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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Winter Steel pictures
SLAY EM BAITS NIGHTMARE JIG
ORANGE KND CUSTOM TACKLE SPROCKET
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Monday, January 28, 2013
NEW NWK VIDEOS
NEW NWK VIDEOS
SPINNING TIME
NORTHWEST CONNECT PART 1
NORTHWESTCONNECT PART 2
WINTER FROST
Thursday, January 17, 2013
WANNA CATCH FISH ON SPINNERS?
WANNA CATCH FISH ON SPINNERS?
Throwing Spinners NWK style
with KndCustomTackle.com Sprockets
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A lot of anglers think Cast and Retrieve when they here Spinner fishing. Although that will get you fish, it is only one of the major styles of throwing hardware. In my eyes there are THREE methods to fishing spinners.
... FIRST, is the Strait Cast-
The strait cast is where you cast strait out in front of you. this method is broken into to styles.
One is where you cast and then begin to slowly retrieve your hardware. this will make your lure stay up in the higher portion of the water column, you will get fish doing this but mostly just the most aggressive fish. This style will have the least chance of getting snagged because there is so much force against your spinner that 90% of the time it just washes over stuff. (EXCEPT FOR TREES AND BRANCHES)
The second style is the strait cast swing. cast out, reel in your slack and close your bail. The river current will swing your lure farther down in the water column therefore covering more water. Doing this style will not only get angry fish to strike but will also get closer to the fish that are just wanting to hold for an easy meal. This style brings great chance that you will snag. When trying this style drop down to a size smaller lure that you are using for all the other methods.
SECOND, is the Vertical Cast-
The vertical cast is where you toss your lure strait up river close to the bank and retrieve it fast enough to keep up with the lure and river flow, thus keeping the lure up off the bottom. This is more of an advanced cast and can result in many snags. This method can only be used in the proper spots. doesn't work well with people above you on the bank and doesn't work well in less then two foot depths. Using this style will get the reaction biters to take your gear, which means the angriest fish....Think about it when a lure or bait is moving slow past a fish, it has time to decide whether to take it or pass it on to the next to decide...where as when you are retrieving your lure at a fast pace, they have a split second to decide if it wants it or not. We have pulled 15# fish out of two feet of water, dont under estimate where a fish will hold. This method is also best to fish a ripple that is really close to you on the bank, just walk down river and Vertical Cast it.
THIRD, and most used and effective spinning methods to catching fish is the Drift To Swing
The drift to swing is a cast that helps you grid the water your working. this style covers everything in between the vertical cast and the strait cast. I like to start with a cast up and across to the max, the farthest line where fish can lay. as soon as your lure hits the water, you begin to slow reel feeling out the bottom and where the big rocks are while the water pressure pushes your line. While your line is being pulled through the water, you lure is being pulled behind. The lure will be running strait down river for some of the time and spinning slowly until it reaches that center point where it kicks out to the swing. A lot of fish will hit right in front of you when your lure is just reaching the point of swing....Repeat this style across the entire river...you know you covered everything when you are back to a vertical cast.... In deeper water when you cast you would let your lure fall before closing your bail and retrieving. The whole point is to feel bottom. Obviously this can result in a lot of lost tackle, but you wont catch fish without loosing some hardware.
How you hold your rod is very important in spinner fishing.....theyway you hold it, steers the lure up and down and can also shorten the lengths of your drift. For instance while doing the strait cast you want to hold your rod pointing up river and pointed down toward the water. This will make your lure begin its swing and keep the lure below the surface. When doing the vertical cast you want to hold your rod strait out, then the lure will not fall any quicker then it will rise. When doing the drift to swing cast there are a few different styles, I my self like to use two. One is pointing your rod tip more down river and tip pointed toward the water, this will help you get down low and stay down and will give you a longer drift before reaching that point of swing. The second is where you keep your rod strait up, this will give you a better chance to not get snagged and also to make your lure do something different..sorta flutters more.
These methods are used during proper water conditions...if the water is too fast you wont get down low enough and your lure will fly right by any possible contenders.....if the water is too slow then it makes the drift sweep cast very tricky, the water wont push you line and lure, most of the time your lure will just come right back to you....which is the most ineffective way to spinner fish.
