pier rig

[MuskieBait]

(10-29-2012 10:44 AM)MichaelAngelo Wrote:  

(10-28-2012 06:42 PM)bettercallsaul Wrote:  Were you using minnows? Seems like a good place to try this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN4qsyXcTRs

I don't understand why people cast and wait with roe, marshmellows and yarn from the pier... the salmon are eating Lake O's baitfish! Why not just use baitfish!

Finally a video that makes sense!

Because lining them is so much easier

I would much rather toss spoons at the mouth. It's a lot of work for very little, but it is very satisfying.

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(10-29-2012 07:48 AM)MikeH Wrote:  A good size live Alewife would be the bomb for this rig in Lake O, but no idea where I would get some other than in TTP. I guess I should try this rig from the lighthouse point over there and float the balloon out past the end of the island sand bar into deep water. I am thinking of trying a really long trace and hooking it up onto the main line with a few PVA nuggets so that it doesnt drag behind the balloon, but swings down once the PVA has dissolved.

Yesterdays Carp was caught on a 15ft trace under the Balloon.

EDIT* I am tempted to try one of those 12inch plastics as the balloon motion would give it constant action....

I like the PVA idea!

Hm...just thinking out loud again, have you consider netting alewife when available, then salt and freeze for later use? Maybe a dead alewife is better than no alewife at all?

Live 12" suckers for bait sounds like fun too. You can't even begin to cast a 12" live sucker...a balloon rig is made to fish that.

Or...you can use a trolley rig too...but you'll need a second rod for your trolley line.