bigdogg1
Well-Known Member
I am curious if anyone wants to share (direct or PM) how they successfully target larger (20#+) Springs? This year off the Ballenas/Gerald area has been incredible for fish in the 10-15 # range (and smaller). We have had almost exclusive fortune with plugs of all sizes and colours but the cookie cutters are almost always in the above mentioned weight class.
I actually moved to plugs because it seemed to me that when fishing the canal, plugs caught fewer fish but they always seemed to be larger. I know there are multiple variables when using different lures etc.
The problem is that I am trying to think like a fish and they are always smarter than me...
I have used larger plugs and still get those that are under-sized. I have thought that if I am successful at 150 on the DR, then going deeper will be better because springs have a vertical size hierarchy from top to bottom.
Any thoughts on how to target larger spring? Is it simply that larger Springs have been selectively removed from the gene pool and that those that are over 15# are mixed in with all the others but are just such a smaller sample size?
I actually moved to plugs because it seemed to me that when fishing the canal, plugs caught fewer fish but they always seemed to be larger. I know there are multiple variables when using different lures etc.
The problem is that I am trying to think like a fish and they are always smarter than me...
I have used larger plugs and still get those that are under-sized. I have thought that if I am successful at 150 on the DR, then going deeper will be better because springs have a vertical size hierarchy from top to bottom.
Any thoughts on how to target larger spring? Is it simply that larger Springs have been selectively removed from the gene pool and that those that are over 15# are mixed in with all the others but are just such a smaller sample size?