Thread: Pickwick

I envy you! I get over that way a couple of times a year on business. I'll have to bring a rod along next time!

I use 2# test line and crimp a size B split shot about 18 inches above the Trout Magnet. I count it down to where I think the fish are and start twitching it back to me....it is just a constant twitching of the rod tip...a cadence if you will. I also fish it under a float just like you would any jig.



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Originally Posted by Alphahawk

I use 2# test line and crimp a size B split shot about 18 inches above the Trout Magnet. I count it down to where I think the fish are and start twitching it back to me....it is just a constant twitching of the rod tip...a cadence if you will. I also fish it under a float just like you would any jig.



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Then you dont find it necessary to add live bait to the jig ?

Originally Posted by ric44

Then you dont find it necessary to add live bait to the jig ?

I know you're asking Alphahawk, but they've been my "go to" bream bait for the last few years, so I thought I'd chime in.

I sometimes tip with bait and sometimes I don't. As a general rule, I think live bait helps a lot. Sometimes, however, I will get a lot of short strikes on a jig tipped with bait. If that's happening, I just use a plain jig.

I use a slow, steady "do nothing" retrieve (same as I use for every other jig.) My #1 color is red, and #2 is black.

I don't really find the need to tip them...but.....at certain times of the year when they go to about 30 feet on a bluff I will tip them. It just makes the Gills hold on a little longer so I can get a good hook set. Thirty feet is a long way down for a Trout Magnet.


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Thanks guys for the replies. Gonna try one of the kits.

Originally Posted by ric44

Thanks guys for the replies. Gonna try one of the kits.

If I was getting a kit it would be the Panfish Kit. It has colors that are better suited for catching Gills plus it comes with the longer shank Panfish jig heads.


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