WEBVTT 00:00:01.580 --> 00:00:05.480 It's the Terrible at Fishing radio show on Gold 00:00:05.480 --> 00:00:08.679 Country Radio. Here's your fishing expert and 00:00:08.679 --> 00:00:18.339 host, Michael Raffino. Welcome back to Terrible 00:00:18.339 --> 00:00:22.100 at Fishing, everybody. Well, I am officially 00:00:22.100 --> 00:00:26.160 going to tell you that according to Terrible 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:30.910 at Fishing, and Michael Raffino, your host, fishing 00:00:30.910 --> 00:00:37.929 season has officially begun. The lakes are thawed, 00:00:38.369 --> 00:00:44.590 the lakes are getting stocked, and fish are getting 00:00:44.590 --> 00:00:48.770 caught in a slow way, but they're getting caught. 00:00:49.649 --> 00:00:54.770 Now, I can tell you a secret, you know, and the 00:00:54.770 --> 00:00:58.619 nice thing is only the those listening to this 00:00:58.619 --> 00:01:01.520 program are going to know how to catch a big, 00:01:01.539 --> 00:01:09.560 giant German brown trout. And that is to understand 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:16.340 where and when ODFW is stocking legal size rainbow 00:01:16.340 --> 00:01:21.659 trouts. German brown trouts, they're hungry right 00:01:21.659 --> 00:01:26.329 now, really hungry. And these guys are huge. 00:01:26.329 --> 00:01:29.689 I mean, they're 30 inches, give or take. They 00:01:29.689 --> 00:01:34.090 got mouths like, you know, like a large mouth 00:01:34.090 --> 00:01:38.489 bass in width, but I mean, they got jaws. That'll 00:01:38.489 --> 00:01:41.549 probably outdo a great white or a large mouth 00:01:41.549 --> 00:01:45.189 bass. And they got teeth. I would not suggest 00:01:45.189 --> 00:01:47.950 putting your hand inside a mouth of a brown. 00:01:50.530 --> 00:01:54.719 These guys are looking for a meal. right now. 00:01:56.159 --> 00:02:00.060 And this is, I mean, spring fishing is an incredibly 00:02:00.060 --> 00:02:07.239 rich, tough, strategic fishing. Now, how do you 00:02:07.239 --> 00:02:12.400 catch a big brown? Well, first time at right, 00:02:12.500 --> 00:02:17.539 which is usually within three days of the stock 00:02:17.539 --> 00:02:23.949 of legal size rainbow trouts. So follow those, 00:02:24.229 --> 00:02:28.629 go to ODFW to the fishing and follow where they're 00:02:28.629 --> 00:02:33.069 putting in legals, not trophies, legal size. 00:02:33.990 --> 00:02:37.270 Legal size are, you know, six to 10 inches, you 00:02:37.270 --> 00:02:41.509 know, they're pretty, you know, but they're going 00:02:41.509 --> 00:02:47.349 to put in thousands of them, okay? And that noise, 00:02:47.650 --> 00:02:52.030 you know, fish do make noise. They speak. almost 00:02:52.030 --> 00:02:57.349 in a clicking sound. And when they dump in thousands 00:02:57.349 --> 00:03:05.430 of these fish, it's a ruckus. And we all know 00:03:05.430 --> 00:03:11.490 sound travels in water. It magnifies sound, right? 00:03:12.030 --> 00:03:15.729 So it doesn't matter where they're putting them 00:03:15.729 --> 00:03:20.710 in. The predators are going to hear them in the 00:03:20.710 --> 00:03:22.699 lake. I don't care if they're at the other end 00:03:22.699 --> 00:03:25.479 of the lake, you know, two miles away, they're 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:32.199 going to hear it. This is an amazing ruckus that 00:03:32.199 --> 00:03:36.599 happens and it gets their attention. So for a 00:03:36.599 --> 00:03:41.120 few days, those big predators are going to be 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:45.139 coming up over to that area. Now, like the woods 00:03:45.139 --> 00:03:49.020 last week, got a good stocking at the main ramp. 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:57.460 So if you've ever And they've got their marina 00:03:57.460 --> 00:04:00.159 in right now and they've got some of the rental 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:04.000 boats in so great for them Jade the manager there. 00:04:04.340 --> 00:04:07.539 She is probably the best man marina manager you'll 00:04:07.539 --> 00:04:12.599 ever ever ever have so Hats off to Jade. Good 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:18.829 job girl So the marina is up now They stocked 00:04:18.829 --> 00:04:22.009 over at the main ramp, right? Thousands of these 00:04:22.009 --> 00:04:25.629 things, right? Those things are holding, a lot 00:04:25.629 --> 00:04:28.829 of them are holding underneath the marina. If 00:04:28.829 --> 00:04:30.829 you go to the marina, you'll see a lot of trout. 