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Plug Building - Got Wood? Got Plug?

 
 
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Old 10-12-2008, 05:01 AM   #7
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I can see where you are coming from there. I built these particularly for a running current in the canal. For me I have my best success in the canal, just throwing them out as far as possible and letting them sweep across the current constantly thrashing. .
It may also be worth going the other way. I was comically outcast and outfished during my desperate canal forays this year by Flap and Stiff Tip, who were using a small heavily loaded 4" Cordell pencil. It cast like a bullet (because its size to weight ratio was so small) but would come to the top quickly and swim with just a little nose slap (you could hardly see it out there). Fish of all sizes, feeding on small bait, just killed it. I think active thrashing retrieves (with pauses and twitches thrown in) are best when fish are reluctant, or need to be drawn up from depth. When fish are already on top actively feeding they often seem to just cruise around casually s#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g in whatever they come across. Then, a slow subtle retrieve with the right sized plug can be deadly, particularly on the larger fish.
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