Catching Browns on Daredvles

Buck · 02-10-2010, 08:04 PM

I saw another thread about the show Hawg Quest where apparently they were catching browns with red and white Daredvles. Didn't want to hijack it, so thought I would tell a story of my own that really illustrates the perplexing and rewarding aspects of our sport.

Three high school seniors, nuts about fishing. Drove what seemed like 100 miles to a backcountry lake stocked with browns because we REALLY wanted to try brown fishing.

Hiked into the lake, blew up the rubber boat (no pump - did I say we were high school seniors?), and started fishing. Tried flies, worms, eggs, and lures. Nothing. Really disappointing. Didn't even see a fish come up so we started wondering if they were even in the lake. Did see lots of crawdads though...

I made a cast with a red and white Daredvle and got a snarl in my Mitchell 300 spinning reel. Took a few minutes to untangle it and meanwhile my Daredvle settled to the bottom. Finally, I started to retrieve and got a solid hit. Brought in a 14" brown! They were here.

I told the other guys, "Cast to the bottom, let it settle for awhile, and then retrieve. Maybe the fish think our lures are crawdads."

Long story short, we hammered them for the next several hours. Once when the wind pushed us to some shallow water, I put my Daredvle on the bottom where I could see it. I started reeling to pick it up and noticed that it put up a cloud of fine sediment from the lake bottom just like when a crawdad takes off out of your grasp.

Solution found to catching browns that day. Red and white Daredvles.

trollin4trout · 02-11-2010, 07:11 AM

Good post. Reminds a person to keep observing and thinking. Beyond the dirt stirring-it does make a person wonder how a red and white daredevil resembles a crawdad???? I suppose the same can be said about a lot of lures we use- "why did they hit THAT!!!??"

Jim

Badgerj · 02-11-2010, 12:09 PM

That is a very good post. I sometimes have a hard time thinking outside the box, then a story like that really gets me thinking. Sometimes its the suttle things we overlook that make all the difference.

I was the one who mentioned Dare Devil on the Hawg Quest post, but I was mistaken. They were throwing Tasmanian Devils on the show.

7mmstw · 02-12-2010, 10:26 PM

[QUOTE=Badgerj;2975932]That is a very good post. I sometimes have a hard time thinking outside the box, then a story like that really gets me thinking. Sometimes its the suttle things we overlook that make all the difference.

I was the one who mentioned Dare Devil on the Hawg Quest post, but I was mistaken. They were throwing Tasmanian Devils on the show.[/QUOTE
correct ... they were fishing mosly blue/silver taz"
still like to know the lake they fished in?