fishinlegend
8/16/2021 7:01:16 PMJust curious about your 2ft leader comment. What is the significance of using a leader of 2ft or shorter?
Walleyemark1
8/17/2021 11:53:20 AMFISHINLEGEND - I was running about a 4ft leader on my smile blade and my buddy was using a 2ft leader; we were using the same colors. He was getting hits pretty consistently while I was getting zip. Once I changed to a shorter leader it was game-on. The eyes were holding tight to the bottom and wouldn't hit anything unless it was close to the bottom bouncer. Doesn't make much sense but it worked.
Walleyemark1
8/17/2021 11:54:27 AMThat little wally gave a heck of a fight. When Mike saw it he said we're gonna need a bigger boat!
ifightnerdz
8/20/2021 9:31:16 AMA shorter leader changes the movement of the spinner rig. You see this in Kokanee fishing with people going from 2 ft to 8 inch leaders during certain times of the year.
TiredMark
8/21/2021 10:43:08 AMWay to go after the big ones! Finally getting a chance to get out and am headed to Ft Spokane next Monday for a few days. Changed boats so will be busy adjusting to this one. See you up there one of these trips.
Walleyemark1
8/21/2021 4:14:23 PMTiredmark the water level is dropping a little bit every day. I would suggest trying to find some weedbeds or even a mudline. I was out today and it was pretty slow. Most of our fish came out of 30 to 40ft. We were trolling the main river channel above and below buoy 5. Lots of smalleyes and baby smallies. A purple smile blades produced best.