00:04:32.290 --> 00:04:35.310 Now, do you want to catch rainbow trout? Yeah, 00:04:35.310 --> 00:04:39.670 you might. Me? No. I don't want to catch rainbow 00:04:39.670 --> 00:04:44.089 trout. I want to catch what's eating them. Okay, 00:04:44.110 --> 00:04:47.379 so. Two things are going to want to eat these 00:04:47.379 --> 00:04:50.540 guys German Browns and largemouth bass which 00:04:50.540 --> 00:04:53.899 are super hungry right now, but water is pretty 00:04:53.899 --> 00:04:58.180 cold so More likely you're gonna go for the Browns, 00:04:58.180 --> 00:05:00.360 but if you grab a big largemouth, you know a 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:03.759 seven -pounder You're a happy camper and you're 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:07.339 gonna catch them on the same bait That's the 00:05:07.339 --> 00:05:11.740 cool thing about it. So now what? What type of 00:05:11.740 --> 00:05:13.660 bait are you going to throw? Well, you're going 00:05:13.660 --> 00:05:18.160 to throw a swim bait. Sometimes a glide bait, 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:24.000 a swim bait, something big. I know, I know. But 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:26.319 I mean, you get, there's two ways of fishing 00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:30.500 right now. You can throw a tiny one sixteenth 00:05:30.500 --> 00:05:34.000 of an ounce, you know, spinner and catch rainbow 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:37.819 trout. You can catch those. That's easy. Put 00:05:37.819 --> 00:05:41.189 a jig down there, catch it. Boom. Super easy. 00:05:41.629 --> 00:05:44.649 So if you get frustrated and you aren't catching 00:05:44.649 --> 00:05:49.649 the big babies, you know the big guys Go small 00:05:49.649 --> 00:05:51.490 you're gonna have two rods you're gonna have 00:05:51.490 --> 00:05:54.550 a super heavy and you're gonna have an ultra 00:05:54.550 --> 00:05:56.430 light so those are your two rods you're gonna 00:05:56.430 --> 00:05:59.250 take fishing and That's if you if you're gonna 00:05:59.250 --> 00:06:03.089 get frustrated with not catching a big one now 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:07.120 You're going to throw this thing out. Yeah, now 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:09.139 the nice thing about Brown's they like to hit 00:06:09.139 --> 00:06:13.079 it's sun up and sundown Those are it's that's 00:06:13.079 --> 00:06:17.800 when they are most active So you could switch 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:21.019 your fishing technique, you know a couple hours 00:06:21.019 --> 00:06:24.699 into your fishing day or a couple hours at the 00:06:24.699 --> 00:06:27.860 end of your fishing day And you're going to you're 00:06:27.860 --> 00:06:31.279 going to throw big and you're going to run that 00:06:31.439 --> 00:06:36.600 in an injured pattern. So what do I mean by an 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:41.259 injured pattern? Let it sink to about six to 00:06:41.259 --> 00:06:46.040 ten feet. Okay? Maybe even off the bottom. And 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:48.420 you're going to not give it a steady retrieve. 00:06:48.879 --> 00:06:51.339 You're going to give it a retrieve then stop. 00:06:51.860 --> 00:06:54.779 You're going to give it a few tugs to get it 00:06:54.779 --> 00:06:59.300 to change direction on you, your swim bait. And 00:06:59.300 --> 00:07:03.139 you're just going to you know, give it some erratic 00:07:03.139 --> 00:07:09.019 motion. Let the predator see that this is the 00:07:09.019 --> 00:07:12.399 weak link. They will go for the weak link. And 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:15.259 this is a common thing in the wild. I mean, lions 00:07:15.259 --> 00:07:17.680 don't go for what's in the middle of the herd. 00:07:17.980 --> 00:07:20.439 They go for the stragglers outside of the herd. 00:07:21.180 --> 00:07:25.500 Fish do the same thing. This is exciting, all 00:07:25.500 --> 00:07:29.019 right guys? So you gotta get their first thing, 00:07:29.100 --> 00:07:32.110 you know, sun up. And you got to get there at 00:07:32.110 --> 00:07:34.990 sundown. And the beautiful thing about Lake of 00:07:34.990 --> 00:07:38.509 the Woods, Lake of the Woods is a lake that is 00:07:38.509 --> 00:07:45.610 open 24 hours a day. 24 hours a day. So you can 00:07:45.610 --> 00:07:48.310 fish at midnight if you want. And it's gorgeous 00:07:48.310 --> 00:07:52.910 at midnight. It really is. Lake Serene. The stars 00:07:52.910 --> 00:07:56.329 are abundant above you. They're reflecting off 00:07:56.329 --> 00:08:00.279 of the water. I can't tell you how beautiful 00:08:00.279 --> 00:08:03.420 it is at night, although most of you know that. 00:08:03.939 --> 00:08:08.180 So, but if you do night