20-10-2003, 11:52 PM
Hi John,
Thanks for the tips. A patternoster rig with plenty of lead to get you down but wound up off the bottom makes sense when drifting. I actually gave this a go on Sunday drifting over the marks where I'd previously caught both drifting and on the anchor with no luck, but that's fishing. I'll just have to persist.
When you say experiment with the weight of the lead to keep you at that distance when anchored, do you mean a lead that is light enough to stay off the bottom and back 20 metres with the force of the tide but not rise too high up the water column? At anchor I actually used plenty of lead and wound up a few feet off the bottom as you said but that had the bait almost under the boat which I suspect is not the best.
Once again, many thanks.
Simon
Thanks for the tips. A patternoster rig with plenty of lead to get you down but wound up off the bottom makes sense when drifting. I actually gave this a go on Sunday drifting over the marks where I'd previously caught both drifting and on the anchor with no luck, but that's fishing. I'll just have to persist.
When you say experiment with the weight of the lead to keep you at that distance when anchored, do you mean a lead that is light enough to stay off the bottom and back 20 metres with the force of the tide but not rise too high up the water column? At anchor I actually used plenty of lead and wound up a few feet off the bottom as you said but that had the bait almost under the boat which I suspect is not the best.
Once again, many thanks.
Simon