There are tons more tricks to it, but I cant share them all. Some of them took years to learn and some are just plain family secrets....use these tools and throw your own twist on it, you will be pleased with the results.See More
Throwing Spinners NWK style
with KndCustomTackle.com Sprockets
...
A lot of anglers think Cast and Retrieve when they here Spinner fishing. Although that will get you fish, it is only one of the major styles of throwing hardware. In my eyes there are THREE methods to fishing spinners.
... FIRST, is the Strait Cast-
The strait cast is where you cast strait out in front of you. this method is broken into to styles.
One is where you cast and then begin to slowly retrieve your hardware. this will make your lure stay up in the higher portion of the water column, you will get fish doing this but mostly just the most aggressive fish. This style will have the least chance of getting snagged because there is so much force against your spinner that 90% of the time it just washes over stuff. (EXCEPT FOR TREES AND BRANCHES)
The second style is the strait cast swing. cast out, reel in your slack and close your bail. The river current will swing your lure farther down in the water column therefore covering more water. Doing this style will not only get angry fish to strike but will also get closer to the fish that are just wanting to hold for an easy meal. This style brings great chance that you will snag. When trying this style drop down to a size smaller lure that you are using for all the other methods.
SECOND, is the Vertical Cast-
The vertical cast is where you toss your lure strait up river close to the bank and retrieve it fast enough to keep up with the lure and river flow, thus keeping the lure up off the bottom. This is more of an advanced cast and can result in many snags. This method can only be used in the proper spots. doesn't work well with people above you on the bank and doesn't work well in less then two foot depths. Using this style will get the reaction biters to take your gear, which means the angriest fish....Think about it when a lure or bait is moving slow past a fish, it has time to decide whether to take it or pass it on to the next to decide...where as when you are retrieving your lure at a fast pace, they have a split second to decide if it wants it or not. We have pulled 15# fish out of two feet of water, dont under estimate where a fish will hold. This method is also best to fish a ripple that is really close to you on the bank, just walk down river and Vertical Cast it.
THIRD, and most used and effective spinning methods to catching fish is the Drift To Swing
The drift to swing is a cast that helps you grid the water your working. this style covers everything in between the vertical cast and the strait cast. I like to start with a cast up and across to the max, the farthest line where fish can lay. as soon as your lure hits the water, you begin to slow reel feeling out the bottom and where the big rocks are while the water pressure pushes your line. While your line is being pulled through the water, you lure is being pulled behind. The lure will be running strait down river for some of the time and spinning slowly until it reaches that center point where it kicks out to the swing. A lot of fish will hit right in front of you when your lure is just reaching the point of swing....Repeat this style across the entire river...you know you covered everything when you are back to a vertical cast.... In deeper water when you cast you would let your lure fall before closing your bail and retrieving. The whole point is to feel bottom. Obviously this can result in a lot of lost tackle, but you wont catch fish without loosing some hardware.
How you hold your rod is very important in spinner fishing.....theyway you hold it, steers the lure up and down and can also shorten the lengths of your drift. For instance while doing the strait cast you want to hold your rod pointing up river and pointed down toward the water. This will make your lure begin its swing and keep the lure below the surface. When doing the vertical cast you want to hold your rod strait out, then the lure will not fall any quicker then it will rise. When doing the drift to swing cast there are a few different styles, I my self like to use two. One is pointing your rod tip more down river and tip pointed toward the water, this will help you get down low and stay down and will give you a longer drift before reaching that point of swing. The second is where you keep your rod strait up, this will give you a better chance to not get snagged and also to make your lure do something different..sorta flutters more.
These methods are used during proper water conditions...if the water is too fast you wont get down low enough and your lure will fly right by any possible contenders.....if the water is too slow then it makes the drift sweep cast very tricky, the water wont push you line and lure, most of the time your lure will just come right back to you....which is the most ineffective way to spinner fish.
There are tons more tricks to it, but I cant share them all. Some of them took years to learn and some are just plain family secrets....use these tools and throw your own twist on it, you will be pleased with the results.See More
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
NEW SPONSOR ANNOUNCEMENT
First of all we would love to welcome our newest sponsor Slay Em Baits...they are based out of the Portland area, and have some of the best baits on the market...lets just say, we have been salivating over the Slay Em bait products for sometime ....and to think they are apart of our army now......almost untouchable!
And now to set the record strait....NWK represents four companies.....