fishing, make sure that 00:08:08.180 --> 00:08:13.180 you abide by, if you're on a boat or a kayak, 00:08:13.779 --> 00:08:16.660 make sure you got your indicator lights, all 00:08:16.660 --> 00:08:20.560 right? Very, very important. So if there's another 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:23.660 boat out there, they can see you. Or if you're 00:08:23.660 --> 00:08:27.529 in trouble, you can you can go ahead and signal 00:08:27.529 --> 00:08:33.549 a distress. So real important. So. Where was 00:08:33.549 --> 00:08:37.289 I? Oh, yeah, time of day. Brown trout first thing 00:08:37.289 --> 00:08:39.889 in the morning. We're looking, you know, sun 00:08:39.889 --> 00:08:44.470 up half hour before sun up to hour and a half 00:08:44.470 --> 00:08:49.490 after sun up in the morning. So I mean, you're 00:08:49.490 --> 00:08:51.470 going to go out, you're launching in the dark. 00:08:51.929 --> 00:08:55.460 OK. You're going to launch in the dark. And while 00:08:55.460 --> 00:08:58.639 you're trolling, and you're going to be trolling, 00:08:59.320 --> 00:09:05.059 you're going to troll Rainbow Bay. You're trolling 00:09:05.059 --> 00:09:10.419 Rainbow Bay around the lodge point up to Aspen. 00:09:10.919 --> 00:09:13.200 And you're going to come back around. So you're 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:15.460 going to go up and you're going to come back. 00:09:16.179 --> 00:09:22.679 Trolling speed is really important. Do not. Troll 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:26.620 too fast. All right, it's just that You know, 00:09:26.620 --> 00:09:31.200 you know, I'm talking You know dial a one if 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:34.559 you've got a you know, my boat is a sea eagle 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:37.940 fold cat Which I have a story to tell you about 00:09:37.940 --> 00:09:42.519 that this week. I was all excited It's an inflatable 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:45.159 pontoon boat that's 12 a little over 12 feet 00:09:45.159 --> 00:09:52.509 and I have a 40, you know what do you call them 00:09:52.509 --> 00:09:56.750 40 for uh i don't know what it is anyway it's 00:09:56.750 --> 00:09:59.809 a it's a it's the it's a trolling moulder by 00:09:59.809 --> 00:10:02.429 newport my brain's a little broken this week 00:10:02.429 --> 00:10:08.409 had what we call a uh an episode so my brain 00:10:08.409 --> 00:10:12.730 is broken um i get it when i get excited i can 00:10:12.730 --> 00:10:17.169 talk fluidly but if i have to think um i i can't 00:10:17.169 --> 00:10:20.370 so anyway it's a newport it's the it's the biggest 00:10:20.370 --> 00:10:23.559 12 -volt You know trolling motor and I put it 00:10:23.559 --> 00:10:28.259 on a one Okay on my boat and I'm going slow one 00:10:28.259 --> 00:10:31.059 and a half miles an hour. All right It's pretty 00:10:31.059 --> 00:10:34.340 much what I'm doing and at one and a half miles 00:10:34.340 --> 00:10:38.220 an hour I get a good action on my swim bait without 00:10:38.220 --> 00:10:43.820 pulling it up. All right, I pause my boat Every 00:10:43.820 --> 00:10:48.159 once in a while in order to work an area now 00:10:49.070 --> 00:10:53.590 What areas do I work? Good question! Because, 00:10:53.669 --> 00:10:57.649 you know, that's really a good question. They 00:10:57.649 --> 00:11:03.070 stalked at the marina, right? They're holding 00:11:03.070 --> 00:11:07.570 under the marina. If you're going to do some 00:11:07.570 --> 00:11:13.110 pausing and play injured on your bait, you need 00:11:13.110 --> 00:11:17.250 to do it in front of the marina. Alright? That's 00:11:17.250 --> 00:11:20.370 where you need to go. Okay, so you're going to 00:11:20.370 --> 00:11:27.129 you're making this this this this this route 00:11:27.129 --> 00:11:33.330 and I do apologize if I start Stuttering this 00:11:33.330 --> 00:11:39.289 week because of my brain injury But anyway get 00:11:39.289 --> 00:11:43.230 back to this you're going to come around And 00:11:43.230 --> 00:11:45.110 you're going to you're going to be in nine to 00:11:45.110 --> 00:11:48.330 ten feet of water, okay? That's where you want 00:11:48.330 --> 00:11:52.049 to be. Nine to ten feet of water. You want to 00:11:52.049 --> 00:11:56.389 be fishing in that lower third of that water 00:11:56.389 --> 00:11:59.330 column. Okay, so you're going to be working six 00:11:59.330 --> 00:12:03.110 or seven feet deep down to the bottom. That's 00:12:03.110 --> 00:12:09.129 where you want to work. Now why put so much effort 00:12:09.129 --> 00:12:14.090 into catching a brown trout? Well, because brown 00:12:14.090 --> 00:12:19.399 trouts are amazing. fish. Technically, you