Are you retrieving too fast?
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Re: Are you retrieving too fast?
I belive wooly was using hardbodies.not slugs Hence why the Slower retrieve got the fish.
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Re: Are you retrieving too fast?
Even with slugs there is variation and salmon can be fussy at times, this is the 20% use case, 80% of the time they will hit a fast retrieve. Good to try when the day has been tough.purple5ive wrote:I belive wooly was using hardbodies.not slugs Hence why the Slower retrieve got the fish.
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Re: Are you retrieving too fast?
Yeah agreed.
I've never cranked real fast when fishing slugs. But I'm not sure what works at gunners or places like that.
Only tried off piers.
I've never cranked real fast when fishing slugs. But I'm not sure what works at gunners or places like that.
Only tried off piers.
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Re: Are you retrieving too fast?
The take away lesson is to vary what you are doing to find out what works on the day. Things always change.
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Re: Are you retrieving too fast?
It's mine, and I'll retrieve it as fast as I want...
Seriously though, if things are tough, I'll often try a 'mackeral' retrieve. This simply entails being really erratic, fast, then slow, then jig it, rinse and repeat..
What my brother and I used to use back off the mouth of the Tyne chasing Atlantic Mackeral..
Seriously though, if things are tough, I'll often try a 'mackeral' retrieve. This simply entails being really erratic, fast, then slow, then jig it, rinse and repeat..
What my brother and I used to use back off the mouth of the Tyne chasing Atlantic Mackeral..
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Re: Are you retrieving too fast?
I believe it depends how you work it.
Maybe at the beginning start off slow until they get excited and then you cant start going a bit more aggressive to get the excitement going......I also prefer using a hard body not a soft plastic.
Where talking about fishing yeah?
Maybe at the beginning start off slow until they get excited and then you cant start going a bit more aggressive to get the excitement going......I also prefer using a hard body not a soft plastic.
Where talking about fishing yeah?
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Re: Are you retrieving too fast?
[quote="BIG GAV"]For freshwater probably best to slow it down a bit due to these cooler months[/quota
Agree..slow it down and flashy colours can be good in winter for cod and trout imo
Agree..slow it down and flashy colours can be good in winter for cod and trout imo
you gotta hav a crack even if yr just pissin in the wind
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Re: Are you retrieving too fast?
I think any fish can swim fast enough to catch a lure it really wants to catch.
As a general rule, I think pelagic/schooling fish like salmon will chase down a fast lure aggressively - with these fish it is always a competition for food, they will climb over each other to get a feed or they go hungry.
With more territorial fish like bream and trout, they can afford to slow down and take a better look at their meal before deciding whether or not to eat it. With these fish it is more important to take your time and try to make the lure presentation as natural as possible.
As always its a matter of thinking about what your target wants to eat, then changing your technique to mimic that as closely as you can.
As a general rule, I think pelagic/schooling fish like salmon will chase down a fast lure aggressively - with these fish it is always a competition for food, they will climb over each other to get a feed or they go hungry.
With more territorial fish like bream and trout, they can afford to slow down and take a better look at their meal before deciding whether or not to eat it. With these fish it is more important to take your time and try to make the lure presentation as natural as possible.
As always its a matter of thinking about what your target wants to eat, then changing your technique to mimic that as closely as you can.
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Re: Are you retrieving too fast?
This is what happens when you retrieve too slow at Olivers Hill.....
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Hand breaks, how do they work??
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