bobber about 3 feet up. I got upstream from a pool and cast it out and kept the bail open to let it just drift in the current. It looked like it might work but the conditions were bad so it wasn't a really good test (water temp 47, super bright blue skies). |
Fishing super clear streams.
CR wrote:
By float fishing do you mean in a float tube? The reason I ask is that I had a crazy idea to try the float'n'fly technique on streams. ... That's not only a crazy idea, it's downright dangerous. If there's any current at all you do NOT want to be in a float tube. We're talking life and death stuff here. Seriously. -- Ken Fortenberry |
Fishing super clear streams.
CR,
Actually I mean with a float (bobber) , not a float tube, though you could do both if it was necessary. I float fish 90% of the time and it has paid off for me big time. I let the conditions dictate exactly what methods I have to use. Ultra clear water (gin) I will use 2lb fluoro leaders with a 1/32 ounce hair jig or 1" plastic craw. As the water gets darker I move to darker or bright colors and bigger baits (2", sometimes 3"). All my floats are custom made by a friend (I will be selling them). They are designed specifically for fishing rivers. I can tell you that this method works, and it works most of the time. Not to say that another method wouldn't work better at the time, but this is the method I enjoy the most. Hope this helps. Chris "CR" wrote in message om... "Chris Rennert" wrote in message ... Personally, I would stick with float fishing and run a Case Hellgie 2" (natural colors) on a 16 ounce jighead. Also I would spool with P-Line fluorocarbon (6lb) and use a 4lb fluoro leader. That is how I usually deal with that situation. Other baits I have had good success with (float fishing for smallies in clear streams) are hair jigs, 1" Berkley power tubes (natural colors), and 1" berkley craws (natural colors). By float fishing do you mean in a float tube? The reason I ask is that I had a crazy idea to try the float'n'fly technique on streams. Actually I already tried it. I tied a 1/16 float'n'fly jig on my line, then put a bobber about 3 feet up. I got upstream from a pool and cast it out and kept the bail open to let it just drift in the current. It looked like it might work but the conditions were bad so it wasn't a really good test (water temp 47, super bright blue skies). |
Fishing super clear streams.
Ken,
I couldn't agree with you more. Most rivers I fish do not have dangerous rapids, and the worst that will happen is that I get run over by a pleasure boater in one of Lake Michigan's harbors. I could definitely see the danger in doing that elsewhere where there are Class 3+ rapids , etc. I don't even like wading around fast moving water (I have almost been swept away a couple times). Chris "Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message .com... CR wrote: By float fishing do you mean in a float tube? The reason I ask is that I had a crazy idea to try the float'n'fly technique on streams. ... That's not only a crazy idea, it's downright dangerous. If there's any current at all you do NOT want to be in a float tube. We're talking life and death stuff here. Seriously. -- Ken Fortenberry |
Fishing super clear streams.
Ken Fortenberry wrote in message y.com...
CR wrote: By float fishing do you mean in a float tube? The reason I ask is that I had a crazy idea to try the float'n'fly technique on streams. ... That's not only a crazy idea, it's downright dangerous. If there's any current at all you do NOT want to be in a float tube. We're talking life and death stuff here. Seriously. Sorry, I worded that wrong. I had no intention of using a float tube. I figured most people mean fishing out of a float tube when they say float fishing. I usually use hip waders, although that can be dangerous as well. |
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