can 00:12:19.399 --> 00:12:23.039 keep one, okay, from Lake of the Woods, but please 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:25.799 put it back. You know, you're gonna get excited, 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:27.860 and if you go to my YouTube channel, Terrible 00:12:27.860 --> 00:12:32.500 at Fishing, there's me catching a 27 -inch, 9 00:12:32.500 --> 00:12:36.100 -pound monster out of Lake of the Woods. These 00:12:36.100 --> 00:12:40.399 things fight like you've never had a fight. If 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:44.120 you... There's a lot of people in Klamath Falls 00:12:44.120 --> 00:12:47.620 that ocean fish. And so we go over Brookings 00:12:47.620 --> 00:12:52.799 or wherever, Newport, and we go out on a boat 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:55.700 and we go ling cod fishing. Have you ever caught 00:12:55.700 --> 00:12:59.340 a ling cod? If you've caught a ling cod, you 00:12:59.340 --> 00:13:03.899 understand a German Brown. They have very, very 00:13:03.899 --> 00:13:07.179 similar fights. These guys play tug of war with 00:13:07.179 --> 00:13:13.950 you. They do not. you know, do what a rainbow 00:13:13.950 --> 00:13:21.389 trout does or a bass does. Bass will shake your 00:13:21.389 --> 00:13:25.590 hook out of their mouth. A rainbow trout will 00:13:25.590 --> 00:13:28.370 break surface and fly through the air, shaking 00:13:28.370 --> 00:13:30.850 their mouth in order to create slack and kicking 00:13:30.850 --> 00:13:33.610 the hook out of their mouth. Not these guys. 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:38.320 They think they're Hulk Hogan or the Rock. You 00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:41.759 know, they think they can play tug of war with 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:47.820 you and they are just pulling on you and you're 00:13:47.820 --> 00:13:51.080 pulling back. This is real important to understand 00:13:51.080 --> 00:13:58.080 your line and your drag. So set your drag to 00:13:58.080 --> 00:14:01.659 just under your line's tolerance. All right. 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:08.049 So you're throwing I mean, you're throwing a 00:14:08.049 --> 00:14:13.190 two ounce bait, maybe six ounce bait. Now I've 00:14:13.190 --> 00:14:17.370 got, you know, 30 pound test on my heavy stuff. 00:14:17.970 --> 00:14:22.769 And I've got a 30 pound test leader for a carbon. 00:14:24.230 --> 00:14:31.529 So I set my tension at 25 pounds. So when I set 00:14:31.529 --> 00:14:36.940 that hook, I can set it hard and keep that line 00:14:36.940 --> 00:14:42.620 tight while I'm not breaking my line. Real important 00:14:42.620 --> 00:14:46.500 to set your drag properly on this. Set the hook 00:14:46.500 --> 00:14:50.139 and just play tug of war with him. When he turns 00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:53.440 reel him in. When he wants to take it out let 00:14:53.440 --> 00:14:58.600 him go. This is really the trick for any fishing 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:03.220 but These guys think they can out muscle you 00:15:03.220 --> 00:15:08.440 and this is one of the best best Fish for you 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:10.779 to catch locally. All right, we're gonna take 00:15:10.779 --> 00:15:13.519 a break We're gonna be back. We're gonna talk 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:19.440 more about fishing season Out in the backwoods 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:23.940 under the stars I turn in the radio from my old 00:15:23.940 --> 00:15:29.440 car Go country radio on Friday night Terrible 00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:53.610 at fishing, but it feels just right. Plus, we 00:15:53.610 --> 00:15:56.029 promote your sponsorship across our website and 00:15:56.029 --> 00:15:58.970 social media. For more information, email goldcountryradio 00:15:58.970 --> 00:16:05.230 at gmail .com. Call 541 -238 -6989 or visit goldcountryradio 00:16:05.230 --> 00:16:08.309 .org. Gold Country Radio, your message heard 00:16:08.309 --> 00:16:20.990 locally and beyond. Welcome back to Terrible 00:16:20.990 --> 00:16:23.289 at Fishing. Boy, in our first segment, I get 00:16:23.289 --> 00:16:27.509 all excited. So we're talking about catching 00:16:27.509 --> 00:16:30.429 the big ones. And you know, big ones is what 00:16:30.429 --> 00:16:33.710 we want, you know? I mean, we want to catch fish, 00:16:33.710 --> 00:16:37.850 right? And we're starting to see some lakes start 00:16:37.850 --> 00:16:41.809 to perk up a little bit. And you know, the stocking 00:16:41.809 --> 00:16:47.250 