Spoon Pluggin'

I just bought a set of old Buck Perry books. I had avoided his stuff in the
past, because of the word "spoonpluggin." It sounded like a limited style
or type of fishing to me. After reading the intro and the first half of
book one (of nine) I see he has an approach to fishing that is much more in
line with what I have tried to do.

That is, "figure out where the fish are now."

My first succesful experience with this was on Lynx Lake over 25 years ago.
It rained, and everybody was claiming that the fishing was crummy after the
rain because all kinds of food washed into the lake. The predominant and
most succesful method of taking those stocker trout was to cast out as far
as you could with whatever bait and drop it to the bottom. Seemed more like
catfishing to me.

Anyway, it worked. It was a deep mountain lake, and on a hot day I can see
where the fish would hang out near the bottom. I wasn't satisfied though.
After the rain I put on a bobber and tossed my line out to the far side of
the shore weedline. I had a couple hooks tied on using marshmallows for
bait. My thought was that if the fish weren't on the bottom feeding due to
all the fresh food washed into the lake, then they must be up shallower
where the food was.

People up and down the bank were pretty tolerant (and quietly amused) at the
kid who was tossing out a bobber, but they took notice when I caught my
first fish, and by the time I had my limit everybody in the area was fishing
shallower with their bait suspended under a bobber.

Its not about what worked yesterday or where the fish "usually" are. Its
about where they are now and what you can do to get to them.

I think I am really going to enjoy this series of books.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com

I have enjoyed his approach for years the set of nine you have those are
the ones that are set up like a course i believe
they were my first intro to him and his teachings
they changed the way i fish and have definatly made me a better fisherman
enjoy em
Wayne
"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
I just bought a set of old Buck Perry books. I had avoided his stuff in
the
past, because of the word "spoonpluggin." It sounded like a limited style
or type of fishing to me. After reading the intro and the first half of
book one (of nine) I see he has an approach to fishing that is much more
in
line with what I have tried to do.

That is, "figure out where the fish are now."

My first succesful experience with this was on Lynx Lake over 25 years
ago.
It rained, and everybody was claiming that the fishing was crummy after
the
rain because all kinds of food washed into the lake. The predominant and
most succesful method of taking those stocker trout was to cast out as far
as you could with whatever bait and drop it to the bottom. Seemed more
like
catfishing to me.

Anyway, it worked. It was a deep mountain lake, and on a hot day I can
see
where the fish would hang out near the bottom. I wasn't satisfied though.
After the rain I put on a bobber and tossed my line out to the far side of
the shore weedline. I had a couple hooks tied on using marshmallows for
bait. My thought was that if the fish weren't on the bottom feeding due
to
all the fresh food washed into the lake, then they must be up shallower
where the food was.

People up and down the bank were pretty tolerant (and quietly amused) at
the
kid who was tossing out a bobber, but they took notice when I caught my
first fish, and by the time I had my limit everybody in the area was
fishing
shallower with their bait suspended under a bobber.

Its not about what worked yesterday or where the fish "usually" are. Its
about where they are now and what you can do to get to them.

I think I am really going to enjoy this series of books.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com

Hey Plugger

I still have those Spoonplugs. It's just with the move and everything
I haven't sent them yet. I'll get around to it one of these days :}

On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 02:40:56 GMT, "Spoonplugger" sent
into the ether:

I have enjoyed his approach for years the set of nine you have those are
the ones that are set up like a course i believe
they were my first intro to him and his teachings
they changed the way i fish and have definatly made me a better fisherman
enjoy em
Wayne
"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
I just bought a set of old Buck Perry books. I had avoided his stuff in
the
past, because of the word "spoonpluggin." It sounded like a limited style
or type of fishing to me. After reading the intro and the first half of
book one (of nine) I see he has an approach to fishing that is much more
in
line with what I have tried to do.

That is, "figure out where the fish are now."

My first succesful experience with this was on Lynx Lake over 25 years
ago.
It rained, and everybody was claiming that the fishing was crummy after
the
rain because all kinds of food washed into the lake. The predominant and
most succesful method of taking those stocker trout was to cast out as far
as you could with whatever bait and drop it to the bottom. Seemed more
like
catfishing to me.

Anyway, it worked. It was a deep mountain lake, and on a hot day I can
see
where the fish would hang out near the bottom. I wasn't satisfied though.
After the rain I put on a bobber and tossed my line out to the far side of
the shore weedline. I had a couple hooks tied on using marshmallows for
bait. My thought was that if the fish weren't on the bottom feeding due
to
all the fresh food washed into the lake, then they must be up shallower
where the food was.

People up and down the bank were pretty tolerant (and quietly amused) at
the
kid who was tossing out a bobber, but they took notice when I caught my
first fish, and by the time I had my limit everybody in the area was
fishing
shallower with their bait suspended under a bobber.

Its not about what worked yesterday or where the fish "usually" are. Its
about where they are now and what you can do to get to them.

I think I am really going to enjoy this series of books.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com






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whew I am gald you said that i had a little bit of wierdness here with my
mail and i thought they may have been sent back to you again.
I just moved as well back to my home province
so I havent had a lot of time for fishing or anything else
for that matter learning an entire new setup for my job
no rush on em send em when ever and the deal still stands
anything canadian you need let me know...
thanks again
Wayne
"Dan, danl, danny boy, Redbeard, actually Greybeard now"
wrote in message
...
Hey Plugger

I still have those Spoonplugs. It's just with the move and everything
I haven't sent them yet. I'll get around to it one of these days :}

On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 02:40:56 GMT, "Spoonplugger" sent
into the ether:

I have enjoyed his approach for years the set of nine you have those are
the ones that are set up like a course i believe
they were my first intro to him and his teachings
they changed the way i fish and have definatly made me a better fisherman
enjoy em
Wayne
"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
I just bought a set of old Buck Perry books. I had avoided his stuff
in
the
past, because of the word "spoonpluggin." It sounded like a limited
style
or type of fishing to me. After reading the intro and the first half
of
book one (of nine) I see he has an approach to fishing that is much
more
in
line with what I have tried to do.

That is, "figure out where the fish are now."

My first succesful experience with this was on Lynx Lake over 25 years
ago.
It rained, and everybody was claiming that the fishing was crummy after
the
rain because all kinds of food washed into the lake. The predominant
and
most succesful method of taking those stocker trout was to cast out as
far
as you could with whatever bait and drop it to the bottom. Seemed more
like
catfishing to me.

Anyway, it worked. It was a deep mountain lake, and on a hot day I can
see
where the fish would hang out near the bottom. I wasn't satisfied
though.
After the rain I put on a bobber and tossed my line out to the far side
of
the shore weedline. I had a couple hooks tied on using marshmallows
for
bait. My thought was that if the fish weren't on the bottom feeding
due
to
all the fresh food washed into the lake, then they must be up shallower
where the food was.

People up and down the bank were pretty tolerant (and quietly amused)
at
the
kid who was tossing out a bobber, but they took notice when I caught my
first fish, and by the time I had my limit everybody in the area was
fishing
shallower with their bait suspended under a bobber.

Its not about what worked yesterday or where the fish "usually" are.
Its
about where they are now and what you can do to get to them.

I think I am really going to enjoy this series of books.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com






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