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#133638 - 01/05/02 01:02 PM Have You Ever??
screaminreelron Offline
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Registered: 01/19/00
Posts: 92
Loc: Roy,Wa
Was just thinkin (now that always gets me in trouble), why not use a float when boondawglin or side driftin? I am thinkin your driftin along at currentspeed, your bait is suspended just right, no drag from weights or currents. What could be better? Has anyone ever tried it or am I full of hot air. Let me no?? Thanks
(PS. Next time i am out I am going to try it and I let you-all know how it works out.) eek

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#133639 - 01/05/02 02:19 PM Re: Have You Ever??
bardo Offline
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Registered: 11/21/01
Posts: 304
Loc: union wa
thats the way they have been fishing in canada for years. works very well in rivers with rocky bottoms.it will work great

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#133640 - 01/05/02 03:00 PM Re: Have You Ever??
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It all boils down to this - I'm right, everyone else is wrong, and anyone who disputes this is clearly a dumbfuck.

Registered: 03/07/99
Posts: 16958
Loc: SE Olympia, WA
ron,

It's a great way to present a bait or jig, but it's kind of "labor intensive", meaning you have to adjust your float to match the depth of the water time and time again. My buddy and I started fishing this way a few years back and we do very well with either bait or a jig under a float. It keeps you busy adjusting the depth of your offering, but in rivers with grabby bottoms you can't beat staying right off the bottom and away from shale, boulders, and other assorted gear-grabbers. The nice part is being able to use the boat to extend that "dead" drift way down a slot, especially if the run has a pretty consistent depth.

Give it a try..........you might be pleasantly surprised. cool

[ 01-05-2002: Message edited by: Dan S. ]
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#133641 - 01/05/02 08:44 PM Re: Have You Ever??
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I got an idea that would be even better than the one I posted about getting 2 depths out of a single float drift. But this one will be a real challenge to make. The person who invents it will be living next door to Bill Gates, and often be yachting the Inside Passage with a crane lowered jetsled to fish all the rivers on the way up. eek ...

Invent a feasbly priced float that will keep your bait a set distance off the bottom, one foot or whatever you want to set it at, as it drifts down over uneven river bottom. It would need to have a small cadium battery to operate a cheap tiny chip board mini-sonar and a battery operated mini line winch to accomplish that. You would need to use strong 40 lb. superbraid line with it so as not to lose an expensive item such as this to snags - only losing the hook and leader; or run after it if it breaks off but floats. Could such an awesome fishing float be manufactured? [We don't think so Steve] Hey, there's that voice again confused How much would it cost? [TOO DAMN MUCH YA IDIOT] You don't have to yell! ... I WANT several of them! Even at about $19.95 a pop. smile [ rolleyes ]

RT

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