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Denis Goulding
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Hi All,
well as it has gotten colder the pike do not seem active enough for us to hit them on the troll.We have botom bounced
and trolled dead baits,under oards and on the drift,with little success of late,Fergal my fishiung buddyhad one of 18lb's bottom bouncing dead baits but that was really it...After 5 hours trolling last sunday with a couple of takes and 1 small jack,we had enough..So we started to drift ,this time christy was on board,he was bottom bouncing i had a float out the back and i had a go at plugging..Now i have plugged from the shore and i have had some deal of success enjoyable but no brillant,mainly small fish,i put on a fire tiger big mac as we were in aprox 15 feet of water and i knew whe trolled the big mac hit 25 feet,a few cast later really giving the plug lot's of depth and action while i was watching the bait come to the top,i gently pulled it across in front of me and lifted it from the water,low and behold a pike about 10ish had followed it up,i turned to christy and wallop the fish drowned me in spray after having another bite at the plug,but no hook up,still i was delighted to get a bit of action and slightly amazed to say the least as i have plugged from trhe boat on a drift in more favourable conditions and sturred nothing,well to cut in short in the next half hour i hit 5 more pike and landed 2,lovely stuff..Now ROB i know u are out there and the rest of u guy'sgimme a hand here,what plug's deep divers from the boat would u use this time of year,the fish nearly alway's took or hit the plug on the way in,but u could see them following in up from the murky depth's,if u were watching closely.Plugging turned a truly crap day into one i will remember for a long time..Come on enlighten a trout angler with your knowledge of an awsome predator..
Regards,
Denis..
well as it has gotten colder the pike do not seem active enough for us to hit them on the troll.We have botom bounced
and trolled dead baits,under oards and on the drift,with little success of late,Fergal my fishiung buddyhad one of 18lb's bottom bouncing dead baits but that was really it...After 5 hours trolling last sunday with a couple of takes and 1 small jack,we had enough..So we started to drift ,this time christy was on board,he was bottom bouncing i had a float out the back and i had a go at plugging..Now i have plugged from the shore and i have had some deal of success enjoyable but no brillant,mainly small fish,i put on a fire tiger big mac as we were in aprox 15 feet of water and i knew whe trolled the big mac hit 25 feet,a few cast later really giving the plug lot's of depth and action while i was watching the bait come to the top,i gently pulled it across in front of me and lifted it from the water,low and behold a pike about 10ish had followed it up,i turned to christy and wallop the fish drowned me in spray after having another bite at the plug,but no hook up,still i was delighted to get a bit of action and slightly amazed to say the least as i have plugged from trhe boat on a drift in more favourable conditions and sturred nothing,well to cut in short in the next half hour i hit 5 more pike and landed 2,lovely stuff..Now ROB i know u are out there and the rest of u guy'sgimme a hand here,what plug's deep divers from the boat would u use this time of year,the fish nearly alway's took or hit the plug on the way in,but u could see them following in up from the murky depth's,if u were watching closely.Plugging turned a truly crap day into one i will remember for a long time..Come on enlighten a trout angler with your knowledge of an awsome predator..
Regards,
Denis..