Need some advice on jigging lakers in rvr

[iraevski]

Originally Posted by jimmythegreek

no need for leadcore this time of year unless you are targeting lakers, all the bows and browns are up high in the water column. As for boards get offshore boards w the tattle flag kit you will never miss a strike, they are the only way to go, church tackle has boards similar now w a flag system.

when jigging deep u wanna use braid, you need to feel the bites and ticks of the bottom, mono/floro wont give you that in deep water. I also drift and jig, and also drift a few rods w fishfinder rigs right on bottom w shiners/herring the lakers hit those too. if you get some good marks you can definitely chum them and they go nuts, save your dead bait and cut them with scissors into 4 or 5 pieces and chum the water up wind and up current and jig the other side, they will rise 20-30 ft to hit a jig when fired up

Jimmy

are you using any mono/fluoro leader with your jigs or tying directly to the jig? also are you using any swivel between jig and line?

[Chrisper4694]

you know when you go fishing and it sucks so you have a ton of live bait left over...save it, freeze it in a ziplock bag or something and after a few trips you'll have a bunch of chum. chop it all up or mush it grind it whatever. anyway i'm sure pretty much any ground of chopped up bait will work. I bet chicken liver will work too on lakers but i've only tried it on hybrids in other lakes. Cheap catfood in fish flavors might work.

[iraevski]

Originally Posted by Chrisper4694

you know when you go fishing and it sucks so you have a ton of live bait left over...save it, freeze it in a ziplock bag or something and after a few trips you'll have a bunch of chum. chop it all up or mush it grind it whatever. anyway i'm sure pretty much any ground of chopped up bait will work. I bet chicken liver will work too on lakers but i've only tried it on hybrids in other lakes. Cheap catfood in fish flavors might work.

what about cutting up some fish from the fish market (something cheap like white perch or something?) i don't really use live bait so it would be hard for me to collect the chum.

chumming sounds like a really good idea, didn't think about it. when i fished in Europe they always chum but they mostly fish for carp and other non-predator fish

[Chrisper4694]

i am sure that would work, but i've never tried it. I rarely use live bait but my friend would have a collection saved up frozen from previous trips and that's what we'd use. I'm sure any oily fish ground or chopped up would work. some days doesn't take much to get them going good. just need to find a good spot with the fish finder.

[briansnat]

Originally Posted by iraevski

what about cutting up some fish from the fish market (something cheap like white perch or something?) i don't really use live bait so it would be hard for me to collect the chum.

chumming sounds like a really good idea, didn't think about it. when i fished in Europe they always chum but they mostly fish for carp and other non-predator fish

I've heard of some RV anglers using canned corn for trout chum. Never tried it myself.