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When you downsize? #6010710 03/30/11 04:42 PM
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When you go from say flipping a 1/4 oz to a 1/8 oz shakey head or a 1/2 oz to a 1/4 oz jig, do you slow your fishing down as well? I mean obviously its going to fall slower, but do you also slow your presentation down as well? Like longer between shakes or lifts of the bait?

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Re: When you downsize? [Re: Dosser] #6010886 03/30/11 05:25 PM
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Depends on quite a few things such as water temp, clarity, structure, time of day, all of these things factor on how fast I fish a smaller bait. Sometimes if the fish are really active I'll speed up or keep the same pace but downsize my bait. If they aren't really moving a lot I'll slow down til' I find their pace.


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Re: When you downsize? [Re: 210amatuerangler] #6010950 03/30/11 05:45 PM
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Like mentioned above, ther are a lot of variables to look at. The main thing to consider is where and how are your bites happening. If most of your bites are coming on the fall, then usually going to a lighter head or bulkier bait, to slow the fall will get you more bites. However, if most of your bites are right on the bottom, you will usually be better off with a heavier head. It will cut down on the dead time of you waiting on the bait to fall to bottom.

Also, in my experience, if fish want a bait fished slower, then I will downsize my bait, but increase my weight. IMO you can fish a bait slower with a larger weight. A lighter weight will tend to hop further off the bottom and glide further before coming to rest again. A heavier weight will bounce up and fall right back down, keeping the bait in the strike zone longer.

It all comes down to analyzing every bite to determine which method is producing the best. I usually will have 2 or 3 jigs and the same on shakey heads tied on at any given time. I will experiment with the same baits to see which weight of head will get more bites.

Also, heavier heads are much easier to fish in high winds.

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post front....higher than normal fishing pressure...if they wont eat when im throwing.

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Originally Posted By: JiggyTime
Like mentioned above, ther are a lot of variables to look at. The main thing to consider is where and how are your bites happening. If most of your bites are coming on the fall, then usually going to a lighter head or bulkier bait, to slow the fall will get you more bites. However, if most of your bites are right on the bottom, you will usually be better off with a heavier head. It will cut down on the dead time of you waiting on the bait to fall to bottom.

Also, in my experience, if fish want a bait fished slower, then I will downsize my bait, but increase my weight. IMO you can fish a bait slower with a larger weight. A lighter weight will tend to hop further off the bottom and glide further before coming to rest again. A heavier weight will bounce up and fall right back down, keeping the bait in the strike zone longer.

It all comes down to analyzing every bite to determine which method is producing the best. I usually will have 2 or 3 jigs and the same on shakey heads tied on at any given time. I will experiment with the same baits to see which weight of head will get more bites.

Also, heavier heads are much easier to fish in high winds.



That about sums it up

Re: When you downsize? [Re: J-2] #6017506 04/01/11 02:54 AM
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Just find another fisherman on the lake and ask him if you need to fish slow or fast, fishermen won't lie! Oh yeah, whatever he says, do the oppisite.

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I downsize when hell freezes bannana2

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