I changed my mind on a couple webinar answers.
So after doing the live stream Tuesday I had to take my own advice. I got to thinking about plastic size and girth more than length when big vs small. It reminded of a day in Baffin and I caught three 25” trout in about 5 casts all over 5 lbs. We were grinding that day and the fish were sitting on bottom and we couldn’t get our corkies down to them. They weren’t hitting plastics at all though and I dug through the boat bag and tried to find something the shape of a Corky that would go down 4’. I came across these that my son had won in a grab bag and put them on a 1/8 oz jig head. I proceeded to put on a seminar the rest of the day with them. All of that said I went on a quest to find some more of them after our discussions on Tuesday. Big profile, thick body, slow descent. Sometimes I think profile matters more in the size discussion than length. You aren’t necessarily going bigger by just going longer. Now I need K Wigglers to make a 7” ball tail this thick!
Baffin Bay Trout 23in 4lbs caught on CoastalBrew 6in PotholePimp 1/8oz weedless Red 34in 13lbs caught on Kwigglers Mansfield Margarita Balltail Jr 1/8oz weedless
I know a number of you heard the Bite Me podcast on Tuesday talking about the unfortunate accident that happened down in POC. I received a list of items for a trauma kit from a member of the Border Patrol about a year ago and passing it along.
In addition to a regular first aid kit here are the minimal recommended items:
Chest seal x2, Tourniquet x3 CAT-T x1 RATs, Compressed Gauze x2, Trauma Sheer x1, Elastic Bandage Roll, Gloves
Other items:
nasopharyngeal airway, Emergency Blanket, Blood clotting powder, Clotting gauze, Emergency laceration closures
Going fishing in Baffin for the first time in April, what lures should I be throwing?
Here’s a video I took in the river last night to illustrate the small fin fish I kept talking about during the webinar. I’ll post the webinar in the videos section this evening when I’m off the water and back home.
