Patience... Where do you show yours best?

Jennie@ifish · 11-27-2002, 08:53 AM

Bill always claims I have tons of patience, and that is probably why I catch a lot of fish.
I don't know that that is true.
I do have patience, especially when bobber fishing.

He gets so bored bobber fishing. After a half hour, he says, "No fish here! Let's move!"

ARGH!

You know, I was thinking, we troll all day long sometimes, and don't catch a darn thing... How is that not patient? Why doesn't he get bored doing that? He says it is because he is moving, and he feels he has a better chance covering a lot of water. I say, yes, but the fish move too. How do you know you are moving together, or apart? I say stay put, cuz the fish have to come by here!

Of course, fish move at different times, and water levels, so you have to figure in for that. I'd never stay put if it was low and clear like today.

I can drift the same drift out back for hours and not get bored, and I do hook fish after two hours or more, at times. He fishes the drift for 5 minutes and moves, no matter what.

Do you have ants in your pants, and want to move all the time, or do you like to stay put?

Jen

Bankbound · 11-27-2002, 09:07 AM

There a few places where I'll hike in and just fish one hole until I figure the only thing that could work would be a stick of TNT. At that point I'll either (depending on time) go farther upriver or work my way back to the car. But then again these are places that I KNOW hold fish almost all the time and a far enough hike in to where I can just sit on the hole and throw everything I've got at em. In popular, crowded places it's different you just have to go with the flow.

Miss B Haven · 11-27-2002, 09:12 AM

Hmmmm... maybe that's why I could never catch anything on a bobber! You mean it has to be in the water, not in the back of the truck driving around from hole to hole?

Do fishergirls have more patience than fisherguys? I know my wife does. Of course she reads, sews, sunbathes, etc and hopes the fish don't interupt her! Something wrong with that woman! Oh ya- and she married me too! [img]graemlins/hearton.gif[/img] Must be crazy! :grin:

dogfishboy · 11-27-2002, 09:27 AM

If the water is up then I might wait for them to come to me. If it's down, I'm looking for them.

I share Bill's feeling about trolling... just feel like I have a better chance of finding a biter.

husker · 11-27-2002, 09:32 AM

for me this depends on where i am fishing.......if i am fishing high on a river......its fish for 30 minutes and move especially if i am fishing a smaller river .....if i am fishing low on a river or a big river with lots of people...i try to get to a location where i believe fish will be moving through and stay put .....

if i am fishing the columbia or willamette i like to anchor fish so i stay on a spot pretty much all day using the tide to help.....

during springer season.....trolling is the way so i move some but work a general area really well and cover water

Bait O' Eggs · 11-27-2002, 09:36 AM

My patience for springer fishing is tremedous, and on the Willamette in particular I have the patience of Jobe. I can prove it, look at my record the last 2 years.

:tongue:

ampersat · 11-27-2002, 10:31 AM

if i'm in an area that is difficult to get into, i've been able to consistently get fish in the spot or the next hole i want to hit is a long ways off, i tend to stay put and keep plugging away at it. if i'm fishing new water that i don't have a lot of confidence in, i tend to move a lot. i've fished spots where you cast the same rig into the exact same spot for hours and get your first fish at the 2 1/2 hour mark.

you're right, the fish have to come through the river at some point. if you're always moving around, you've got to be missing some. if you're in a drift boat backing plugs or divers down, you're increasing your chances a lot. at least, that's what i'm hoping for.

lost_sailor · 11-27-2002, 11:12 PM

I can fish for hours (DAYS!) without catching anything, but I have to be doing something. I can't cope with plunking. I quickly get bored just sitting there.

This is probably why I prefer fly fishing. Trolling, you're always active (more or less) steering the boat, or something ... like ... cookies!

I am pretty "patient" as long as I feel like I'm actively angling.