My love for fishing taken to the next level..

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by JakeF

Besides, these rigs generally result in the catching of very many small fish (ever wonder why very few coms & charter boats use them? They're targeting larger fish and that's not what these are for). I'm not saying you'll never catch a large fish on one, but that's generally not the case. I used them myself for a while when I was first starting out, but quickly got bored with unhooking one small fish after another and started to actually think about what I was doing, studying the fish and their habits, and learning to fish in ways that are actually challenging to me as an angler. To me, fishing is about the hunt and the personal challenge, not about bailing fish out as fast as possible.But,,,,,,, that's just me I guess.

Spoken like someone w/o a clue to how to use them. And if you think charter boats never troll them and they only catch small fish...

I'm not someone who enjoys trolling for bass, but they do work, well.

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

Spoken like someone w/o a clue to how to use them. And if you think charter boats never troll them and they only catch small fish...

I'm not someone who enjoys trolling for bass, but they do work, well.

I've personally seen two 40+ pound bass taken on umbrella's. One of them had an 8 pound blue hooked up with the bass. The guy on the rod though he had a new record until he saw the blue on it.

I don't care to use them because when you get into a school of blues, they make a mess of them. On the rare occasions that I troll, it's usually with tube and worm or jigging with wire.