[DavB]

Hey, its a new year, time to start a new thread.

Thanks for the reminder to check out the photo gallery. I did forget. Nice fish!

On to the question.

What were you fishing with that night we fished together? You said it was light and sensitive.

Was it just a light rod? Were you using any of the "super" lines?

 

[fishnkid]

I had a light action ugly stick with a 4400 penn reel. This rod is like ultra light. I was using berkly 10 lb test also. I dont reccomend that line though. Its terrible. I had one the next pop off because the line was so worn down after 1 day of fishing. I have heard spider wire is really good though and i am going to try it out soon. O yea davb what i figured out that increases your catch by a lot is to cut a line down an uncle josh pork rind. If the rind is 5 inches cut a 4 inch line. This way in the water the pork rind moves a lot. I think the fish liked it because my bucktails ledhead didnt even have a scratch while i think i had maybe 5 strands of hair left on the bucktail.

 

[DavB]

Hmmm. You're saying to take a 5" pork rind and cut the last 4" of it in half, right?

Is that your regular trailer or is that a cold water technique?

And thanks for sharing the info!

 

[fishnkid]

Davb, go to www.unclejosh.com and then go to catalog. The pork rind i use is the striper sea strip. White bucktail with a white porkrind or a yellow one works best for me. Look under that picture and you will see a split tail pork rind. I havent found any of those at tackle shops so i make my own adjustments. If you find those i would probably get those instead. Lighthouse tackle sells a lot of uncle josh porkrinds. The best part about them is there durable. One bait will last you a trip or two depending on if it drys up or not.

 

[rockhead]

fishnkid, the spider wire is good stuff, its more expensive, but if you have to replace your line less its worth it.it has almost no strech so when you get a hit you feel it instantly, I like to combine it w/ a thin stiff rod, but thats just me. with the wire I have been in a school of rock and looked at the line next to the lure it was all chewed up and hangin on by a thread, but the action was too hot to stop and retry, and you know what it never broke .. the stuff is real thin and real srtong ..I like it!

 

[fishnkid]

Dont get berkley 10 lb test. Terrible. I had my drag perfectly set and everything, it might of been even a little to loose and i lost a nice striper. After the am trip i grabbed my line and pulled on it to see if it would still work and it snapped. It was perfectly fine the night before.