Saugers
Been trying a new section of river the past 2 weekends and its been working out pretty well for me so far. Learned quite about saugers and what they like/dont like in regards to habitat and fishing techniques. Oddly enough i havent found a bait "too big" for them yet. I rarely ever use any kind of live bait when im jigging the river but i decided i would get some shiners and try a few other methods. These shiners were BIG...i had to modify my stinger hooks but them little suckers still inhaled them!
over the past 2 weekends, ive boated 30+ saugers...brought home 9 keepers and a bonus 2lb + walleye today. Hung and lost several heavy fish too. Both trips out, hit the water at sun up....fish were spotty and scattered until about 10 both days then it was like a switch flipped. I dont know if they just showed up or decided on a late breakfast or what but they were hitting good. Still plenty of short strikers as usual sauger fishing goes, but i think with a little more tweaking of my stinger, that should fix that. The fish today came from a small, small little stretch of water maybe 50 yards long. Upriver=no fish, down river=no fish if i was to close too the bank or too far from it=no fish. Kinda crazy! the depth was all the same and the bottom content at least all felt the same....just a smooth gravel bottom.
But if you got on just the right drift...SMACK!
Love my river fishin'
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