01-21-2003, 02:25 PM
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629]OK, WH2, I’ll show you my secret. Better yet, I’ll tell you it first so you can practice it at home before you go because it can be a little tricky for the first timer. [/#122629][/size][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629]I’m going tell you right now, that rock is the best way to get cisco. You’re saying what? A rock? Yup, a rock. Go ahead laugh, get it out of your system…[/#122629][/size][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629]Now, everyone is out there with every jig you can imagine in every configuration possible trying to snag cisco but I’m just gonna have to tell you, it ain’t the best method to get’em. Most guys are out there using that jerk/jig/snag thing, rippin’ that hook through the water at mach 2 trying to hook them little fish and you know what it works but it also just rips your bait up something fierce. Blood, fish guts and eggs, and anything else you can imagine that can come out of those little citters.[/#122629][/size][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629]I, on the other hand, have devised a method that keeps the bait intact without any open wounds that can contaminate the bait in anyway and it’s a more humane way than this barbaric snagging that cause undue stress and pain on your cisco. Remember happy bait is good bait![/#122629][/size][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629]The first thing you need to do is get a good sinker. Not just any old sinker but one of those trolling sinkers or torpedo sinkers with a loop on both ends. It don’t matter how heavy it is but you want it kinda heavy, about 1 ½ ounces or so. Attach a big ole (but legal) treble hook to it by any means possible. A snap, or a split ring or just anything that will keep that hook attached to the sinker. [/#122629][/size][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629]Tie this to the end of your line but make sure you got a good stout pole. I’ll explain why later but tie a good knot cause it’s got to hold some weight. Now you’re ready to get you some cisco.[/#122629][/size][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629]Drop that big snagging jig down to the bottom of the lake and start feeling around and snag you a good heavy rock. If it don’t feel heavy enough, shake it off and snag you another. That’s the reason for the heavy pole. You got to be able to jig your rock! Now I can hear you now sayin’ “What in the world does snagging a rock have to do with getting cisco?”. Just hold on, I’m getting there, Hoss.[/#122629][/size][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629]Now that you got your rock ready you need to start jigging that rock. Lift it up about 2 to 3 feet and let it fall but don’t let it hit the bottom. Stop it short. What you’re trying to do is bonk the ciscos on the head to knock’em out but if you go to the bottom you end up smashing the poor things and then they’re useless as bait. [/#122629][/size][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629]See, when you bonk’em on the head, it knocks’em out and they float right to the top. That’s when you use them long handle nets to scoop'em up. And you thought they were just for shallow dip net. The reason the handles are long is so you can get the ones that float up out of reach of the boat. Keep doing this until you’ve got enough for your limit. When you’re done, release your rock and you can catch it next year.[/#122629][/size][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#122629][size 3]With this proven method you have no big gashing holes in your bait and the ciscos will never know what hit’em and they die happy fish which make happy bait. So go ahead and try this out and improve your chances to make better bait.[/size][/#122629][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629]I’m going tell you right now, that rock is the best way to get cisco. You’re saying what? A rock? Yup, a rock. Go ahead laugh, get it out of your system…[/#122629][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629][/#122629][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629]Now, everyone is out there with every jig you can imagine in every configuration possible trying to snag cisco but I’m just gonna have to tell you, it ain’t the best method to get’em. Most guys are out there using that jerk/jig/snag thing, rippin’ that hook through the water at mach 2 trying to hook them little fish and you know what it works but it also just rips your bait up something fierce. Blood, fish guts and eggs, and anything else you can imagine that can come out of those little citters.[/#122629][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629][/#122629][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629]I, on the other hand, have devised a method that keeps the bait intact without any open wounds that can contaminate the bait in anyway and it’s a more humane way than this barbaric snagging that cause undue stress and pain on your cisco. Remember happy bait is good bait![/#122629][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629][/#122629][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629]The first thing you need to do is get a good sinker. Not just any old sinker but one of those trolling sinkers or torpedo sinkers with a loop on both ends. It don’t matter how heavy it is but you want it kinda heavy, about 1 ½ ounces or so. Attach a big ole (but legal) treble hook to it by any means possible. A snap, or a split ring or just anything that will keep that hook attached to the sinker. [/#122629][/size][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629]Tie this to the end of your line but make sure you got a good stout pole. I’ll explain why later but tie a good knot cause it’s got to hold some weight. Now you’re ready to get you some cisco.[/#122629][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629][/#122629][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629]Drop that big snagging jig down to the bottom of the lake and start feeling around and snag you a good heavy rock. If it don’t feel heavy enough, shake it off and snag you another. That’s the reason for the heavy pole. You got to be able to jig your rock! Now I can hear you now sayin’ “What in the world does snagging a rock have to do with getting cisco?”. Just hold on, I’m getting there, Hoss.[/#122629][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629][/#122629][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629]Now that you got your rock ready you need to start jigging that rock. Lift it up about 2 to 3 feet and let it fall but don’t let it hit the bottom. Stop it short. What you’re trying to do is bonk the ciscos on the head to knock’em out but if you go to the bottom you end up smashing the poor things and then they’re useless as bait. [/#122629][/size][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629]See, when you bonk’em on the head, it knocks’em out and they float right to the top. That’s when you use them long handle nets to scoop'em up. And you thought they were just for shallow dip net. The reason the handles are long is so you can get the ones that float up out of reach of the boat. Keep doing this until you’ve got enough for your limit. When you’re done, release your rock and you can catch it next year.[/#122629][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3][#122629][/#122629][/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][#122629][size 3]With this proven method you have no big gashing holes in your bait and the ciscos will never know what hit’em and they die happy fish which make happy bait. So go ahead and try this out and improve your chances to make better bait.[/size][/#122629][/font]
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