The dusk bite is important all year 'round. On this trip, I stayed out past dusk and caught my biggest river smallmouth of the day long after the sun had set.
Just found your site, Jeff! Glad to see you still finding the big river smallies. Years ago you gave my family and me a fantastic education in safe river kayaking that has served us well ever since! 🇺🇸
@@TheLittleStuff Nice! You’re a very good, patient instructor. I’m getting into long-distance sea kayaking, but still live on the river and fish it hard. Also go to Lake Michigan to sight fish for smallmouth in summer.
Awesome video as always. I have always had a lot of success drifting baits parallel down to cover spots while fly fishing. Thats how I liked finishing a wacky rig this year. Never would have thought to use a jerkbait.
The trick, I’m sure you know, is drifting at the same speed as the bait. That way, there’s no slack in the line and you are not pulling it cross current.
I found out the hard way lol. Its an adjustment being in the boat. With the fly rod I was covering less overall space, And you kind of just follow the bait with your rod. Fortunately for me I found your channel and you showed me my error. @@TheLittleStuff
Great Stuff Jeff , I guess Jodie Queen was right big fish are nocturnal, lol 😂. I see you holding the line in your fingers, it’s a great way to feel every bite. Great info! Thanks for sharing!
I have stayed out well into dark in winter before. The best bite comes within an hour following sunset, not after that. Besides, it gets miserable cold after that. 🥶
@@TheLittleStuff I worked out side my entire life and I was okay until 60 , then my hands started getting cold 🥶, I guess it’s my age but I never really wore gloves except to weld ,when I worked ,now it’s really hard to keep them warm. It sucks getting old and cold 🥶!! lol 😂
I realized with the few previous fish and one I broke off right there that it was an eat spot. I knew it would reload. On one of the following episodes (two weeks out) the same thing happened in a different spot. Finding winter time eat spots starts in late fall. I have two good ones in this area, and two others in another on next weeks video.
I have an NRS Dry Suit in a cart- do you have to bundle up underneath or do they have insulating properties? Just want to make sure if I am going to dump a grand on a suit, that I size it right.
Thanks Jason. I have two more like this one cued up. The next one was a 93.25 inch day, then a 91.75. Late starts, then staying out late is working out!
I keep it inflated. Here’s the tricky part. If you don’t use it for several months, and you get back to it in spring, the tubes will have lost some air. You will be tempted to pump them right back to 3 psi. Don’t. On a cold morning, 3 psi will tighten up to exceed that maximum rating once the warm springtime sun hits it. I like 2.5 psi on the side tubes. My center chamber (drop stitch flooring) should be 12 to 14 psi to maintain the rigidity. It can handle that much more pressure. The side tubes can not.