schedules are in full swing right now. Dog Lake, 00:16:47.389 --> 00:16:49.389 you know, somebody caught a four -pound largemouth 00:16:49.389 --> 00:16:51.850 bass over at Dog Lake. Now, I will tell you one 00:16:51.850 --> 00:16:54.690 thing, that's sort of a secret lake, Dog Lake. 00:16:55.450 --> 00:17:00.889 I know it's like two hours away, but if you go 00:17:00.889 --> 00:17:05.250 over to Drew's Reservoir and pass it, there's 00:17:05.250 --> 00:17:09.109 a little lake called Dog Lake. Dog Lake does 00:17:09.109 --> 00:17:13.210 not allow motor, you know, gas -powered motors 00:17:13.210 --> 00:17:18.369 on the lake. It's a great kayaking lake, really 00:17:18.369 --> 00:17:23.549 good kayaking lake, or canoe or whatever. It's 00:17:23.549 --> 00:17:26.089 not a big lake, but if you look on a map, Dog 00:17:26.089 --> 00:17:33.930 Lake, it has a great bass population. And you 00:17:33.930 --> 00:17:37.609 can catch some incredible monsters out of that 00:17:37.609 --> 00:17:42.519 lake, and it's easy, easy to fish. It's a very 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:46.400 simple fish in lake. You know, one thing about 00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:50.099 cold water fishing for warm water fish. Warm 00:17:50.099 --> 00:17:54.099 water fish are hungry, but they do get shocked 00:17:54.099 --> 00:17:57.160 with cold water. So they'll come up and they'll 00:17:57.160 --> 00:17:59.940 go back down deep. They'll come up and they'll 00:17:59.940 --> 00:18:02.799 go back down because the warmer water is still 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:06.380 on the bottom of the lake. It hasn't had what 00:18:06.380 --> 00:18:09.650 we call an inversion. And inversion is where 00:18:09.650 --> 00:18:13.690 the cold water and warm water, they trade positions 00:18:13.690 --> 00:18:17.809 in the lake. And this thermocline, which is a 00:18:17.809 --> 00:18:21.029 separation, you know, sort of like a dead zone 00:18:21.029 --> 00:18:25.130 between warm water and cold water, that is a 00:18:25.130 --> 00:18:28.710 barrier that keeps these species from mixing. 00:18:29.410 --> 00:18:34.009 But, just like in Italian, when we get hungry, 00:18:34.950 --> 00:18:38.450 just stay away from our plates. They'll come, 00:18:38.569 --> 00:18:42.289 you know, the largemouth bass will come up, they'll 00:18:42.289 --> 00:18:44.170 hit, you know, they'll get what they want and 00:18:44.170 --> 00:18:47.150 they'll go down. They usually do this on points, 00:18:47.789 --> 00:18:53.450 okay, on points near a drop off. So, you wanna 00:18:53.450 --> 00:18:56.930 find, if you got a fish finder or just go online 00:18:56.930 --> 00:19:02.730 and look up a map of a lake, they're all free. 00:19:02.990 --> 00:19:06.109 and you can just do it online and see where their 00:19:06.109 --> 00:19:09.210 deep points are and their high points. Our lakes 00:19:09.210 --> 00:19:12.750 are spilling over right now, okay? Our lakes 00:19:12.750 --> 00:19:16.289 are spilling over. They are at max capacity. 00:19:16.869 --> 00:19:19.750 So it doesn't matter where you are, you got good 00:19:19.750 --> 00:19:24.529 water, okay? And we're starting to see some really 00:19:24.529 --> 00:19:28.950 good fishing right now, but it's slower, okay? 00:19:29.109 --> 00:19:32.049 We're catching them, but you gotta be more patient. 00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:36.759 in cold water, because cold water fish, they're 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:39.940 lethargic. I mean, we just finished ice fishing 00:19:39.940 --> 00:19:44.460 season, and we fish with a 30 inch rod that's 00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:48.460 super, super flexible. Why? Because fish are 00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:52.279 lethargic in cold water. You can barely feel 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:57.019 or see their bite. So it's important to focus 00:19:57.019 --> 00:20:03.039 on your line. and the tip of your rod. I usually 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:08.500 have my index finger on the line, so I can feel 00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:13.839 subtleties on the bite, so I can just feel it. 00:20:15.339 --> 00:20:22.660 These are little tricks. When you feel that change 00:20:22.660 --> 00:20:26.759 of tightness on the line, that's a nibble. That's 00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:30.470 when you want to give it a quick flip. with your 00:20:30.470 --> 00:20:36.569 wrist and try to set that hook. Don't expect 00:20:36.569 --> 00:20:44.789 that these fish in cold water bite and run. They 00:20:44.789 --> 00:20:49.349 don't usually. Now they can, but they don't usually. 