Every Trick in the Book

It happens to everyone who fishes. No matter where or what you are doing, nothing seems to work. The fish just aren't cooperating. But that being said, someone somewhere has figured out where and what they want. Have been on both sides of this fishing dilemma. The one thing I have learned from this, is that if you have many tricks aka "one thousand lures",and ways to fish them, something is bound to work. The thought of "that will never work" concept should be tossed out. This happened on a recent outing. Was tossing a cork and jig while double spider rigging as I usually do, looking for those elusive panfish. This works well for two reasons; it catches those shallow fish and also the ones staging off the bank. However, on this day the bite was very slow. While trolling down the canal, I ran across a bass fisherman who said fishing was slow, but did see a guy tossing a beetle spin catching some nice sacs. So as they say "momma didn't raise no fool", I decided to try the cast and retrieve method and sure enough, that's the way they wanted it. That technique is in my arsenal, but hadn't thought about using it. Sticking to the usual successful methods may have left us with a few fish, but not what we were looking for. Simply trying one more trick had paid off. It turned out fantastic. So the fishing advice I can give when its slow, talk to others fishing and try every trick you know. Many times, it pays off. Good luck fishing. Hope to see ya on the water.

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  1. GarrettApril 12, 2017 at 12:58 AM

    Nice Tip Bob.. I was thinking the same thing last time I went out hunting Crappie. The bite was slow, and I used just about everything in tackle box to catch them but what I didn't use was that beetle spin that is something that the bass will hit on a slow day also. Tight lines to you Angler!!!

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