9/1/16 Trout Smash fest

[ahlangle]

W you mentioned presentation..
Ive started to branch out and use more plastics, and covering more water in a new spot it helps.
The lil jons seem to be the best, but I struggle with how to present it.
I know it all depends, but typically i have been
letting it hit bottom, and popping it every other reel and letting it sink back til i feel bottom. Am i in the ballpark?
Also, when isee little pogies splashing out of water in bucnhes like somethin chasing them, i would think its better to throw a fish-imitation bait (vs. lil jon which seems like shrimp imitation ?) and keep it swimming steadily close to surface, is this correct?

[Marque]

Originally Posted by ahlangle

W you mentioned presentation..
Ive started to branch out and use more plastics, and covering more water in a new spot it helps.
The lil jons seem to be the best, but I struggle with how to present it.
I know it all depends, but typically i have been
letting it hit bottom, and popping it every other reel and letting it sink back til i feel bottom. Am i in the ballpark?
Also, when isee little pogies splashing out of water in bucnhes like somethin chasing them, i would think its better to throw a fish-imitation bait (vs. lil jon which seems like shrimp imitation ?) and keep it swimming steadily close to surface, is this correct?

Bobo23 is the little Jon magician. I count figure it out either thill I I saw him conduct conducting 5 lb trout over his gunnels. Flipping them in like a nuncance red fish. Dude is cooler than the other side of the pillow.

Basically the class he gave me almost looks like he's working a topwater bait. Rod tip low to the water and jerk it in like a jerk bait. I like to pop them up, but he catches more fish than me. Maybe he will chime in.

["W"]

Originally Posted by ahlangle

W you mentioned presentation..
Ive started to branch out and use more plastics, and covering more water in a new spot it helps.
The lil jons seem to be the best, but I struggle with how to present it.
I know it all depends, but typically i have been
letting it hit bottom, and popping it every other reel and letting it sink back til i feel bottom. Am i in the ballpark?
Also, when isee little pogies splashing out of water in bucnhes like somethin chasing them, i would think its better to throw a fish-imitation bait (vs. lil jon which seems like shrimp imitation ?) and keep it swimming steadily close to surface, is this correct?

I work them a few ways and mostly depends on water depth ... Over a reef I use a darting motion like you fish Topwater (said above ) or hard pops ..

Get in deeper water I let sink and use tide to work it and adding short pops with rod ...
Once you catch a few you will know how they want it .. Everyday is different and some days they want it fast as you can or slow off bottom like bass fishing a worm ...
Just have to try different techniques until you know how they are eating

[bobo23]

Pfffff..... our buddy Marque is prone to a lil exaggeration. Gotta love him. Catches more than most of us, myself included. Seldom reports.

Waltrip is right. They want it different ways on different days. Some days, I can't work it fast enough. Some days, I barely move it. But, once you figure out what they want, on that certain day, that's their azz. They are hard wired to eat it.

Best thing I ever did, in regards to a Lil Jon was to work one in a pool. Will freak you out, what this thing does with a light jig head and a sharp twitch.

[Marque]

Originally Posted by bobo23

Pfffff..... our buddy Marque is prone to a lil exaggeration. Gotta love him. Catches more than most of us, myself included. Seldom reports.

Waltrip is right. They want it different ways on different days. Some days, I can't work it fast enough. Some days, I barely move it. But, once you figure out what they want, on that certain day, that's their azz. They are hard wired to eat it.

Best thing I ever did, in regards to a Lil Jon was to work one in a pool. Will freak you out, what this thing does with a light jig head and a sharp twitch.

Ok its like this.
exaggeration |igˌzajəˈrāSHən|
noun
a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is:

Kids and women exaggerate. I use hyperbole, theres a difference. Jesus used hyperbole, its a tool of effective communication.

I went on a report moratorium when I went to California. It got extended when Capt. Pooh Bear told me I had a big mouth. Loose lips sink ships, especially Nautic Stars.