Ontario Target Species

[MuskieBait]

(11-14-2013 05:26 PM)OldTimer Wrote:  

(11-14-2013 04:39 PM)MuskieBait Wrote:  Just go out and soak half a nightcrawler on bottom.

In a bit calmer location than you usually fish, and perhaps a bit shallower...... in the back of a slower eddy... or off the side of a current seam. The bites are almost imperceptible- just a twitch or two - you will not get a classic "strike" or big tug.

When you check your bait (recommended) -reel in slowly till taught and always set the hook for a possible unseen quarry.

OT

Yeah, Silver Redhorse are famous for just "being there" when you went to check bait...especially when you think you have not had a bite for a long time and wonder if you still have bait on your hook. I find Golden Redhorse will do that occasionally. Shorthead Redhorse usually give you a pretty good tap.