Which techniques are you focusing on this season?

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Permalink Reply by Jake Anderson on January 24, 2011 at 8:11am

I'm going to work on lifting into the boat, and backreeling.   I'd be more worried about presentation or fish behavior, but I'm pretty much perfect at all that stuff.  Pretty much all I need to work on is fish posture during picture time.

 

Seriously though....I'd really like to catch some largemouth on Jigs this spring. 

Permalink Reply by Max Canfield on January 24, 2011 at 9:51am

I want to work on skipping under docks and drop shots, also mainly deep water fishing.

Permalink Reply by Austin Heyer on January 24, 2011 at 2:00pm

Im planning on working more on swimbaiting and increasing my ability with jigs mainly. I spent alot of last season working with the drop shot.

Permalink Reply by Joseph Hayashi on January 24, 2011 at 2:53pm

I want to put real dedication into swimbaits this year as well. What dropshot rod did you end up getting Austin?

Permalink Reply by Austin Heyer on January 24, 2011 at 3:20pm

Well i already had the lamiglas drop shot special 2 but i ended up going with a dobyns dx702 sf. But i picked up a swimbait rod this winter so thats why im gonna work on swimbaits this year.

Permalink Reply by Joseph Hayashi on January 24, 2011 at 3:26pm

Sweet. Hope to see some of your swimbait catch pics this season. Hopefully I don't snag a bird on accident, or have many close calls like last year.

Permalink Reply by P.J. Koshi on January 24, 2011 at 4:01pm

I want to work on advanced jig fishing methods mostly with pitching jigs.  Also spend more time using the dropshot in pursuit of catching more fish so I can weight more limits in tournaments.  Going to spend some time with chatterbaits which are new to me.  Going to spend more time with a crankbait rod in my hand and try and gain some more experience shallow,mid, and deep cranking.  Also have invested a lot of money in walk the dog baits this winter with that being one of the techniques I am most excited to implement this coming summer.

Permalink Reply by Spencer Durand on January 24, 2011 at 5:03pm

I want to do alot of Jig fishing this spring at dock and standing timber and such. Also I would like to start using heavy rods, and big worms for dropshotting big large mouths.

Permalink Reply by Larrick on January 24, 2011 at 5:56pm

PJ I like chatterbaits. I first used them this past November in a private pond and managed to catch some good ones on a cold day in cold water beating the bank. I've got Booyah Boogiebaits, Z Man's originals and Strike King Pure Poison. I gonna find out which one of thses I like the best.

P.J. Koshi said:

I want to work on advanced jig fishing methods mostly with pitching jigs.  Also spend more time using the dropshot in pursuit of catching more fish so I can weight more limits in tournaments.  Going to spend some time with chatterbaits which are new to me.  Going to spend more time with a crankbait rod in my hand and try and gain some more experience shallow,mid, and deep cranking.  Also have invested a lot of money in walk the dog baits this winter with that being one of the techniques I am most excited to implement this coming summer.

Permalink Reply by D.J. LaRoche on January 24, 2011 at 7:05pm

I'm going to focus on learning to back reel.  It seems the guys in the know swear by it so why not give it a shot.  I am also going to do some more work with a crank bait this year.  It seem all I throw anymore as far as cranks go are lipless, so I am going to concentrate on deeper cranks.

Permalink Reply by P.J. Koshi on January 24, 2011 at 7:28pm

I think I am gonna have to try the Phenix Vibrator Jig and the Zmans.  They both have great color options and look interesting.

Permalink Reply by Ronald Hobbs, Jr. on January 24, 2011 at 8:29pm

The Phenix has bad snaps so replace them, but they are fish catching machines, also try out the Revenge Baits, they have some cool colors and they work just as well, I caught probably 50 smallies one day on the Columbia River with the Revenge Baits, the only problem was that the biggest was 2.5 pounds. I have caught largies up to 7 pounds on the phenix and I think the biggest on the Revenge was probably 5.

P.J. Koshi said:

I think I am gonna have to try the Phenix Vibrator Jig and the Zmans.  They both have great color options and look interesting.

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