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#555396 - 11/13/09 09:00 AM Plunking Tips *****
Steelheadman Offline
River Nutrients

Registered: 03/15/99
Posts: 4214
Loc: Poulsbo, WA,USA
With all this high water, and rain, I'm in need of some plunking tips.
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#555411 - 11/13/09 10:07 AM Re: Plunking Tips [Re: Steelheadman]
ParaLeaks Offline
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Registered: 01/11/03
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Loc: Olypen
Plunk your butt down, have a beer, watch the boob tube, and tie up gear until the water drops. smile
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#555414 - 11/13/09 10:19 AM Re: Plunking Tips [Re: ParaLeaks]
shinything Offline
Juvenille at Sea

Registered: 09/25/09
Posts: 207
Loc: kitsap
Where you thinking about plunking.location can be more imortant than presentation.Key is knowing travel paths on river.P.m me if it is out on the west end I might be able to help you out.

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#555416 - 11/13/09 10:30 AM Re: Plunking Tips [Re: shinything]
Snake Pliskin Offline
Bead

Registered: 02/13/03
Posts: 1206
Loc: Duvall
Big pyramid sinker, 3-way swivel, 3 feet of leader, spin-n-glow, glob of eggs, chuck it out as far as you can, place bell near rod tip, stick rod in ground holder, sit by fire with several friends, drink Rainier, when sleds go by too close, flip them off, repeat as necessary.

Not trying to be a smart a$$, but that's how I see it done.
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#555420 - 11/13/09 11:02 AM Re: Plunking Tips [Re: Snake Pliskin]
shinything Offline
Juvenille at Sea

Registered: 09/25/09
Posts: 207
Loc: kitsap
High water= fishing at your feet not "as far out as you can"

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#555422 - 11/13/09 11:04 AM Re: Plunking Tips [Re: ParaLeaks]
Driftfishnw Offline
Steelhead Hitman

Registered: 02/10/09
Posts: 2026
Originally Posted By: Slab Happy
Plunk your butt down, have a beer, watch the boob tube, and tie up gear until the water drops. smile


+50

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#555423 - 11/13/09 11:06 AM Re: Plunking Tips [Re: Snake Pliskin]
DrifterWA Offline
River Nutrients

Registered: 04/25/00
Posts: 5074
Loc: East of Aberdeen, West of Mont...
Plunking tip....."Higher the water, the closer to shore"....remember this, can't tell you the amount of times these 6 words paid off with fish and strange looks from the "cluck it out as far as you can" clans.

Objective is not to show your "casting skills", object is to get your terminal gear in the most highly possible fish lanes.
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#555429 - 11/13/09 11:31 AM Re: Plunking Tips [Re: DrifterWA]
STRIKE ZONE Offline
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Registered: 08/09/00
Posts: 12107
Loc: Hobart,Wa U.S.A
Like said above stay home & tie gear or cast real close to the shore.Good luck,
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#555438 - 11/13/09 11:50 AM Re: Plunking Tips [Re: STRIKE ZONE]
Castingpearls Offline
Repeat Spawner

Registered: 03/26/08
Posts: 1257
Loc: The Rock
Mainline to 3 way swivel. 12" leader to double spin glo's off the middle ring (add lots of scent), and a 14" leader to another 3 way off the bottom ring. 12" leader to spin glo with eggs. Pyramid sinker clipped to the bottom ring.

Find a bubble line and cast inside of it.

2 stick method for rod holders. Lay rod nearly parallel with ground, light drag. Bell on front stick.

Build fire, wittle some wood, cook venison, enjoy.

I like the flipping off the sleds that come by too close also.

Don't forget to toss sticks on your buddies rod and "ring his bell".

Having a spare bell in your pocket is also good for getting your buddies up and running. Good stuff.

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#555442 - 11/13/09 12:11 PM Re: Plunking Tips [Re: Castingpearls]
shinything Offline
Juvenille at Sea

Registered: 09/25/09
Posts: 207
Loc: kitsap
I still think that the biggest steelhead every year are caught by the plunkers not the guys in there living rooms tying gear.This comes from a couple of years of interaction with a very friendly fish checker on the Hoh.The plunkers kicked ass.

edit:When the river is coming DOWN and the fish are swimming up,The current is up and visibility down.I believe the guy with his presentation parked in the fish lane has a better chance at a fish seeing,smelling and taking interest than the guy who is A: in office giving out free advice like myself or B:swinging his presentation down river,opposite direction the migrating fish is swimming.



