I have had my share of up and down days since I have tried to make a comeback to fishing after 20 plus years of nothing but ball fields. I have caught a few big fish with my best being an 11-4 monster a few weeks ago but I have never had a day where my best 5 were more than 15 to 18lbs.... and maybe only one of those days. I know it takes years on the lake but I decided to try and leap frog some time and use someone else's knowledge.
SO... I hired Rogne for a day. He said it was a decent day and I must have jinxed him because he was on a streak of at least one 8lb fish everyday for more than a week... our best was 7-12. However I will say that while things started a little slow and by that I mean I was a little slow in listening to what Rogne was telling me.... Once I got on the same page and did exactly like he said I started hooking up with the best quality fish I have ever had on the Chick. The guy can flat out find the fish.... and catch'm. I didn't keep a count and we didn't take a bunch of photos but I would think that our best 5 would have been high 20s... probably 26 - 28lbs I would think. I know we boated more big fish in one day than I have all year... maybe the last two years combined. Maybe that was decent for him but it was my best day ever by a long shot.
No big secrets to locations... many were commonly know community holes but boat position and lure presentation were everything. We caught several 5lb fish while boats and jet skis ran all over them as we were sitting in a very high traffic area. It actually seemed like the boat traffic turned the bite on. We hit one area three different time during the day... He seemed very confident that at some point during the day that school he could see on his DI was going to start biting... Third time was the charm... got our big fish and several other nice fish on that area that produced nothing in the morning and mid day... but late afternoon they were all over it.
Great day on the water and great company... Rogne is great to talk to and full of great information. Not sure than I am ready to load the boat on my own but after his coaching on the electronics I do feel like I have a much greater understanding and confidence in what I am looking at. Time will tell how that translates to catching fish.
I know it totally changed my though process when looking for fish... Whether it helps me in the future or not it was a super fun day. I would highly recommend Rogne if you want to boat a lot of quality fish.
I threw one bait all day... cant say I have ever done that. Since I was in his boat throwing his bait I don't feel it is my place to share any more info than that. But I will say it wasn't anything special... it was more about where we through it and how we retrieved it.
Greg
SO... I hired Rogne for a day. He said it was a decent day and I must have jinxed him because he was on a streak of at least one 8lb fish everyday for more than a week... our best was 7-12. However I will say that while things started a little slow and by that I mean I was a little slow in listening to what Rogne was telling me.... Once I got on the same page and did exactly like he said I started hooking up with the best quality fish I have ever had on the Chick. The guy can flat out find the fish.... and catch'm. I didn't keep a count and we didn't take a bunch of photos but I would think that our best 5 would have been high 20s... probably 26 - 28lbs I would think. I know we boated more big fish in one day than I have all year... maybe the last two years combined. Maybe that was decent for him but it was my best day ever by a long shot.
No big secrets to locations... many were commonly know community holes but boat position and lure presentation were everything. We caught several 5lb fish while boats and jet skis ran all over them as we were sitting in a very high traffic area. It actually seemed like the boat traffic turned the bite on. We hit one area three different time during the day... He seemed very confident that at some point during the day that school he could see on his DI was going to start biting... Third time was the charm... got our big fish and several other nice fish on that area that produced nothing in the morning and mid day... but late afternoon they were all over it.
Great day on the water and great company... Rogne is great to talk to and full of great information. Not sure than I am ready to load the boat on my own but after his coaching on the electronics I do feel like I have a much greater understanding and confidence in what I am looking at. Time will tell how that translates to catching fish.
I know it totally changed my though process when looking for fish... Whether it helps me in the future or not it was a super fun day. I would highly recommend Rogne if you want to boat a lot of quality fish.
I threw one bait all day... cant say I have ever done that. Since I was in his boat throwing his bait I don't feel it is my place to share any more info than that. But I will say it wasn't anything special... it was more about where we through it and how we retrieved it.
Greg
