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Hey guys. I'm hoping to make it out to the river a few times this upcoming week. If anyone wants to join me, just PM me. I'll probably be fishing before 9am or after 3pm near Foster.
As you might have noticed from my previous posts, I like to toss rooster-tail spinners in the river. While they seem to work fine for me, I'd really like to improve my jigging and soft plastics skills. If not else, soft plastics are less prone to snags than inline spinners and are cheaper to replace. And it seems to me that they're the way to go for targeting the bigger bass. (My personal goal this year is to catch a 3-lb. LM bass in the river :wink
Arguably, they also require more skill/finese.
In the past, I've tried fishing with small (1-2") curly tails on tiny jig heads, 3-4" plastic worms and tubes off the bottom with small twitches and a slow retrieve. But so far I've only come up with one crappie with the cury tail jig and nothing on any other soft plastics.
If anyone has tips on how to improve my chances with soft plastics on the Chicago River, I'd really appreciate it
Fan
As you might have noticed from my previous posts, I like to toss rooster-tail spinners in the river. While they seem to work fine for me, I'd really like to improve my jigging and soft plastics skills. If not else, soft plastics are less prone to snags than inline spinners and are cheaper to replace. And it seems to me that they're the way to go for targeting the bigger bass. (My personal goal this year is to catch a 3-lb. LM bass in the river :wink
Arguably, they also require more skill/finese.In the past, I've tried fishing with small (1-2") curly tails on tiny jig heads, 3-4" plastic worms and tubes off the bottom with small twitches and a slow retrieve. But so far I've only come up with one crappie with the cury tail jig and nothing on any other soft plastics.
If anyone has tips on how to improve my chances with soft plastics on the Chicago River, I'd really appreciate it
Fan
