Last year we were at Bonneville on the WA side and an elderly man shows up below us. Not to many people around and the sturgeon fishing was slow so I'm watching him out of the corner of my eye to see if I can learn anything.
He ties a bunch of weight on the end of his line. I watch him cast it our and there's nothing but weight on his line. :shrug:
So now I'm really interested in what he has cookin.
He takes a handline and clips it on the line coming off his fishing pole with about a 3 foot leader hanging down and feeds it out by hand. Sits there jigging up and down with his hands. He slaughtered the shad. Pull them in by hand and then hold the line with one hand and reach out with a net in the other.
Now what I'm wondering, is there any type of a downrigger release type clip that you could attach a second pole too, have the Mrs feed the line going to the snap out by hand and then one of could jig it up and down while one of us mans the pole with the lure on it.
This way you could still fight them with a pole but would get the same presentation he had.
Lose alot less gear. Only gear you'd probly lose is the weight on the "downrigger" rod.
He ties a bunch of weight on the end of his line. I watch him cast it our and there's nothing but weight on his line. :shrug:
So now I'm really interested in what he has cookin.
He takes a handline and clips it on the line coming off his fishing pole with about a 3 foot leader hanging down and feeds it out by hand. Sits there jigging up and down with his hands. He slaughtered the shad. Pull them in by hand and then hold the line with one hand and reach out with a net in the other.
Now what I'm wondering, is there any type of a downrigger release type clip that you could attach a second pole too, have the Mrs feed the line going to the snap out by hand and then one of could jig it up and down while one of us mans the pole with the lure on it.
This way you could still fight them with a pole but would get the same presentation he had.
Lose alot less gear. Only gear you'd probly lose is the weight on the "downrigger" rod.