troutdog said:
What do you mean by slide line croaker jolly. caroline them here. and it might have been me usingcroaker at the ****. Where did you see the guy at . Here is the way i rig mine. 1/2 egg then ty on a barrel swival a 24" to 30" line and a wide gap croaker hook. All line is 20 big game. Then you set the hook like bill dance.
Troutdog,
Try this sometime.... you can really shorten up the leader, particularly when wading in shallow water. And I mean short, like 4-6". I have seen days where they wouldn't touch anything with a long leader, but would hammer it short. Give it a shot.
Fished 'em a bit today, first time in at least a year. Got the tail end of a bite around the TC area after fooling around with the fly rod for most of the morning (how's that for changing tactics, 5wt fly rod to live bait!!). Anyway, got a couple of trout and 1 red. The area had been hit pretty hard before I got there at 10 am or so. Missed several as they were doing the pick it up and drop it thing. Now that I read your post, I'm a little upset with myself for not trying a longer leader to change things up. Anyway, they are certainly on them right now.