Originally Posted by
Marc
Hey yall, went to the lake last week and tried the spider rigging thing out, and was verry humbled. I have been told the most important thing is boat controll and positioning. Just have a few ?'s for ya.
My boat does not have foot controll for the TM is that a big deal?
If you had 3 choices where to fish, which one would you target the most?
Roadbed/ Creek Channel/ or Point
Then when you choose the location do you set out marker bouyes for the lanes your going to troll or use gps or what?
When your cruising around looking for shad, do you target the shad that is balled up really tightly and not marking fish just shad? or do you target shad that is more spread out not verry tight of a ball?
These were the dilmas I was facing the ohter day at the lake I fish which is 47000 ac lake with lots of timber.
I just want another CONFIDENT arsenal in my bag of tricks.
Thanks for any tips or advise
Marc
You can use a hand controled motor and do fine just bumping along. A foot controled motor makes it a lot easier. This frees your hands to deal with rods and tying on hooks or jigs but we use what we have so a hand controled motor is OK. If I had to choose, I would say creek channel. Especially this time of year. The others are good choices as well so don't look them over. If your targeting a certain depth on the creek channel then you can use marker bouys but you might show other anglers where to catch them if you find a good spot. I'd use the gps. As far as the shad, I would look for balls of shad with predator fish around them. These fish are in a feeding mood. Main thing is move slow and fish different depths and let the fish tell you what they want but you have to find them first. Hope this helps. CF
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