JUST GOT HOME

[Guest]

I just got back today. We went out of Sportsman's. The hot ticket was the plain hook with a Northland RED or BLUE glow stick 32 ft of water 4" off the bottom. The trick here is have one guy using a rattle spoon hit the bottom with the spoon and then let it sit for a few minutes. And repete this action every few minutes. It seems like when you do this it attracts the fish and when they come in to see what all the noise is they see the glow sticks and minnows and hit them. Also I had luck on the Rapala vertical jig the kind that has hooks on the front and the rear with a trebble hook on the under belly black in color, I used a minnow head on the rear hook. GO GET THEM!!!!

[Guest]

Plain hook and a glow stick? Tell me about a glow stick, I'm not familiar with it.

[fiskyknut]

Very interesting<BR>I am not saying I doubt your success, but I tried those darn things last year when they hit the shelves. Had 'em all over the lake, flats, reefs, shoreline sand, all over. I'd guess I spent maybe 30 hours using one with various "old reliable" lures, bare hook, the works. If my memory serves me correct I caught a small sauger and a burbot in all that time! Others I know also had simular results. So tell me, were you putting it right on the hook, or up the line a ways? Since last year I have only used them to lite my icebuster bobbers when it gets dark in the shanty, they work great for that! Did you get any whoppers while you were up?<P>Fisky

[Guest]

This is what I can tell you. <BR> I used the RED and the BLUE I put it right on the hook shaft it was right next to the minnow. To be honest 2 people caught 75 fish in two days. And 70 fish were 13-14 inchers. We did catch 2-2LB fish and 1-3lb.The bigest fish was 4lbs. But if you have fished LOW in the winter and you are not mobile that is what to expect. The only time I have ever caught big fish is in the river or if I had a portable fish house and moved in shallow late in the day or early morning. <BR> As far as where to get the glow sticks try any bait store they should have them if they carry Northland products.

[curt quesnell]

I have had good luck with the glowsticks<BR>fishing for perch and crappies. The fish<BR>would crowd around the glowstick (which I<BR>had a foot above the hook) I would lift<BR>the hook into the cluster of fish and the<BR>bite would come.<P>I always have them handy but dont use them<BR>as much as i should. I think the deep/dark<BR>water on Lake of the Woods would be a good<BR>place to have some "light" workin for you.<P>I will try it this weekend<P>Curt Quesnell