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Old 03-04-2020, 10:00 PM   #15
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Thanks for this share. This is great advice and is timely, as it squares with just about everything I saw in Nakada’s seminar today.

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Originally Posted by chris138 View Post
Here's two scenarios I would use in the 80-150' depth range. All these rigs would be 65# braid and 30-40# copolymer leader.

Say you've been seeing a school of big fish on the sonar, maybe on the bottom and/or suspended mid-column. Maybe there's a layer of bait in the upper column or puddling on the surface. I might deadstick a flylined jumbo greenback out the back, open drag clicker on. Jumbo GB is key for the WSB, just ask Johnny Ceviche. Then when I see the school on the sounder, I have my jig/iron ready to drop and fish actively. The key is knowing if you are headed uphill or downhill so that you don't drift back over your mack. So if your metering uphill, you have to do at least a 90 deg turn and a couple strokes to get you clear of your flyline. These positioning strokes you can do as your iron is dropping.

Scenario 2 say you are seeing bait clouds on the bottom or mid-column, getting pushed around or walled off. Maybe you haven't really seen the big marks, or only ones and twos. I would run a 3-4oz carolina rig dead sticked out the back at like 1/4 drag so that its suspended as your paddling, but hits the bottom when you stop moving. Keep that dragging/swimming mid to lower column. You want it so that when you stop paddling, it keeps some tension on your c-rig, with the line at like a 45 deg angle with the water. Then you have a heavy reverse dropper loop, say 10-12oz (16oz in heavy current) with a green back pinned on and swimming with you on the surface as you paddle/drift. When you drop that torpedo on the marks it will get down twice as fast as the iron will. A fresh GB will go bonkers down there and its usually and instant reaction bite that you will see on your sonar as it happens. Again if you go up hill you have to tack out to avoid tangling them.

If you get double bit put the deadstick to about 40-50% drag and leave it in the holder. Many people have been flipped this way hahaha always double check that your line isnt wrapped on your rod tip when you are deadsticking in the kayak!
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