Glad you are posting again. From speckled trout to rainbow trout.
@jeraldali924
6 жыл бұрын
Chris, good to see you! where are you fishing? TIGHT LINES!!!
@OnDayFiveFishing
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks. This is part of the Chattahoochee below Buford Dam.
@iamremy-kl3xm
6 жыл бұрын
Great Video... get on them crappies too!!!
@RealisticFishing
6 жыл бұрын
OD5 in the house 👍
@bills1613
6 жыл бұрын
You are 100% right about learning from others/locals! I live in the NC Appalachian foothills near the VA border and have fished the entire area for 1/2 century now. Probably 90 to 95% of the rainbow I've caught has been caught with sweet corn right out of a can, Jolly Green kind or your local store brand it doesn't matter, just canned sweet corn. They love it here! I don't know what your local laws are in GA. I know NC/VA gets a little funny with natural vs artificial baits at certain times of the year at certain locations. So if sweet corn is good where you are, try it! Put a kernel or two on that Rooster Tail, or load a kernel or two on that tiny hook you were showing, I've had some success with those, all the way to a #6 leadered hook which is my favorite loaded up with corn, and you can even slide a egg or two on it if it makes you feel good! I've even 'seen' a couple caught with earthworms, but I've always filled my stringers using corn one way or another. I've tried all the usual stuff and all the advertised junk, and all the claimed stuff from different people but when I want a stringer full of rainbow I open a can of corn! When forced to use artificial bait I go Rooster Tail with the treble hook, everybody's got their favorite colors. I think in 50 years I've caught ONE trout on a salmon egg! The stores all carry them, you always here people talk about them, but I've never seen anyone else catch anything with an egg and like I said I've hooked 1 in almost 50 years or fishing. Maybe they where you are but it's a waste here. I'm going to pass a trick to you that an older Gent showed me when I was a kid; take that Rooster Tail and put a small hunk of Velveta cheese on that thing and it drives em crazy here. Don't know why, but I've done it and it's worked for me! He had a trick of putting the cheese in a tiny square of cloth, I think to get it to stay on the hook, but I just put the cheese on the hook and let it ride. Take care Brother, and lots of luck!!! I'm curious to see what them Georgia trout eat!
@OnDayFiveFishing
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks. What you shared was awesome. Thank you. Tell me more about that weighted hook. I will start keeping corn with me too.
@bills1613
6 жыл бұрын
On Day Five Fishing You're welcome. I'm not sure what weighted hook you're talking about but I'll set up the rig for you, here goes; First, your light tackle is fine. Don't let anybody tell you differently. All I've EVER used is a Zebco 202 rod reel combo from Walmart or Kmart, all you need period. Don't let somebody talk you into wasting your money. Whatchu got is fine, as long as you like it. Next, get you a pack of swivels with the clasp hook thingy, not the double loop kind (well those can work too, but the clasp thing is just quicker). Next, a pack of split-shot lead sinkers. I don't know the weight or size to tell you, I just know them when I see them in the pack. I don't use the tiny"BB" size, I come up a size or two from there, it's not critical. Next, get a pack of #6 leadered hooks (the 'snelled hooks with about a 6 or 8 inches of line with a loop tied in the top end). Eagle Claw if you prefer brand names, or what's cheapest is usually what I use, they usually come about six or so to a pack. You could go a little bigger than no 6 but we'll discuss that later. Lastly, get a pack of 'floats' or 'bobbers'. I prefer the red and white plastic ones vs the cork or Styrofoam with the stick through them (even though I suppose they could work, but I've found the round plastic ones to work very well and they're cheap). Now, start by tieing the swivel on the end of your line with whatever knot that you like, just so it'll hold a couple lb fish. I've used 'granny knots' who cares, right? Another thing about the swivel; if you're concerned about (or if somebody tells you) not to use one because the fish will see it and be scared away then just use the black ones, but I've filled stringers using the shiny brassy looking things before anyone around here ever heard of the black ones, so just do whatever makes you feel good. The black ones probably would be better but who knows. Oh, also, just get the smaller ones (maybe not the tinie-tiniest ones), but the small ones cause we're not after whales. I'll explain why the swivels a little later. Next, just put a leadered hook onto the swivel... easy Just stick the swivel hook through the loop at the top of the leader and clasp it closed. Nothin fancy. Next, put a split-shot sinker or two somewhere low on your setup. I generally prefer to put one or two on the leader itself near tne top where it connects to the swivel. The whole idea is to get the baited hook to sink to depth and stay submerged, Also a little weight to aid in casting, also theoretically