Don Dickson's ON THE WATER TRAINING SERIES: The Mechanics of Fishing CONTOUR TROLLING PART 2 -Edited
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
- Don continues his ON THE WATER TRAINING series, "The Mechanics of Fishing," A detailed look at exactly how he goes about his fishing each and every day, using one single approach that will allow you to catch all species of fish! In today's episode, Don talks about the procedure for contour trolling deep weedlines. Be sure to like, share and subscribe to this channel! Thanks for watching! For more info go to www.dondicksonf...
It's one thing to read about this. It's another to see it in action. I can't wait until next warm water season when I'll have an adequate motor for my boat so I can practice this stuff myself. Thank you!
Thanks MR Dickson. I use to watch your vhs tapes with my dad. Thank you for doing these videos.
Thanks Don and Ali - glad you talked about and showed the speed sometimes needed - its even faster sometimes-a lot of people “think” you go slow when trolling all the time - ya gotta try those different speeds- can’t wait for breaklines and straight line passes
I am ready to watch you catch deep water school of 4/5 lb bass. I can catch the dink’s in the swallow. The deep water school is what I have not found yet. I know you have to cover the shallows first. Can’t wait till the deep water videos.
@@tomlanglois9122 no I never seen a video of it. I have only heard and read about it. Can’t wait to see it.
Thank you for another great on the water training series vlog. Looking forward to more.
Hey everyone! Due to a technical glitch we are premiering the edited version. Sorry for the inconvenience! Warmest Regards, DD and Ali
So Don, what progress has there been with the production of the depth meter. I t has been a LONG time since you mentioned it. Is that a dead issue?
Made my day again batting a1000 bro and by the way major boss move motoring a bass out of the weeds . No-bo is good stuff !
Back again please cover the quickest most efficient way of mapping a deep water slot to not miss anything maps aren’t, always complete .thanks I am stoked
Hey Aaron, I will be dealing with that subject in upcoming videos. It's really the number one key to catching limits of "big Bass", in Florida type lakes!
Thanks man , I’m really learning a lot just watching you working thru the process.I was reading buck’s stuff in the 80’s and got a lot of it wrong.when I found your blogs it’s like a light came on thanks again.
Don what are some of the fastest speeds you have trolled in the hottest months of Summer to catch largemouth bass. You could answer shallow water speed ? then deep water speed ? Here in Minnesota I seem to never catch deep water bass in the hottest months of the summer faster than 5 to six miles per hour.
Hey fish hunter, about 10 mph in the shallows (500, 400, 250) is the maximum during the summer months! Keep in mind, speed of the Lure is predicated on the temperature of the water....the deeper yo go,the colder the water, the slower you go! When you are downstairs, 4 to 5 mph is about right! Hope this helps, but don't get stuck on a number. Those should be considered as guidelines only. Back in the day, if we were not catching, "Buck" would constantly be changing and checking ALL speeds! Never forget... all fishing success and all fishing failure can be answered in two terms, "depth" and "speed." Keep checking it out until the correct speed is determined! Warmest regards,DD
Hi Don. If the weed line in your diagram did not grow all the way to the surface but stopped growing at a depth of five feet below the surface for example, would you comb the water above the weeds first before moving to the outer edge of the weeds or would you still start making your trolling passes at the outer edge of the weeds. This is the scenario in my home lake - there are submerged weedlines that stop at around 11 feet but they only grow up to about five feet below the surface. Any advice you can give for this situation would be awesome. Thank you!
Hey Michael, that's a pretty unusual situation. Most of the submerged weed lines I have fished regardless how deep they were growing,came too around a foot or so of the surface! However, in your lake I would in fact start my contour trolling at the outside edge of the weed line. The only time I might throw top water baits or spinner baits into and or over the weeds would be once I arrived at STRUCTURE! Don't forget, the whole idea of contour trolling is to eliminate unproductive water, locate structure, and the school of big fish!!! I will be talking about the proper casting of the shallows and upcoming videos. Hope this helps!
@@DonDicksonFishing It helps a lot. Thank you!
How is the quickest way to find the exact depth of a weed line Don? For example in a lake I like to fish a in Utah the contour map I bought says the weed line goes to 20' but some years the water level fluctuates so it could really be 18' or maybe 22'. So how is the best way to find the exact depth so I'm fishing right on the weed line? Thanks, Rob.
Hi Rob. Its at 2:10 in the video. It's easiest to do with your flasher. You can't rely on a map...you have to verify it yourself.
Hey Rob and Diane, The fellow that sent you an answer is correct! Should be an easy task for you, because you already know the approximate depth that the weeds grow in your lake (20feet). As long as you have a reliable depth sounder, you simply drive out into the lake and keep driving towards the middle of the lake until your depth sounder stops showing you weeds.! Once in open water, iturn the boat back towards the shore to verify what You established on the initial pass and then You are ready to start fishinq!
Hi Don, can you give the specifics on the boat you are in?
Hey Edward, sorry to have to tell you a friend of mine designed and built that boat for me back in the late 1970s. We made eight or 10 changes to the hull before we decided we had the perfect trolling and casting boat! We sold about 7000 boats by the late 1990's when my boat builder retired. Just a few years later I retired from full time promoting and teaching after some thirty five years! Obviously, that was the end of the boat business. You can occasionally find some used ones on the Internet. Most of them are still in great shape and very fishable, so you might want to keep your eye out! Thanks for your interest… Warmest regards, DD
@@DonDicksonFishing Thank you Don.
Watched all five, love them, but every time you get to speed, and why everyone thinks its to fast, you go past it on all the videos.... watched the last one, I want to pray for you tonight, I will figure the speed thing out later. May God bless you Don, and don't let a doctor tell you not to get in a boat, for us, its like he said dont love your wife. Live your life, and thank you.
If you find your bored though, Speed?
Lay off sugar and carbs too.
Each Lure has exact minimum and maximum capability depending on line length. Go to my website www.dondicksonfishing.com--we have a free PDF download, A Spoonplug Line Length Chart. I suggest you laminate it and keep it with you in the boat.