08-14-2003, 02:49 PM
[cool]Thanks, BEARCLAW. I just did another one of my War & Peace dissertations on blades. Let's see if I can do a "brief" rundown on species.
The short answer is that I have caught just about every species of fish in the United States on jigs and especially on Roadrunners. That includes both fresh and saltwater. It most certainly includes all the Utah fishies. They are great for ice fishing...trout, perch, white bass, crappies, bluegill, walleyes, LMB, SMB, northern pike...and even carp and channel cats. No tiger muskies on one yet, that I know of.
In open water, they drive trout nuts...either cast & retrieve, bottom bounce trolling or vertical jigging. Same goes for perch, smallies and largies, white bass and walleyes. Big channel cats love a baitbug with some fish meat or crawler.
I have so much confidence in these little trinkets that they are my first lure to try on almost any new water. Through a combination of studying the available info, cultivating the "locals" for info, looking online, studying any maps I can find and just plain deductive reasoning...I figure out what I am going to fish for and where they are most likely to be. Next, using my sonar and going through a "prospecting" routine of different sizes and colors...and retrieves...I usually am able to get some "inquiries". Depending on the number of bites and the intensity, I can determine whether the fish are in an active, neutral or negative mode, and fine tune my approach accordingly.
But, to shorten what could be a long post, I am so confident in Roadrunners, for all species, that I seldom use anything else unless there are really some special conditions.
Where we fish the most...Saguaro Lake, near Phoenix...we have had days in which we have taken seven or more species on the same Roadrunner, fished the same way. And, the ones we use the most are about 1/16 oz. on size 6 hooks, with small nickle blades. The fish run from six inch sunfish to ten pound channel cats...and twenty pound carp...all on light gear and 4# line.
On Deer Creek, I have taken three species of trout, whitefish, carp, perch, sunfish, walleye, smallies and largies...both in open water and through the ice. Oh yeah, I have hung a few aggressive crawdads too. I don't think I ever caught all of them in one day, but once you find where the fish are, you can usually do some damage.
I admit that I catch most of my fish on Roadrunners because that is what I fish most. DUH.
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The short answer is that I have caught just about every species of fish in the United States on jigs and especially on Roadrunners. That includes both fresh and saltwater. It most certainly includes all the Utah fishies. They are great for ice fishing...trout, perch, white bass, crappies, bluegill, walleyes, LMB, SMB, northern pike...and even carp and channel cats. No tiger muskies on one yet, that I know of.
In open water, they drive trout nuts...either cast & retrieve, bottom bounce trolling or vertical jigging. Same goes for perch, smallies and largies, white bass and walleyes. Big channel cats love a baitbug with some fish meat or crawler.
I have so much confidence in these little trinkets that they are my first lure to try on almost any new water. Through a combination of studying the available info, cultivating the "locals" for info, looking online, studying any maps I can find and just plain deductive reasoning...I figure out what I am going to fish for and where they are most likely to be. Next, using my sonar and going through a "prospecting" routine of different sizes and colors...and retrieves...I usually am able to get some "inquiries". Depending on the number of bites and the intensity, I can determine whether the fish are in an active, neutral or negative mode, and fine tune my approach accordingly.
But, to shorten what could be a long post, I am so confident in Roadrunners, for all species, that I seldom use anything else unless there are really some special conditions.
Where we fish the most...Saguaro Lake, near Phoenix...we have had days in which we have taken seven or more species on the same Roadrunner, fished the same way. And, the ones we use the most are about 1/16 oz. on size 6 hooks, with small nickle blades. The fish run from six inch sunfish to ten pound channel cats...and twenty pound carp...all on light gear and 4# line.
On Deer Creek, I have taken three species of trout, whitefish, carp, perch, sunfish, walleye, smallies and largies...both in open water and through the ice. Oh yeah, I have hung a few aggressive crawdads too. I don't think I ever caught all of them in one day, but once you find where the fish are, you can usually do some damage.
I admit that I catch most of my fish on Roadrunners because that is what I fish most. DUH.
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