What I am looking for this time of year is deep water in the mouth to at least halfway to the back where it could shallow up. Docks or other cover close by is always a plus but isn’t always a must have.
I always look for creeks that have the main river channel close to the mouth a confluence of both the creek and river channel is a bonus.
Quickly and Safely Peg A Weight: I have been using these rubber bobber stoppers for a while now, and I’m finding that not a lot of people have used these great little tools.
There is a loop on the stopper with the rubber piece above it, slide your line thru the hole, the pull the plastic circular disk away from you while holding both the stopper and the rubber stopper.
Fishing into the wind does a lot of things for the angler, but I think the most important is the minimization of the bow in the fishing line created by the wind. Fishing with the wind can create as much bow in the line as fishing perpendicular to the wind, only problem is that it is far less noticeable to the angler and much harder to detect. It may be overcome with going with a heavier weighted bait, but this has its own inherent problems. Like these at Stockton in Missouri.
The Alabama Rig This has been the rage for the last few months and has won a lion’s share of the biggest tournaments on the FLW trail.
All sorts of shapes and sizes of this combination are coming into play. Saltwater guys will recognize this as a traditional umbrella rig that has been downsized for the black bass species.
Multiple baits create a small school of prey that appear to be wounded or 1 big easy meal!
