Totally Hooked - Olcott 8/17

[Totally Hooked]

Ended up waiting it out for a few hours this morning and was able to get out about 9:30 on a pretty calm lake. Set up in 375' at 10:00 and trolled north. Ended up going 5 for 8 between 10:00 and 12:30. All our bites came between 400' and 430' fow, temp was 50 down 95'. Riggers down 100' and dipsey's all took shots. Below is what worked for us.

Mag dipsey on a 1 setting out 200' pulling a bloody nose took 2 and we dropped a big steelie on that one.

Regular dipsey on a 3 setting out 270' with a white green dot spinny and Hammer fly took one and we missed a good rip.

100' rigger with an NBK spoon took a one and we missed one..

Dipsey on a 3 setting with an NBK spinny and Mountain Dew fly got absolutely crushed and broke off.

100' rigger with a SSW took a nice Coho.

Nice mix of fish today. With the way the bite was from 10:00 to noon today I would have loved to be out there at 6:00 instead of 10:00. Oh well.

[Steve.e]

On the subject of being broken off. Some already may do this but for those who don't, I use a clamp release attached by wire to the boat or ring on the dipsey poles, and then clamp it directly to the wire just past the reel. This allows the drag to be set lighter incase of violent hits that can break off mono. The release holds onto the line so it won't creep out on the lighter drag, and usually pops off on a hit. Just set it not to deep in the jaws. Good luck to all .

[Just Ducky]

I do the same with my wire dipsie rods. Have not broken on off since and the hook up to land ratio increased as well.

Edited August 18, 2014 by Just Ducky

[mullenj]

Could someone draw that up for me. I am confused about to rig that setup with the clamp release on the wire line.. Thanks!.

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[Instigator]

A rubber band half hitched around the line then looped over the handle or line counter keeps the line from creeping with a loosely set drag as well.

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