I mostly fish for brats with the bobber & jig, kind of a one trick pony. I'm looking for another trick or two, going to be banking it 90% of the time. Anyone have a more versatile set-up or two feel free to chime in. When it comes to drift fishing how do you guys like to set up your rods? I've got an Imx 1025c, a Lamiglas 9.5' med. bait caster, and a Lamiglas 9.5' light spinning rod to rig up............C/22

Small single corkie in the smaller rivers.
Small corkie with a little yarn in larger rivers
pink worm everywhere

Rag & Sandshrimp.Or tadpolley's.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

I mostly fish for the big boys in feb-april, but then thats out of a sled or DB and side drifting to boot. A little plugging, but mostly side drifting size 1 or 1/0 red hooks and eggs a touch of yarn and just enough lead to tick bottom every 5' or so.

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Stick with a float and jig, but add a tiny piece of prawn meat, or sand shrimp tail, or add a tiny spawn bag.


I like the rods you have, especially the spinning rod. For medium to large rivers I go with a 10 1/2 foot rod for beetter line control, longer casts and better hook sets.

What the heck is a bobber?

Alright Mr. Vedder a float then, are you going to start centerpinning on us & calling yarn "wool" too?? Your spending too much time in BC....eh?? C/22

light pink corky, yarn in a "washed out pink" color, size 1 red gami hook and a touch of shrimp oil (or a sand shrimp on occasion).

It's hard to beat ultra-light drift gear and a *small* cluster of good eggs. Light lead requires a light spinning rod (9.5 to 10-foot, preferably), and light line. I like 10-pound main and 8-pound leader.

Chuck a 5-ball slinky and a 4-foot leader with ultra sharp tandem #4's with a tiny corky in the middle out into a brat run with---(did I say good eggs?)---and there's nothing left to do but grab the net.

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I already call yarn, wool. Don't say eh much, huh? But gave up on the centrepins. I do love their feel and the whole idea of eliminating the drag, but thay are soooo slow retrieving line, and I never did feel like had mastered casting them.

I just hate hearing floats called bobbers. It makes me think about guys, with no teeth, going to a family reunion to look for women. Just one of many idiosyncrasies I guess.

Good luck on the brats!

I think the advice you have gotten so far is excellent. I believe that a float and whatever is great for defined holding areas. If fishing big, broad flats with no defined holding areas I would go with a spoon or drift gear.

I just don't get the double #4 hook with the corkie in the middle...? I mean they must be a royal b!tch to tie-up, and where do you put the eggs front loop or rear......

Eggs go in the top loop, the corky is just for contrast and a little buoyancy, and the rear hook is the stinger.

As for why? Because once a fish picks this baby up it's as good as bar-b-qued.

Sol duc said it.That set up work's great,I use it in lower clearer water conditions and the rag & shrimp in all conditions.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

P.S. Sometimes they just like the white shmaag left on the hook with maybe two berries on it.

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P.S. Sometimes they just like the white shmaag left on the hook with maybe two berries on it.

I'd say this is true of 90% of the brat's I've hooked on eggs.

Did'nt they just pass a new regulation banning the use of a corkie below a hook?

Having spent alot of time in the Midwest, I believe the best thing to do with brats is to boil them in beer (Old Style or Linnie's), toss'em on the BBQ grill, and serve them in a sub roll with baked beans and a cold beer.......

Not sure how you can fit them on a 1/4oz pink jig.....

Eggs under a float works very well. I most prefer to drift light gear with small corkies.

I've got a Shimano Curado SF I just picked-up, could put that on 1 of my lighter drift rods and run what, 10lb. main to a 8lb. leader?? Or lighter yet........?

10# main 8# leader would work great.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

depending what type of water we are fishing I prefer to use the following methods...

float and jig

sidedrift/driftfish bait...a fast presentation so not much lead...

I also like casting small spinners in the tailouts ... dark green with a black blade seems to work pretty good for me.

presentation is where its at.

Out of a boat...side drifting, diver/bait and plugs as well as the rest

Looks like we got the steelie green water covered. In high and murky water I like a pearl pink spin-n-glow, purple yarn and a gob of eggs drifted. In low and clear water I like a small glob of eggs under a bo.......uh-float!

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If it were me I would ditch the double hook set up, it is not needed and actually causes you to hang up on the bottom more. This means more time breaking off and retying and less time fishing. Can't catch fish without a line in the water. Just my .02

For brats I like a size one single hook.