Re: Freezing Marysville
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 8:02 pm
Nice work guys!
Great effort in those freezing conditions!
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Great effort in those freezing conditions!
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Yes, I must admit there are certain qualities need to be considered.April Fool wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 7:52 pmThen you need to hold onto the fish! This is where the cost of the lure may come into play! Issues with hooks on cheap lures can be easily solved by upgrading the hooks. I used to fish a lot with a mate. We would both use Rapalas but he bought some cheap minnow lure from BigW I think. Snagged it up on a structure in the channel and in the process of trying to retrieve it...the eye broke out of the lure as opposed to breaking the line! It is worth trying all avenues of lures but you do have to be a bit wary.
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I'm basing this on my experience fishing smaller rivers and creeks for the past few seasons ,worth noting none of the places I fish have major issues with high water temp in summer and that will change this. On the shoulders of the season the water is really cold and when this happens the trout slow down a bit and also tuck in tighter to structure or slow pockets, fish are less inclined to chase lures out into the main current.Seb85 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 6:27 pmThanks mazman.mazman wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 5:53 pmNice work seb, I find you comment on lures interesting. Especially late and early season with high water levels and fish that are a bit less active I find lure choice matters a lot more as well as cast accuracy. Not saying that cheap lures won't catch fish but lures with certain actions certainly outperform the rest when this is the case
Colour, action and accuracy definitely important factors in any conditions I'd say.
Slow clear water provides clarity and time to inspect the lures, this is when I think action, size, colour, etc matter most. But I think it's less in fast dirty'ish water as the fish have little time to make a decision to take or not. All needed is one curious fish to make a quick decision to take any lures.
Thanks for sharing mazman, good info.mazman wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 8:19 pmI'm basing this on my experience fishing smaller rivers and creeks for the past few seasons ,worth noting none of the places I fish have major issues with high water temp in summer and that will change this. On the shoulders of the season the water is really cold and when this happens the trout slow down a bit and also tuck in tighter to structure or slow pockets, fish are less inclined to chase lures out into the main current.Seb85 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 6:27 pmThanks mazman.mazman wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 5:53 pmNice work seb, I find you comment on lures interesting. Especially late and early season with high water levels and fish that are a bit less active I find lure choice matters a lot more as well as cast accuracy. Not saying that cheap lures won't catch fish but lures with certain actions certainly outperform the rest when this is the case
Colour, action and accuracy definitely important factors in any conditions I'd say.
Slow clear water provides clarity and time to inspect the lures, this is when I think action, size, colour, etc matter most. But I think it's less in fast dirty'ish water as the fish have little time to make a decision to take or not. All needed is one curious fish to make a quick decision to take any lures.
As against in late spring-early autumn where water temps are up a bit higher the trout are more active and happy to chase down a lure, even when the water is low and clear you can still use a really fast retrieve to elicit that reaction bite if need be it's also worth keeping in mind that as the water warms up trout are less likely to sit in those slower pools anyway.
Personally I still cycle through the same lures all season but how and where I fish them changes throughout the season to account for changes in water temp and level and then colour comes into play based on water clarity/colour (tannins etc.) although I believe that action and profile is generally more important than colour for trout in these environments
Chris, I agree, a range of tackle doesn't go astray , , , , and the way that "cost effective" tackle gives us bravado, risks are taken and in some cases pay off well.happyfriggincamper wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:07 pm
Being a self-admitted lure tightass, i generally buy cheap lures to save money for other life things and i do actually fish better by being more confident with casting into snags - as i know i can lose a $2.56 lure (photo above) 6 times in a day before it would cost me one regular $15 lure.