TheCream
06-01-2008, 01:31 PM
Because you just never know what is going to be on the end of your line next, that's why. A buddy and I went on an afternoon excursion below a dam on the river yesterday. The conditions were not that great, lots of current (releasing a lot of H2O at the dam), extremely high winds, and cloudy water. We were targeting sauger for the first part of the outing, and I felt a sharp tap on my jig. I was using a perch colored Berkley Realistix minnow bait on a jig head, usually deadly on sauger. I set the hook on my UL rig, and the fish didn't move, so I knew I had something heavy. The fish headed out towards deeper water, peeling lots of line. I only have 4lb test on that rig. As I was about to tell my buddy we were going to have to chase the fish, I finally got him turned around a little. When I got it to the surface, here's what I had:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i58/creamernator/100_0280.jpg
Sure, drum are regarded as a "trash fish," but I got a great fight on light line. It doesn't seem to matter what species you target, you are going to catch a variety. On this trip alone I caught smallmouth bass, sauger, drum, a small shovelhead cat, white bass, and a few small hybrid stripers. On top of these, my buddy added channel cat and skipjack to the list. 8 different species on one afternoon trip. :biggrin:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i58/creamernator/100_0280.jpg
Sure, drum are regarded as a "trash fish," but I got a great fight on light line. It doesn't seem to matter what species you target, you are going to catch a variety. On this trip alone I caught smallmouth bass, sauger, drum, a small shovelhead cat, white bass, and a few small hybrid stripers. On top of these, my buddy added channel cat and skipjack to the list. 8 different species on one afternoon trip. :biggrin: