DVL Trout Report 1-3-13

[mjc89]

So my dad and i decided to head out to DVL for some trout fishing thursday morning. We got there around 8:00am. As we got to our spot we could see a couple trout cruising the shoreline. We got set up and threw out to rods with inflated night crawlers. Then we set up our jig rods and started casting as some groups of trout swam by. They wanted nothing to do with our jigs. All of a sudden we saw much larger trout start swimming by and bigger schools. They had just stocked and there was trout everywhere. They just would swim by our night crawlers and our jigs and were acting funny. After a couple hours they started to settle down and they started chasing our jigs but most wouldnt bite. Finally i hook into the first fish was a nice 1.5 lb trout. Then my dad hooked up and it was another 1.5 lber. It took lots of work to catch them but we did. Had to keep changing colors to get them to bite. We ended up catching our limits and most were caught on jigs. One trout was caught on a dropshoted powerworm. The biggest fish of the day was caught by my dad and it was pushing 3 lbs. All fish were nice size. We had a lot of fun and it was a nice day.

[riverside_angler]

Good job out there! way to stay patient and not give up on those fish.

[HawgStalker]

Very solid day! Good job changing it up so they didn't get bored....

Thanks for sharing!

[mjc89]

Good job out there! way to stay patient and not give up on those fish.

Thanks. Yeah it took some work but it paid off.

[mjc89]

Very solid day! Good job changing it up so they didn't get bored....

Thanks for sharing!

Yeah they were very picky on what colors they would bite. I had to keep changing until i got them to bite again.

[Jbfish]

what did you jig with? cause i thought jigging was using a powerworm on a dropshot rig.. haha im confused. please explain

[mjc89]

what did you jig with? cause i thought jigging was using a powerworm on a dropshot rig.. haha im confused. please explain

I was using a mini jig or also known as a crappie jig. Using a powerworm on a dropshot rig is known as dropshotting.

[Jbfish]

I was using a mini jig or also known as a crappie jig. Using a powerworm on a dropshot rig is known as dropshotting.

do you use the little jigs with the feather on the end? or just the jig head? and do you add anything to the hook? thanks for the help

[mjc89]

do you use the little jigs with the feather on the end? or just the jig head? and do you add anything to the hook? thanks for the help

No i did not. I used tube jigs. I didnt add anything to the hook.

[gamekiller]

what did you jig with? cause i thought jigging was using a powerworm on a dropshot rig.. haha im confused. please explain

Two completely different animals imho. Id say "ds" is bush league and jigging is the pros...The ds doesnt even come close to fishing with a jig... Dropshotting is one step above bait & wait and is just as boring, all you do is drag it on the bottom...ohhh how fun, theyll even hit it deadsticked, which means u dont even have to be holding the rod lol... the most skillful attribute one can have is the patience to let it sit there after a slight twitch. The bites are no where near as violent as the jig, and the overall interst level is as low as the worm in the water column...but maybe thats just the sportsman in me. To each his own tho and fish whatever works for ya...dont feel bad tho, its too common a mistake

....Way to slay mjc89


@ jbfish....these are jigs