King_Slayer

We all should be happy that we have the angling opportunities we have. So many options in terms of where to fish and species of fish to catch. Not to many places on earth like what we have here. Some of the tribs are heavily pressured, but luckily there is more than one lake O trib. I think sometimes we forget how lucky we are. If you do your part to practice proper fishing etiquette and conservation, and try to pass it on to younger anglers, then the future will be even better.

i hard it is more for masking human scent than actually helping the fish bite. some people use wd40

This is what I believe also. I think the human scent is a killer on finicky fish. They love salmon/trout eggs, so I put my pink worms into a container with crushed roe. When it comes to roe bags, I just try put it on the hook without touching it to much, I've heard of some guys wearing rubber gloves to handle their roe, but that seems like a pain. But I agree with Klik, eliminating human scent is probably most important.

On a side note, I just got home from fishing, and since it was so windy, I decided to put on a J11 and let it swim in the current stationary, basically because I got tired of casting and trying to drift roe in the crazy wind. I was getting bored and started to reel it in, when finally a fish! Turned out to be a nice brown, first one of the year. It's funny, because I wasn't using any scent, really wasn't expecting a fish, I just wasn't ready to go home.

I never was all that concerned with scent until I got into trout fishing. I always knew that trout especially bows can be very finicky, but didn't realize how true this was until I started fishing for them. I think this is why it's such an addicting fish to target. Definitely more difficult than any other fish I've targeted, I think this is why I get so obsessed with fishing this time of year. Its such a challenge. I use scent with everything I use now, and try to bait my hook with as little contact with my fingers/hands as possible.

I'm sure some of you have seen Bob Izumi's show, he always has a segment called "fish eye view". On one episode they showed bows taste testing a roe bag. I had never seen this before, the trout actually open their mouth very close to the bait without touching it, letting water pass through their mouth. I never knew that they could taste test your bait without you even knowing. So now, scent is very important to me, and I never over handle it. This is so important in slower moving water. Obviously in faster runs its different, because the bag or bead is moving so quickly through the water that they take it as soon as they see it.

Use whatever you feel more comfortable with. I personally use a spinning reel and shorter 9'6" rod for bottom bouncing, but my buddy uses his centerpin for everything.

A really good swivel to invest in is the T-turn by thundermist lures. You order them online, really good for bottom bouncing for lots of species of fish. IMO, the best sinker to use is a slinky, or you can make your own by wrapping some split shots in siran wrap. You just want to be tapping the bottom with the sinker.

You cast out and let drift slowly, if you're not hitting bottom then not enough wait, if you keep getting stuck, then you have to much weight.

Rigging is easy just need 3 way swivel or regular barrel swivel with line going to sinker and another going to bait. When I'm bottom bouncing Roe I usually have a shorter lead to the hook, than that of the sinker. Hope this helps a bit, some things are hard to explain properly in text.