Run and Gun

[Ozzy169]

I've been talking to some of the "locals" around the area and hearing mixed reveiws. there is a technique I'm going to start using more often, "Running and Gunning" means fishing a snag for 20 minutes , no bites, go to the next, fish for 20 minutes and so on and so forth till you catch a fish then work it for 20 minutes and no more bites go to the next. Hearing guys with 15-20 fish days (4-6 hour days)!!!! Flatheads and Channels are being caught, early mornings towards deeper water @%_#) foot range. Have to start to perfect this method today maybe? oh by the way CUTBAIT

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Get 'er done

[vern]

Hey Ozzy169, that's the way I do it when I'm channel cat fishing. If the cats are there and hungry they should bite in 5 or 10 minutes. It's a little tough to find enough good snags on the big river, but on some smaller rivers or sections there's wood or some kind of structure every 100 yards or so. I like fishing 3 or 4 miles of a smaller river & hitting all the good looking spots for about 10 minutes each. I hardly ever fish a snag more than 20 minutes unless I run out of spots and I know it's a good one. You just keep moving and catch the active fish. For flatheads I usually wait it out & fish 1 or 2 good spots a night. Vern

[DARK30]

I think I would try that for Channels more than Flatheads unless your sure you could winch a big Flat out of the snag.

The people I"ve talked with that "run and gun" use VHL (very heavy line) and a shorter HD salt water rod. You can't let the fish go anywhere but up....and a 40lb plus fish is gonna have other ideas.

WET NETS

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[Guest]

That is typically how I like to fish too.Rather than 20 minutes its a cold drink per spot or two smokes which ever comes first.I did get into some fish the other night upstream from Belle Plain.Most fish came from current edges at the head of the hole.
Like DARK said I do tend to sit a little longer when targeting flatheads.I will sometimes sit for an hour before giving up. on that spot.