00:20:49.809 --> 00:20:54.369 So it's real important to feel that change in 00:20:54.369 --> 00:20:58.750 tenseness on your line. And you do that by looking 00:20:58.750 --> 00:21:02.769 at, you know, you've got a lightweight rod with 00:21:02.769 --> 00:21:09.069 a fast tip or a moderate tip. The slower the 00:21:09.069 --> 00:21:12.630 rod in action is, the more flexible the rod is. 00:21:12.890 --> 00:21:16.470 So never buy a slow rod. It's like a wet noodle. 00:21:16.730 --> 00:21:18.750 You can't set the hook and you can't keep the 00:21:18.750 --> 00:21:21.710 hook in. So you want moderate to a moderate fast. 00:21:23.309 --> 00:21:26.369 I mean a moderate fast to a fast. moderate fast 00:21:26.369 --> 00:21:29.950 to a fast rod. You still want some stiffness 00:21:29.950 --> 00:21:35.529 in your rod, but you want to see that tip move. 00:21:37.089 --> 00:21:39.930 With your cold water fishing, this is how you're 00:21:39.930 --> 00:21:42.890 fishing. Like I said, I usually have my index 00:21:42.890 --> 00:21:48.329 finger on my line. I use a bait caster most of 00:21:48.329 --> 00:21:53.630 the time, so it's important when I'm using a 00:21:53.630 --> 00:22:00.769 bait caster. There are some really nice reels 00:22:00.769 --> 00:22:05.109 out there that can launch very lightweight. I 00:22:05.109 --> 00:22:09.910 use a Shimano Aldebaran BFS, which stands for 00:22:09.910 --> 00:22:15.250 bait finesse system. Shimano is the only company 00:22:15.250 --> 00:22:22.670 that can legally use the term BFS. BFS is trademarked 00:22:22.670 --> 00:22:28.509 by Shimano. If you see another brand using BFS, 00:22:28.609 --> 00:22:33.410 all three letters, and they're not Shimano, don't 00:22:33.410 --> 00:22:36.650 trust them. That means they're already breaking 00:22:36.650 --> 00:22:41.130 the law. And so would you trust anybody that 00:22:41.130 --> 00:22:44.549 makes a bad first impression? No, you don't. 00:22:44.829 --> 00:22:48.450 Now there are other companies that use bait finesse 00:22:48.450 --> 00:22:52.680 and stop. They stop it and they don't use the 00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:56.819 term bait finesse systems. So bait finesse tackle 00:22:56.819 --> 00:23:01.859 is a term that is not trademarked or bait finesse 00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:04.680 is not a term that is trademarked. So it's real 00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:10.539 important when you're shopping for a quality 00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:14.799 brand and with a good reputation that you kind 00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:21.559 of look at do they honor the industry. And bait 00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:26.640 finesse systems, BFS is only a Shimano, period. 00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:30.819 Now other brands make bait finesse reels, but 00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:35.359 reputable companies like Daiwa, Append, or whoever 00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:40.220 else, they're not going to use bait finesse systems. 00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:44.880 But other Chinese companies are going to do it, 00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:51.029 and they do a lot of it. So... buyer beware just 00:23:51.029 --> 00:23:56.069 buyer beware so Put your finger on your line 00:23:56.069 --> 00:23:59.309 Keep an eye on that tip because they're going 00:23:59.309 --> 00:24:03.650 to hit nice and soft now We talked about big 00:24:03.650 --> 00:24:06.609 game fishing in the first segment now. We're 00:24:06.609 --> 00:24:11.569 just going for any fishing In the segment, so 00:24:11.569 --> 00:24:14.829 what do we what do we do? What do we do for? 00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:17.779 Fishing right now. There are several different 00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:23.119 things that we can do. All right, there's there's 00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:32.680 Ned rigs and Ned rigs are a sort of a Half length 00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:38.490 Senko worm and we put it on a mushroom headed 00:24:38.490 --> 00:24:43.890 jig. So when it falls, the worm stands up on 00:24:43.890 --> 00:24:50.630 the bottom of the lake or on the bed. Ned rigs 00:24:50.630 --> 00:24:55.269 are a secret, okay? So you're learning another 00:24:55.269 --> 00:24:57.950 secret, all right, right now. This is a really 00:24:57.950 --> 00:25:00.009 good show. You really got to tell your friends 00:25:00.009 --> 00:25:05.309 about this show. A ned rig is seldom used locally. 