a little weight at the far end of your rig should help keep things straight and help prevent tangling (while casting, etc.) If you feel like you need more weight for casting just add more, maybe just above the swivel. Experiment and figure out what works well for you. Next, put your bobber 3, 4, 5, or however many feet above your hook. Finally, load that hook up with corn and cast! Reasons and Explanations: The swivel -some people love them, some hate them. Me, I'm lazy about tieing knots so I love them! One of the reasons this is important is that trout are famous for swallowing the hook (especially with this type of rig) and getting 'gut hooked' and this little easy on and off swivel-clasp thingy makes it quick and easy to just pop that leader off, leave the hook in the fish, pop another leader-hook back on and keep fishing! Otherwise you're going to have to try to get the hook out of his gut, or cut your line and tie on a new hook every other fish that you catch. Also now you see the importance of using a leadered hook! Size #6 hook? - It's not totally critical, it's just the sweet spot that I've found for trout here. Some people love those tiny-tiny-tiny ones, I dont. With those you can only put a very small amount of bait on them for one reason; and two, they're either going to swallow (or attempt to swallow) the hook gut-hooking themselves, or worst of all you're going to miss setting the hook (for multiple reasons)! Either way, even though some people choose them, I find them far more problematic than productive (and mainly just a gimic!), and I'm there to CATCH fish not feed them! Also, like I said you can move up or maybe (just MAYBE) down a little in hook size. It just depends on the critters in the waters there. I've just found the #6 to be the sweet spot for me. Some experimentation may be in order if you feel like you're missing too many nibbles. Sinkers? You're not going to need a pound of lead to cast this rig! You're mostly going to be working close to the shore relatively speaking. You're not trying to throw past the breakers! Split-shot sinkers allow you to be easily (did I mention I'm lazy?) flexible in finding where you like to weight your rig. You want just enough weight to submerge and hold your baited hook at depth. The split-shot allows you to put some weight close enough to your bait to accomplish this without having to rig up some complex ordeal like a surf fishing rig. The Bobber? Even in moving water such as rivers and creeks??? Yep! OK, what's that about? You're accomplishing 2 different things; 1) did I mention I'm lazy? Well, I'm cheap too! and there are a lot, and I mean A LOT of snags in those rivers and creeks and I don't like losing my gear! Bobbers (or "floats" as we genly call them around here) help keep your hook off the bottom. Besides, with only a couple of exceptions, I have never been a fan of bottom fishing in fresh waters. You may experiment and find some exception there that works, who knows, but it's just not been my experience especially for trout. 2) using a bobber allows you to choose at what depth you want to attempt to dangle your bait in front of your intended target! Just depending, I usually set my float about 4 feet or so above my bait. You may definitely want to move that around some. Well, and a 3) you can easily see when you're getting a bite!!! or if he drags that sucker down and around, then you KNOW you got him! They ain't NO shame in that when you puttin fish on your stringer! Kind or size of bobber? Like I said I like the round red/white, round, plastic, ball shaped with the spring loaded push button thingy on top. Simple and easy! Oh, you don't need the ones as big as a baseball. I usually use the ones about as big around as a quarter or half-dollar, just big enough to float your rig and still be visible on top of the water. Any bigger and you may provide too much resistance when the fish is striking your hook. I know they used to come in packs of assorted sizes. You may try that to find the right size for you. And yes, using a bobber/float to keep your hook above the bottom in moving waters means you have to maneuver your rig around some, even reel in and toss it back out to keep it in or moving through the areas you want it, but no where near as much as constantly casting and reeling a lure! Besides in the waters I saw you recon in your last video there shouldn't be a problem. I've successfully fished worse (faster) with this setup. I know this was a long explanation for an extremely simple rig, but I didn't want to confuse or mislead you in some way. It's very similar to what some people might use for bluegill, brim, or crappie except for in all cases a lot of people tend to want to bottom fish (even in still water) which you know I'm not keen on, but if you insist or if you're just allergic to bobbers, I might suggest no weight below the swivel and using something like an egg sinker above the swivel, but I'd give the other setup a try or two first. You can even try loading up that #6 with corn and some of that powerbait you were talking about. Change it up some. Please let me know what you think, if you try it and how it works. God bless you and good luck!
