01-11-2007, 03:32 AM
I will wait as anxiously as I wait for "triggers." Sounds really interesting. One of the best fisherman I knew in se Idaho had a theory about what makes fish not bite, and how they are able to sense your line and line movement with their lateral line, or some such thing. He theorized that heavier line triggered their sensory input and made them leery, if not spooked. His claim is that it isn't just a visual thing, that fish are able to sense motion, etc. Judging from the way he caught lunkers on 2# and 4# test, I think he may have been onto something. By the way, he was a jig fisherman, almost exclusively. He used deer hair sculpin jigs (the kind with the spun hair trimmed for a head), black marabou jigs, and little else. He couldn't convince us at the time to do that, though, cuz we couldn't get the same results on 6 and 8# test.
Anyway, I digress. I can't wait to read your stuff. I found out today that Lake Lowell is open in a couple of areas only, but since it is only a mile from my home, and I am still tubeless, I will be picking up my license Friday and fishing Sat and Sun. Unfortunately, I will be tossing hardware from the bank, but that's okay! (Pray to the gods of pity and good fishing that the edges of the Lake don't ice over by the time I can get out there!) Hopefully I will have read your "trigger" piece by then, so I can apply anything I read to the unsuspecting fish [cool]
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Anyway, I digress. I can't wait to read your stuff. I found out today that Lake Lowell is open in a couple of areas only, but since it is only a mile from my home, and I am still tubeless, I will be picking up my license Friday and fishing Sat and Sun. Unfortunately, I will be tossing hardware from the bank, but that's okay! (Pray to the gods of pity and good fishing that the edges of the Lake don't ice over by the time I can get out there!) Hopefully I will have read your "trigger" piece by then, so I can apply anything I read to the unsuspecting fish [cool]
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