Edited by shinything (11/13/09 12:24 PM)

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#555454 - 11/13/09 12:56 PM Re: Plunking Tips [Re: shinything]
Brewer Offline
2112

Registered: 01/11/07
Posts: 4996
Loc: in the mass production zone
i've seen winter steelhead plunk caught the length of the rod out. and at a boat launch. no joke at the boat launch. the family got 3 that day.
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#555548 - 11/13/09 06:29 PM Re: Plunking Tips [Re: Castingpearls]
Direct-Drive Offline
ExtenZe Field Tester

Registered: 11/10/09
Posts: 8060
Loc: Vancouver, WA
Originally Posted By: Castingpearls


Build fire, wittle some wood, cook venison, enjoy.

I like the flipping off the sleds that come by too close also.

Don't forget to toss sticks on your buddies rod and "ring his bell".

Having a spare bell in your pocket is also good for getting your buddies up and running. Good stuff.

Gotta have a blue tarp in case the shack needs patching and some pallets from the back of Safeway are always handy if the driftwood runs out.
Rubber mallet, because I hate the sound of a 4# maul on a steel stake.

You can pass as a taco man with a bell on your rod tip and one in your pocket smile


Oh yeah, short cast unless there's a girl around and you want to show off your railroad spike launching capabilities.
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#555563 - 11/13/09 06:57 PM Re: Plunking Tips [Re: Direct-Drive]
Castingpearls Offline
Repeat Spawner

Registered: 03/26/08
Posts: 1257
Loc: The Rock
Originally Posted By: Direct-Drive


You can pass as a taco man with a bell on your rod tip and one in your pocket smile



Correction, only crackers have the bell attatched to the rod tip, mine is carefully placed on the front stick just up from the "V".

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#555574 - 11/13/09 07:15 PM Re: Plunking Tips [Re: Castingpearls]
Direct-Drive Offline
ExtenZe Field Tester

Registered: 11/10/09
Posts: 8060
Loc: Vancouver, WA
Originally Posted By: Castingpearls
Originally Posted By: Direct-Drive


You can pass as a taco man with a bell on your rod tip and one in your pocket smile



Correction, only crackers have the bell attatched to the rod tip, mine is carefully placed on the front stick just up from the "V".

You're right, CP.
I stand corrected smile

Crap, my plunking noobness has been exposed to the world frown
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#555587 - 11/13/09 07:51 PM Re: Plunking Tips [Re: Direct-Drive]
BroodBuster Offline
River Nutrients

Registered: 07/11/04
Posts: 3113
Loc: Bothell, Wa
Add a 2nd swivle about two feet above the 3 way swivle with a bead above it and then once your spin-n-glow/shrimp is set slide a tadpolly down the line with about 2 feet of litre.

Not that I've ever plunked wink
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#555588 - 11/13/09 07:51 PM Re: Plunking Tips [Re: Direct-Drive]
Bob Offline

Dazed and Confused

Registered: 03/05/99
Posts: 6480
Loc: Forks, WA & Soldotna, AK
You know, I'd like to plunk more .... but my liver won't handle it smile
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#555623 - 11/13/09 10:09 PM Re: Plunking Tips [Re: ]
j 7 Offline
Repeat Spawner

Registered: 02/09/07
Posts: 1422
Loc: Your monitor
Some of you guys crack me up. I dont understand what the knock on plunking is all about. I think its a method everyone should know. In a pinch its the most reliable method to catch a fish (hook and line fishing, not explosives, nets, etc.). I dont know the percetage but in know most of all fish spend a lot of time at the bottom of river. In either case you have a weight on your line, an atrractant with a hook, casting it into the river, and waiting for a fish to bite. Or maybe you use harware, bobber fish, or back troll plugs, it dosent matter they all catch fish on the bottom. So the knock must be what you do in the mean time. One guy makes one cast and waits for a fish and another guy makes 20 casts and waits for a fish. ITS THE SAME THING. The more methods you have in your arsenal the greater likleyhood of catching fish.

Its the same with the fly fisherman. I dont get that situation either.

Hooks, line, rods, and reels. Its all the same to me.
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#555627 - 11/13/09 10:21 PM Re: Plunking Tips [Re: j 7]
ParaLeaks Offline
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Registered: 01/11/03
Posts: 10513
Loc: Olypen
J7...Hell everything gets a good knocking around here. smile Doesn't matter what you say, someone will knock it, then maybe a couple of someones.....it don't mean nothin'.

It's diversity, dude! Oh, and if you have trouble with diversity or are delicate, there's always the ignore button. rofl

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#555630 - 11/13/09 10:48 PM Re: Plunking Tips [Re: ParaLeaks]
j 7 Offline
Repeat Spawner

Registered: 02/09/07
Posts: 1422
Loc: Your monitor
Tackle segregation (especially on those rough trips) and diversity. Thats what I'm all about. Its a wave thats sweepin' cross the nation.
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#555631 - 11/13/09 10:54 PM Re: Plunking Tips [Re: j 7]
ParaLeaks Offline
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Registered: 01/11/03
Posts: 10513
Loc: Olypen
smile I always keep my tackle segregated too......steelhead, salmon, trout, wife's....you know.
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