So you're on the bait BIGTIME pogies!!!

[Slingah]

Originally Posted by ThrowingTimber

From shore:

Theyre out a good distance so you make a big cast and hook one. Ok now you're in the game. There's sooooooo much bait you dont get touched what methods do you employ to make your bait stand out?

You swim your pogie for 2 hours or so and no pickups, again the bait is too thick? All the while you're hearing and watching fish pick off the edges of the school....

The only thing I could come up with is to start chunking them if the live ones arent being taken?

Anyone care to chime in??

I'll chime in.....uuhhh nevermind...Ive never had that problem....and not a bad problem to try and figure out vic

[bloocrab]

Give him a couple of hard twitches from time to time (hopefully you've got him hooked good)...and be PATIENT!!! The twitches will open the wound more and add to the injury, force more blood/scent out of the wound and slow him down. When the school of baitfish is that much larger than the school of predators, the predator is much more selective. Also with a smaller school of predators there's much less competition so they take their t-i-m-e, you said they were " picking them off "...not blitzing right? ....be patient.


You said you had to "make a big cast"....so there's definately NO chance of re-rigging/hooking and casting him back out to the school to live-line. If you really want to re-rig, cut yourself off a sweet piece-a-bunka >>6oz (?), whatever you can get the most distance with (no lead to counter the cast), fresh bunker WILL sink and be PATIENT.

[ThrowingTimber]

Thanks for all the info guys. Buddy had one fish run him off last night can you say FREIGHT TRAIN!!!!!!