The past two weeks have been extremely hot both temperature and fishing! I’m seeing a lot of people saying that fish have quit biting and I’m seeing the opposite.
I’ve been running two presentations the past two weeks, and both have been producing quality fish and have resulted in a few fish fries also. Slip bobber with a leech or a half of night crawler has been working extremely well on mid lake structure. I’m having luck targeting roaming fish between weed lines approximately halfway down the water column. It is allowing me to stay away from the bluegills near bottom and getting the active fish to impulsively attack the bait. On the deep weed line, I am having best luck staying about four feet off bottom fishing the outside edges of the weeds especially on underwater points. If you aren’t having any luck don’t be afraid to pop the lure or bring it towards you
5-10 feet at a time, the falling action has done wonders enticing reactionary bites.
The second presentation is a new to me presentation called drop shotting. This presentation has worked better for me in deeper structure where fish are roaming but staying near bottom. I’ve had
better luck with leeches drop shotting unless I’m targeting bluegills then crawlers worked best. It didn’t
take long for my nephew who hadn’t ever used the presentation before to be pulling in the walleyes
using this presentation. I don’t claim to be an expert at this presentation, but I can stress one thing and
that is SLOWLY reel in the rig because a lot of my bites were on long pauses or when I put the rod down
to net someone’s fish.
Mid lake structure like sunken islands or points with deep water have held most of my fish. Drop
shotting has been allowing me to fish standing weeds where fish are hiding from the sun and ambushing
bait fish. Bites have been very aggressive, but you need to slowly cover water to entice that fish to bite
but when they bite there isn’t a doubt you just got ate. This presentation has worked great for panfish,
bass, and my walleyes.
Cody Hill Guide Service
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