Thread: Down stream preditor pull.

If most of you are like my brother and I, we are unmerciful when we tease a buddy. Many years ago a close freind, David, taught me a very valuable (has taught me more lessons than I can count) fishing technique. We named it the down stream predator pull and called him MISTER BILL DANCE the rest of the day after he explained it to us. When you have current (generating in lakes or in rivers or streams), use it to your advantage by knowing exactly how fish ambush their prey. Fish always face the direction of the oncoming current and hang behind structure (logs, dock pilings, etc.). They wait for the bait to come by them and then they rush out and gobble it up. Think about this advantage next time you shoot docks. Get in a position were your boat is facing the oncoming current. Shoot PAST a dock pilling (get as close as you can to the piling)and make your retrieve as close to the piling as possible. Many dock shooters are scared to get too close to the pilings because of the huge number of heads they will lose, but if you want to catch 5 times more GOOD fish, you have to lose some heads. I experiment while I am on the water. Many dock shooter shoot to the middle of the dock, but when you follow the above instructions, YOU WILL BE AMAZED at how many more fish you are going to catch. I am not saying I am the best dock shooter, but I have gotten pretty darn good over the years. I do not like to go out and just fish. I like to catch fish on a consistent basis and this method really works. Try it next time you shoot docks and let me know how you do. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

That last post brings a smile to my face and makes me wonder what my big brother Black Cloud is up to. He has kicked my butt more times than I care to remember fishing over the last 15 years and he always lets me know when he does. Fishing has always (and about everything else) been a competition between the two of us. Fishing is the ONLY THING I have ever been able to occasionally beat him at and I have to admit, I make sure he knows when I rarely win. Some of my best and most charished memories are fishing together. Seems like you can solve the problems of the world, your family and your own personal life when fishing or at least talk those problems to death. Fishing seems to make all thing better. Well, maybe it is more spending time with the people you care about the most, but fishing makes it more fun.