02-14-2022, 09:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-14-2022, 09:53 PM by Springbuck1.)
"One modification that I do is, remove the split rings and hook and tie directly to the spoon, I believe this helps to make a more direct connection to my jig with less slop."
That's good thinking.....
Literally everything else you wrote is exactly what I would have written, if I was telling someone new to PV the basics at PV, although I appreciate the effort. I DO use spring bobbers because I use my home-made rods, usually, but if I'm getting bites, i see them. I catch lots of crappie at PV, so that isn't my problem.
Just hoping for specific insight on that inline spoon thing. Sounds like it doesn't, then? But, you mentioned "slack-line" bites, which I didn't mention specifically, and did mention called "negative bites".
This is the kind of thing I was wondering. Your tackle is going down the hole, a and a crappie grabs your jig. Now, before you can notice the "slack line bite" the line has to be slack, but that means the fish has your jig in his mouth, and the spoon hanging tight against his mouth, or you don't see slack. See what I mean? In my experience, light-biting, or finicky fish are going to hate that feeling of the weight and spit out the little jig long before you realize your line is truly slack. Won't they?
Or is your line tight all the way down? Does it just not matter? It is only an 8" dropper, you said.
That's good thinking.....
Literally everything else you wrote is exactly what I would have written, if I was telling someone new to PV the basics at PV, although I appreciate the effort. I DO use spring bobbers because I use my home-made rods, usually, but if I'm getting bites, i see them. I catch lots of crappie at PV, so that isn't my problem.
Just hoping for specific insight on that inline spoon thing. Sounds like it doesn't, then? But, you mentioned "slack-line" bites, which I didn't mention specifically, and did mention called "negative bites".
This is the kind of thing I was wondering. Your tackle is going down the hole, a and a crappie grabs your jig. Now, before you can notice the "slack line bite" the line has to be slack, but that means the fish has your jig in his mouth, and the spoon hanging tight against his mouth, or you don't see slack. See what I mean? In my experience, light-biting, or finicky fish are going to hate that feeling of the weight and spit out the little jig long before you realize your line is truly slack. Won't they?
Or is your line tight all the way down? Does it just not matter? It is only an 8" dropper, you said.