I don't think you'll find a deep diver that will hang in the current at the ditch and still come back to you in one piece. With the current and the lip... that plug would get down and very likely snag as you pulled it up the embankment.... I could be wrong... but isn't that why we have storms and the like?
-Dave
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I don't think you'll find a deep diver that will hang in the current at the ditch and still come back to you in one piece. With the current and the lip... that plug would get down and very likely snag as you pulled it up the embankment.... I could be wrong... but isn't that why we have storms and the like?
-Dave
Good point! Maybe the ditch was a bad example. There are so many places where I can think of that a very deep swimmer would be perfect to use but a bottle plug would work well too.
I don't think you'll find a deep diver that will hang in the current at the ditch and still come back to you in one piece. With the current and the lip... that plug would get down and very likely snag as you pulled it up the embankment.... I could be wrong... but isn't that why we have storms and the like?
-Dave
There are plenty of places u can get out to work a plug back agianst the tide especially that last hr.u'd be surprised what moves up along the ledges when the tide craps out.Only problem i have with plugs are the trebles.even 4/0 hooks don't stand a chance in a full bore tide.U got to go with the heavy owners.they won't bend but they will pull. There is nothing like a good jig hook.Take a shad body an work the weights of the leadheads till u get the performance(depth) u want.Kreep that baby back up against the tide an hold on.Thats a gem of a NIB secret that has landed me many good fish.
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Darters are the new Bottle plugs.When the situation called for a plug for current.We would never thro a darter.Always bottles.Its amazing how things change. I bet there are guys that have never even thrown a bottle plug.Many a good fish have been taken on em.Thy pump away in the current.i guess they are hard to find as the newer ones are not like the older models.I been buyin up some SS bottles they have been workin good for me when I don't really want to break out some old Gibbs or Hahns.Johnee Habs got one of the few i have made.It was a special plug i was saving for special situation.I miss it terribly.oke:
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Nib - I have been making a bottle just for the ditch. I too, used nothing but a bottle in the canal when the tide is running. takes some getting used to, but can be very productive. Have you ever wrapped one with a eelskin?? For deep stuff I still like a crippled herring or similar - about 4 to 5 ounces. Tires ya out though.
A bottle will wear you out as well...all that pulling with that heavy current is much more than a crippled herring IMO.
Why are you pulling? Just cast it straight out or slightly downcurrent, let the line tighten, and let the current do all the work. Hold the rod at about 10 o'clock and you'll feel the plug drumming. Lot easier than humping 4 oz up from 35' down.
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For deep stuff I still like a crippled herring or similar - about 4 to 5 ounces. Tires ya out though.
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