@OnDayFiveFishing
6 жыл бұрын
Bill S Thanks a ton. This is a great post. I’m going to try it all. This will save me some money on the expensive single egg hooks. I have corn on stand by just waiting on the water to clear up as it is currently muddy like chocolate milk.
@bills1613
6 жыл бұрын
On Day Five Fishing I just hope it works for you. The water here is nice now but it's been terrible. It rained so much for so long I thought I was in Vietnam, every day for over two months, floods etc. As a matter of fact I just heard some thunder rumble now. I gave up on artificial baits and lures decades ago for trout. I could catch the occasional fish on a Rooster Tail, but in general they just didn't seem interested - mainly a waste of time, but I could always put a few on if not fill my stringer with corn. BTW, earthworms will work too. I haven't fished at all in a couple/few years except surf fishing Carolina Beach once a year on vacation, but all this talk has got my blood stirring! I reconed my old honey hole the other day and the state has destroyed it by building a big new bridge through there and dumping in those big rocks the size of a VW and letting everything grow into a jungle. They even cut off access to getting downstream from there. And you don't want to fish from this bridge either, unless you got a death wish. And it's just a small country road in the middle of nowhere, so I don't know what that's all about. Oh, while I was standing on the bridge looking around and I saw one of those small (probably 5x5 inch) green and white state Fish & Wildlife signs on a pole down in that big rocky area, so they're still considering it a state game area so if somehow you did repell down in that mess or try to fish off the bridge you'd still be subject to all those screwy restrictions they love here. So I checked a couple of backup spots. One's still looking decent. One's unaccessable now, and the other just doesn't exist anymore and it was the best. A long winding stretch of about a 20 to 30 foot creek that ran beside a nice long stretch of country road for about 5 miles. There was a million places to just pull over and cast in, or you could just start at an old farm driveway bridge and walk it as far as you want, and it even had some native or brook trout in it along with being full of rainbow. Some people had even put out a picnic table or two along some of the more open areas, and it was always kept cleaner than any public or state park I've ever seen. Well it just ain't there anymore, they must have diverted that water somewhere upstream cause it's dry as a bone now, just heartbreaking. Anyway, I'm on a mission now it seems, and I ain't going to one of those pay per pound stocked pond deals either. I don't consider that fishing. Oh anyway again... I've swore off artificial baits for decades but now with the Internet I've been seeing things that have me interested. Of course the power bait stuff you were talking about (the cubed stuff not the stuff you roll into a small dough ball), they even have a yellow one that's corn flavored that I thought was funny. Also the Trout Magnets look interesting, but mostly I'm wanting to try the Berkley pink worms "goofy rigged" , oh and the Mice Tails! They say they are trout crack! Plus it's looking like I could goofy-rig the pink worms and rig the mice tails with the same setup I described for sweet corn so it would be easy to switch back and forth if I like and no extra tackle to buy. I NEVER thought I'd go artificial again but I'm definitely going to try the mice tails and goofy rigged worms if I can ever find another hole, but be certain I'll still have some corn with me just to test against the new stuff and as backup. Good luck, and God bless. Bill
@bills1613
6 жыл бұрын
On Day Five Fishing OD5, did you ever chase down any more those Rainbows?
@daveholland4889
6 жыл бұрын
Welcome back OD5
@OnDayFiveFishing
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@williamlong7450
4 жыл бұрын
saw the thumbnail and got hungry lol
@JeffMadre
6 жыл бұрын
It’s good to see you fishing, catching, and posting videos again! It’ll be fun to see you figure out that fishery, and I expect you’ll do it in record time. Have fun figuring it out.
@OnDayFiveFishing
6 жыл бұрын
Jeff Madre Thanks Jeff. It’ll be a labor of love.
@FishingFinAddict
6 жыл бұрын
Way to grind it out and get some fish!!
@OnDayFiveFishing
6 жыл бұрын
Fishing FinAddict Thanks. I was on a mission.
@atlfisherman3413
6 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to seeing more.
@OnDayFiveFishing
6 жыл бұрын
ATL Fisherman Thanks. I’m looking forward to the adventure.
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