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Hook Rigging for Small Plugs?

by JD on October 27, 2008

JD

On your idea of using a #50 hot shot for spring Chinook: When you change out the hook and use the barrel swivel– do you remove the split ring and attach the barrel swivel directly to the screw eye? Or do you attach the barrel swivel to the split ring?

Thanks, Chris

Hey Chris, I take a small set of needle nose pliers and open the screw eye on the plug and attach the swivel there. With a split ring and barrel swivel, run you run the risk of adversely affecting the plugs action.

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Spring Shad Fishing 101

by JD on March 31, 2008

big-shadSpring’s here and that means it’s time for American Shad! Here’s a quick crash course on just exactly what these things are…and how to catch ‘em: [click to continue…]

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Spring Surf Perch Fishing

by JD on March 9, 2008

Surf perch

Spring’s here and that means it’s surf perch time all up and down the West Coast. From Baja to Washington State, these little bad boys will congregate along sandy beaches and you can have a ball catching them on light gear.

Here’s how to do it…
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Spring Steelhead on the American River

by JD on March 22, 2001

The mere mention of steelhead fishing often conjures up images of storm-gray skies and furious rain that defies gravity and falls sideways; glacial wind that bores though as many layers of Gore-Tex and Polar Fleece that you care to throw in its path; benumbed digits incapable of tying the most simple fishing knots; long hours spent on the water without a shred of evidence that even a single fish exists in the river and high, turbid water that seems to ooze, rather than flow, along its streambed. Winter steelhead fishing is definitely not for the faint of heart nor the weekend warrior. It’s serious stuff that requires dedication (some may call it stupidity).
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