jerseycat9
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« on: February 10, 2007, 01:03:32 PM » |
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How long should we stick with a spot before we move? And what should we consider when moving
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WVBowhunter
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« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2007, 03:02:22 PM » |
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Well if I'm flatheading, I generally wont move for 24 hrs, if channel and blue cat fishing it kinda depends on the faith I have in a spot...maybe an hour or two
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flathunter
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« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2007, 03:52:14 PM » |
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Most of my fishing is done from the bank, so that makes moving alot harder than if boat fishing..If I am in a spot that has produced in the past I will stay there the whole time, especially for flatheads.
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jerseycat9
flathead catfish
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« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2007, 04:23:24 PM » |
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Ive noticed if the river is high and muddy And I dont find fish within a half hour they aint there and aint coming till the water drops. But when the river is flooded I move around a lot till I find where they are holding and then it becomes non stop for as long as they are feeding
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Doug158
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« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2007, 06:54:04 PM » |
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If I am fishing holes in the River I give it 30 min's on the Lake I will give it 45 to an hour before moving :wink: :grin:
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« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2007, 10:15:46 PM » |
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In the lake I give it 30 minutes with no bites and move. If I'm bank fishing it's to much trouble to move and set up so I stay put.
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Nightfisher
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« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2007, 04:49:06 PM » |
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Up to an hour with no bites. If getting bites a couple hours. If catching fish and getting steady bites, I'll sit on a spot for hours.
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SuperDave
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« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2007, 10:51:07 PM » |
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It all depends on if Im fishing from a boat or from the bank,and what species Im targeting.I will sit a spot longer for flatheads from the bank,but after trying different presentations and baits,if I dont get any hits I move and try to locate actively feeding fish.If the fish are there and feeding,it dosent normally take long. :grin: Instead of waiting for the fish find my baits, I take the baits to the fish.
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MadKatter
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« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2007, 09:32:13 AM » |
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from a the bank ill set from dusk til dawn and somtimes longer if i have faith in my spot,from a boat generally 45min-1hr.
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Esdaddy
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« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2007, 10:00:32 AM » |
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i guess im a lil more patient or lazy...lol... if in a boat...i like to give it an hour or two.... on the bank depends on if its a know producing spot if it usually is ill only stay a few hours but if i have all my gear i usually stay till set up till couple hours after sun up...and when moving look for the same thing that brought you tho the other place .....structure and such..... some times i can fish one spot and tear them up all night then nothing the next time then sometimes maybe the last of 8 hours so its trial and error...and depending on the fish...for channels i tend to move more than the flathead ill stay a lot longer for them..
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« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2007, 10:02:49 AM » |
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If i'm out for flatheads i'll stay put till the cows come home, no offense Grumpy. If i'm looking for channels i might give it an hour or 2
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PaLonestar
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« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2007, 05:52:17 PM » |
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I mostly fish from the bank so I will break the day in three parts. I find a place and I will fish it for about a third of the plan fishing day. If I am getting bites then I stay. If I am getting no bites then I move to a different place for the second part of the day. Same rule for the third part of the day.
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RamRod
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« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2007, 07:59:31 PM » |
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I'm constantly moving, since most of my fishing is done by drifting. You cover a lot more of an area this way.
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JimHS
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« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2007, 09:49:20 PM » |
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15 minutes. If they don't want to eat I'm gone. Where I fish though there is an awful lot of bank access. When I'm in my boat I do the same thing. I figure if they can't find my baits in 15 mintues there is something wrong or they just aren't there, so I keep moving until I find hungry ones. I'm fishing for channels, so I guess that would make a difference. We don't have Blues (I don't think) and the Flatheads I really haven't tried to fish for yet.
Jim :lol:
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splitnixonfan
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« Reply #14 on: April 19, 2007, 09:47:23 PM » |
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channels i move often when the bite falls or when its just not there from the get go i kind look at that as fishing for bluegills
shovelheads ill tend to just camp the spot i hate moving i must have had faith in the spot for some reason to be there so i like to be there before dark and leave well after morning if its all good then move and fish for channels then do the same thing in a diffrent spot the next night but that all seems to change in weather and hunger and what not :grin: :grin: 8)
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