mooch:
Please feel free to post your tips / thank you! Here's my 2 cents: Bring 2 rods. Set up one for trolling and the other for mooching. Troll around till you find the bait balls on your fish finder (bait balls will appear like a big cloud under water) once you see the "cloud", make one pass over it on the troll. If nothing happens, reel up your trolling gear and drop your mooching gear. Work the edges of the cloud by slowly working your bait up and down the bait column. If that does not produce, I switch to "trooching" by slowly paddling in and out of the cloud and make sure your line stays as vertical as possible. I keep my rod's butt pinned under my left thigh and the business end leaning against my right shin so I can feel the "taps" from an interested salmon :smt002
Good luck this season and stay safe!
bwodun:
mooch is that the rod/reel you use for this? if so what is the set up, cameron
mooch:
--- Quote from: bwodun on March 21, 2010, 11:54:55 AM ---mooch is that the rod/reel you use for this? if so what is the set up, cameron
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Cameron,
Rod: I use an 8'6" Shimano Clarus (CSC-86M-2) Line weight = 8-17 lb / Power = Medium / Action = Fast (same rod in the pic)
Reel: I use a Shimano Calcutta 401 TE loaded with 20# Suffix Braid and about 20 feet (top shot) of 15-17 pound mono. I'm a big believer of the light stuff :smt002
* I prefer the longer rods so I can reach over my bow if the salmon makes a last ditch effort to run around the yak. I also try to keep the rod tip pointed towards the bow if the fish makes a run behind me. I'll keep the rod pointed towards bow between 11:00 to 2:00 - nothing more. Let the fish spin the kayak around but also make sure your drag is set accordingly.
bwodun:
thanks mooch, trying to get everything figured out so i can have a slim shot at a fish, this is all new to me, cameron
mooch:
--- Quote from: bwodun on March 21, 2010, 12:22:23 PM ---thanks mooch, trying to get everything figured out so i can have a slim shot at a fish, this is all new to me, cameron
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No problem, just passing on what I've learned from others from this site (and from mistakes I've made...just ask Freddie :smt003) :smt002 Good luck :smt006