Catching the BIG Specks...

[blackfin]

Ok, been fishing for specs all season, but I only seem to catch non keepers, and A LOT of them. Ill catch 30 non keepers and 1 keeper, but ill talk to guy at the ramp who show me there 6 keepers over 18" and they were fishing the same exact drop off, flat, grass bed, etc. I just dont get it and it is getting really frustrating! Im throwing every plastic I have, every jerk bait, every topwater lure, crankbait, in ever color you could imagine, but still cant seem to get on the keepers. CAN ANYONE HELP???

[Pinch]

Slow down your reel speed, it should seem like youll never get your bait back in. Use less weight 1/4oz or less in rudee/the ditch. Use 10-15lb floro leader tied to the Jig/crank not swivels or misc hardware.

[HokieDJ]

So you drag them along the bottom or you reeling them slow but enough to keep it suspended?

[blackfin]

Pinch- about how long of a leader? 18" or so?

Hokie- Im casting, letting it fall to the bottom, twitch twitch, reel in the slack, twitch twitch, etc. Then Ill switch up to a slow retrieve at varying depths.

[Pinch]

Slow and suspended

[jsquare]

There's a cool show on WFN called Flat's Class where they cover big trout catching techniques in cooler water. There are a couple episodes devoted to this. They focus on fishing the flats down south, but I think the basic principles apply. They use light flouro leaders, long casts, and suspending baits like mirolures and weightless soft plastics with super slow retrieves.

Don't know if these shows are available without a subscription to WFN, but if you do get a chance to watch it, they have good info.

[Capt C-Hawk]

There's a cool show on WFN called Flat's Class

Don't know if these shows are available without a subscription to WFN, but if you do get a chance to watch it, they have good info.

Verizon fios is the only provider that carries WFN on channel 317 or 597 for HD