00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:14.039 people, even advanced bass fishermen, they understand 00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:18.420 the value of a net. If all else fails, we throw 00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:26.700 the net. Because nets require patience, but they 00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:30.799 always pay off. They always pay off. Everything 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:34.160 will hit a net. I've caught crappie on nets, 00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:38.319 I've caught rainbow trout on nets. I've caught 00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:41.579 the biggest bass, as you can imagine, and everything 00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:46.859 else in between. Everything hits a net rig. It's 00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:50.380 a small little worm that wiggles its little tail 00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:54.440 at the bottom of the lake. And you're going to 00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:58.779 drop it down, and the lighter the net rig, the 00:25:58.779 --> 00:26:03.839 better. So don't go heavy. Don't put throw. you 00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:08.380 know, a quarter ounce or on it. Okay. Just don't 00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:10.619 throw this time of year. You're going to be throwing 00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:14.480 the lightest Ned you can buy. Those Ned rigs 00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:17.559 are cheap. They really are very cheap. You can 00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:21.039 get one sixteenth of an ounce. Um, I wouldn't 00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:24.519 throw more than one eighth of an ounce and put 00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:30.200 a Ned on it. Now, what color Ned? All right. 00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:34.460 This is another secret. Okay. Are you ready? 00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:41.339 Trout see blue better than any other color. They 00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:47.099 see blue better than any other color. I mean, 00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:52.339 their eyes, their cones in their eyes, are tuned 00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:58.339 to blue better than any other. Now, bass, okay, 00:26:58.900 --> 00:27:02.819 they don't even have blue cones. So they can't 00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:05.680 see blue, but they see it differently. All right, 00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:08.160 so a lot of guys they they go blue and black 00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:10.720 Okay, black and blue black and blue. Remember 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:13.579 that black and blue black and blue This is the 00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:15.900 colors that you want to go to this time of year 00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:21.299 black and blue now why go so dark because Typically 00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:25.700 as spring progresses inversions happen remember 00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:30.369 that thing where warm and cold water change positions 00:27:30.369 --> 00:27:32.910 in the lake what ends up happening is that it 00:27:32.910 --> 00:27:36.529 gets cloudy when that happens in a lake and they 00:27:36.529 --> 00:27:40.450 can't fish cannot see color so they're going 00:27:40.450 --> 00:27:45.609 to see profiles black and blue black and blue 00:27:45.609 --> 00:27:49.890 dark baits work best this time of year all right 00:27:49.890 --> 00:27:57.160 they just do And I people see me make and you 00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:59.960 could see me you could buy my baits over at the 00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:03.619 marina at Lake of the Woods Or just send me an 00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:09.019 email and stop by my house here in Glamath and 00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:12.960 but And I'll be in a secret to I'll be at the 00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:16.180 gun and knife show this weekend the gonna knife 00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:18.640 show