Rouge River Rainbows

[Giuga10]

(10-03-2014 07:46 PM)MichaelAngelo Wrote:  Nice! I should try this, I've got some larger kwickfish and jerkbaits in my pier box I can try. There isn't much more obnoxious than a big kwickfish .

I find that I get more follows than actual hits, and that once I get a fish from a pool I need to move on because they all spook. I'm new to this. I've only had three river outings where I've targeted them with lures, but each outing has been successful.

Ya lots of follows but not as many strikes, what works for me is a slow retrieve, they don't concern themselves with the faster things, nice and slow and they'll usually catch up to it. Another is find a fish you wanna target cast behind him and retrieve it right along side of him, as soon as it passes it's eyes it usually strikes, just be careful not to get a hook stuck on the side of the fish while retrieving it, when this happens I usually just give the line slack and the river current takes it out since the hook doesn't bury itself.