Kndcustomtackle.net
Allaroundangler.com
TheReelTech.com
Slay Em Baits https://www.facebook.com/SlayEmBaits?ref=ts&fref=ts#!/SlayEmBaits?fref=ts
Only except the best, don't settle at second!
And now to set the record strait....NWK represents four companies.....
Kndcustomtackle.net
Allaroundangler.com
TheReelTech.com
Slay Em Baits https://www.facebook.com/SlayEmBaits?ref=ts&fref=ts#!/SlayEmBaits?fref=ts
Only except the best, don't settle at second!
Wild Winter
Been quite the Winter adventure so far. Waiting for the old Coho and Chinook Salmon to get out of the holes to make way for the chrome winter Steelhead at the moment. Been focusing on rivers and streams that are the closest to the salt water....knowing they will be in there first. This time of year when the water is running Steelhead green, you can pretty much feed them any presentation to get them to bite...bobber, drifting and hardware....as long as you get it in there "Zone"...there zone being, tailouts, fast shallow currents, and of couse if the water is higher....close to the bank...Well as most of you know we are hardware chuckers most of the time unless the weather and currents say otherwise. Our lastest two missions were no different....water was perfect green and perfect level.....perfect level to us is when there is current but not to where the whole river is running hard...just the bottle necks and the boulder fields....this makes it so the fish can hold in regular zones more in the open.....much harder to feed fish when they are jammed up behind a rock or log.....
So back to the story...we went to one of our sweet spots, where no mans land meets perfect waters with big fish....we were very pleased with the results of our two day mission.....although we were hunting for winter fish....its hard not to have fun hooking and releasing big firetruck coho and chinook.....but chrome is that much funner.....we ended the two days going 3-3 on winter steelhead with one that was pushing 17 pounds and some smaller 26 inch fish.
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So back to the story...we went to one of our sweet spots, where no mans land meets perfect waters with big fish....we were very pleased with the results of our two day mission.....although we were hunting for winter fish....its hard not to have fun hooking and releasing big firetruck coho and chinook.....but chrome is that much funner.....we ended the two days going 3-3 on winter steelhead with one that was pushing 17 pounds and some smaller 26 inch fish.
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This two day trip and this big native winter steelhead are all on our new video "the brink of winter" there are two parts to the video, be sure to check them both out.
Here is some more fish porn from the adventure!
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ALL of these fish were caught using KndCustomTackle.net 's Sprocket Spinners...blue and purple in the #5 size.....if you think that there is any mis advertisment....let me know, we will go head to head with your blue foxes.....
Monday, November 19, 2012
weeks in review
Here is Ken James with a nice 18# chinook from the salt
one of Garretts nice Coho from the coast
here is me with a smaller Coho from the river
these are just a few fish from our adventures. All fish were caught using Knd Custom Tackle Spinners, except for my sisters two fish. Her Steelhead was caught on Roe, and her coho was caught useing a fire tiger plug....
Stay tuned, Winter Steelhead is around the corner!....our favorite, plenty of fish to come!
Friday, October 5, 2012
LURE SUCCESS
Here are some more pictures of LURE SUCCESS....who needs bait?
13# Chinook Salmon
9# Coho Salmon
9# Coho
Stickin' to your game
Well, the Salmon are getting thicker and thicker in the bays, and lower rivers. Yes some are turning dark, but there is still plenty of chrome salmon around. We have been successful in finding a few really chrome fish some in the bays and some in the rivers.....
So the main point is....Go with what you know or are confident with....going against the grain doesn't always mean there will not be a smooth out come!....For example The fish pictured about was hooked and landed in strait bobber territory....every other angler including my fishing friend were bobber fishing.....it must have been "the thing to do" there......not my thing to do....I threw on a Blue #5 Knd Custom Tackle Sprockets spinner and made a few grids of the hole....on my third cast through "the meat" of the hole....BOOM....fish on...there was no question it was a fish!!...check out Kevins website...he ahas all sorts of sweet stuff going on! KNDCUSTOMTACKLE.NET
Monday, September 24, 2012
Chrome Ca Chrome Chrome Chrome
Nothing but chrome the other day..Put the boat in for the first time this season....bank fishing has been alittle slow.....ended up going 5-8 with 4 Chinook and a coho...it was a blast, lots of boats, lots of action...couldn't have PAID for a better day!!!
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