Dead Sticking

[RK]

Match the hatch, time of year, water temp, bait concentration or a bunch of big colorful things on your FF. Sometimes dead sticking an iron works pretty well

[Ggiannig89]

I always try to “deadstick” and end up giving up. Just too much going on for my mind. I can’t keep up with the rod tips and tangles. Usually end up missing bites and frustrated.

[PapaDave]

I will have a dead stick and a setup I actively fish. The dead stick usually has the biggest bait and is heavier then the one I have in my hand. Both seem to work equally well on the drift.

[jorluivil]

Unless I'm rockfishing I dead stick 100% of the time, I've caught halibut, WSB and YT

[TheBentRod]

Originally Posted by jorluivil

Unless I'm rockfishing I dead stick 100% of the time, I've caught halibut, WSB and YT

and he is a master at dead stick!

all jokes aside, do you use same setups in shallow or up to 80 feet? do you try to stick to straight routes?

[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by TheBentRod

and he is a master at dead stick!

all jokes aside, do you use same setups in shallow or up to 80 feet? do you try to stick to straight routes?

I am probably the most unorthodox fisherman you will ever meet...........40', 60', 150'............I have been fishing the same setup for many, and I mean many years, I fish 65# spectra, 40# mono or fluoro and an 8oz sinker.

If you were to look inside my kayak tackle box you'd find nothing more than a small roll of 40# fishing line, hooks (J, circle and treble) and a bunch of 8oz sinkers. Well, that and a snickers wrapper and some other items that I'd prefer to not mention. Every so often I might toss a mega bait or a flat fall jig or maybe even cast some iron but its rare. I've been pretty successful with the same setup so why change it?

I see a lot of guys get frustrated when they're not catching what they're looking for, they will throw every lure that they have in the water. When I'm not catching I take that as an opportunity to scout out other locations.

[ProfessorLongArms]

Huh.... Funny enough, the best luck I've had is on that exact setup.

Last time out I did 30# as I was out of 40, and a 6oz because I was fishing shallow, and I broke off twice. Went home and ordered a new roll of 40#.

Thanks for the input!

Originally Posted by jorluivil

I am probably the most unorthodox fisherman you will ever meet...........40', 60', 150'............I have been fishing the same setup for many, and I mean many years, I fish 65# spectra, 40# mono or fluoro and an 8oz sinker.

If you were to look inside my kayak tackle box you'd find nothing more than a small roll of 40# fishing line, hooks (J, circle and treble) and a bunch of 8oz sinkers. Well, that and a snickers wrapper and some other items that I'd prefer to not mention. Every so often I might toss a mega bait or a flat fall jig or maybe even cast some iron but its rare. I've been pretty successful with the same setup so why change it?

I see a lot of guys get frustrated when they're not catching what they're looking for, they will throw every lure that they have in the water. When I'm not catching I take that as an opportunity to scout out other locations.

[TheBentRod]

Originally Posted by jorluivil

I am probably the most unorthodox fisherman you will ever meet...........40', 60', 150'............I have been fishing the same setup for many, and I mean many years, I fish 65# spectra, 40# mono or fluoro and an 8oz sinker.

If you were to look inside my kayak tackle box you'd find nothing more than a small roll of 40# fishing line, hooks (J, circle and treble) and a bunch of 8oz sinkers. Well, that and a snickers wrapper and some other items that I'd prefer to not mention. Every so often I might toss a mega bait or a flat fall jig or maybe even cast some iron but its rare. I've been pretty successful with the same setup so why change it?

I see a lot of guys get frustrated when they're not catching what they're looking for, they will throw every lure that they have in the water. When I'm not catching I take that as an opportunity to scout out other locations.

I just hate dead sticking. When I have focused on deadsticking, nothing! When I just put one out there and just zigzag through an area, I have done okay, but the snags are frustrating as heck. Also, I can bust off 40# in the Hobie, but the Trident, I worry about taking a swim. lol So, I only dead stick in the Hobie with heavy line. Otherwise I just use 25# I have been thinking about 40# on the sinker and main line. With the leader at 25.

Here is one of my favorite Halibut string (http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwevb/s...libut+question)