Tablerock said:
Ozark.... Were you using Fireline ?? Just wondering.
TR - Naw, that was the problem. Before last week's unsuccessful bass trip, I had replaced my frayed, fuzzy Fireline with 10 lb. Stren flourescent 'cause we were using a black light on that trip.
When we got to the walleye hole, I found my friend was using 4 lb. Fireline. In slow-trolling, he was bumping the bottom and I wasn't - the thick 10 lb. line was holding my lure up too high even when I let the whole spool out.
After he caught two keepers and I had no bites, I re-spooled one medium-light spinning rig with 6 lb. Berkeley Sensation, which I had on the boat.
That got me down deeper, and I actually caught most of the fish - but the Sensation has a lot of stretch to it. I bet I would have felt those walleye bites with Fireline, and that's what I'll have on the spool for my next trip there.
I think my friend's 4 lb. test is a little too light, though. He got down in the rocks and broke off a lot, and an unknown very big fish (big flathead, I think) spooled him and broke off while I was trying to get the motor started to chase it. I'll be using 8 lb. Fireline next time, which is just the diameter of 3 lb. monofilament anyway.
