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Running and Gunning Shallow Water Fishing
by Jason Mitchell jasonmitchelloutdoors . com
The nuances of finding perch changes in less than ten feet of water . Spoons can really shine particularly in clear water . There are times when we see perch respond to a spoon as soon as it clears the bottom of the hole in really clear water . I also find myself incorporating soft plastics with a single hook spoon much more so in shallow water or in some cases not using any bait at all . Shallow water fish are notorious for being more aggressive so your presentation and strategy should reflect the attitude of the fish . So often , shallow water demands even more mobility as it seems like ninety percent of the fish can be caught in ten percent windows … where you have to simply eliminate water and find that hot hole or two each day where you can wind up on the fish . When you finally find the fish , you are on them where multiple fish are stacked up below and you literally have a fish on as soon as you get back down . The key to catching fish is simply finding them and than being
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as efficient as possible so you catch as many fish as possible before you lose them . On these torrid shallow water bites , I like the efficiency of a large gap single hook . No split ring or treble hook , use a fixed hook spoon where a larger hook is molded into the spoon . This single hook accomplishes a couple of things … you can load up a soft plastic or more bait on to the hook but also the larger hook allows
you to reel the fish up faster and allows you to unhook the fish much faster which speeds up your turn around time . I will even go so far as to bend out the hook and pinch down the barb so I can get fish unhooked even faster . Again , you make yourself more efficient by being able to get fish unhooked faster and not having to rebait . •
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