I'll be there so yeah, you could talk to 00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:24.339 me and my booth and you can You know, say hi, 00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:29.460 see what I got. Tell me what you want. I make 00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:38.400 it. No big deal. We'll make it. But black and 00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:44.500 blue is really my colors for spring. You guys 00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:47.799 have seen my show on YouTube channel and then 00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:55.000 my show here. Six cents makes a hard bait called 00:28:55.000 --> 00:29:00.079 black magic It is my favorite and my my the one 00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:02.599 bait that I always catch my personal best on 00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:05.039 Yeah, you know that that color scheme, which 00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:10.740 is black and blue You'd be shocked Really really 00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:14.559 shocked at how good a dark bait works in water 00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:17.579 a Lot of people think okay. Well, how are the 00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:20.970 fish seeing it? Well fish see profiles in this 00:29:20.970 --> 00:29:24.349 time of year, okay? Now, in the summer, we may 00:29:24.349 --> 00:29:27.190 switch it up and start going with some brighter 00:29:27.190 --> 00:29:30.589 colors, you know, some shad designs, some white, 00:29:30.609 --> 00:29:34.750 some silver, some pinks, and some lavenders. 00:29:34.910 --> 00:29:39.089 Lavenders is one of my favorite. And as water 00:29:39.089 --> 00:29:42.109 clears up, we will go ahead and change that. 00:29:42.430 --> 00:29:46.650 Bubble gum, it's amazing. The bubble gum color 00:29:46.650 --> 00:29:49.440 works really good in the summer. you know, it's 00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:55.799 crazy, okay? So, I do love to switch up colors, 00:29:55.799 --> 00:30:00.039 but this time of year, I'm going dark. You're 00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:03.619 just going to go dark with black and blue. So, 00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:09.500 look through worms that are black and blue, ned 00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:16.420 rigs that are black and blue, and baits. If you 00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:20.500 want to use a hard bait, black and blue. Darker 00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:24.440 swim baits, okay? We want darker swim baits. 00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:26.640 You might even want to go with a, well, with 00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:30.859 swim baits you might want to go with a rainbow 00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:36.720 trout design, but a darker rainbow trout design. 00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:40.720 It's actually a lot of fun this time of year. 00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:44.339 So, if you have time, stop by the fairgrounds 00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:48.180 this week and say hi to me. I'll be there. at 00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:52.960 the um in the swap meet area and when you get 00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:57.400 out there be patient be patient but the big ones 00:30:57.400 --> 00:31:02.259 follow the stocking schedule of legal size trouts 00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:07.059 follow them okay work it within three days of 00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:11.539 that stock and work early early morning late 00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:15.759 late late in the day and work a swim bait in 00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:18.880 that lower water column controlling it slowly 00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:23.440 with pauses. Do that and you'll have a great 00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:26.420 time fishing. Have fun. Tight lines everybody. 00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:31.279 We'll see you guys out on the water. That was 00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:34.940 Terrible at Fishing, the radio show with fishing 00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:38.259 expert Michael Raffino. 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