A silver Mepps number 3 with a tail is my go-to spinner to use in clear water and on sunny days
The peacock bass leverages natural and artificial systems for cover
Figure 3 maps their position and Table 1 lists further information, for each haul, on duration, mean depth, monitoring of net geometry, JSG inclination during towing and effective percentage of the video-monitored time
We gave slack in the line and let the seatrout jump, thrash or headshake, throw the hook, and swim away without any handling by hands or nets or having to be removed from the water. Holden and his team used logistic models to assess the differences in landing success and self-release success by hook type and fish size
No need to play around with a couple of ounces of lead, whether you fish plastics or are old school and stick with bouncing or rolling bucktails