Fishing School
Positioning
This lesson will show you how position yourself to make sure you’ll be getting into some fun fish catching action even if you’re fishing tough weather conditions (high winds and/or currents).
Topics Discussed
- Shorelines of Bays
- Open grass flats
- Rivers & creeks
- Marsh systems
On The Water Examples
- Fishing shallow grass flats for big trout and upper slot redfish
- How to target marsh systems at different tide levels
Hi Luke, I’ve been studying this video a bunch. What have you found to be the quickest and/or accurate way of making note of the spots with bites while drifting? Also, do you count the spots where maybe you end up catching catfish or ladyfish?
Happy Birthday, btw!
The most accurate way to mark spots of strikes during a drift is to use the boat’s gps to mark the spot. But I am most often drift fishing over vast expanses, so I simply use the cookie tracks on my GPS and take note of the lines that had the most activity.
Thank you for the lesson of winds and current.
Thanks for clarifying this, especially the relationship between current and wind. I do have a question though. I typically fish rivers and tidal creeks where there is a pretty good current. As you suggest here I should position myself down current from where I think the fish are and cast upstream, but when I do this I find it difficult to reel fast enough to keep tension on the line and therefore to be able to twitch or otherwise impart any action to the lure. How do you deal with this?
If the current flow is so strong that you can’t control your lures, then I recommend shifting over to some spots that are slightly protected from the main current flow.
Or, you’ll need to go with a heavy jig that you can bounce along the bottom which will enable you to more easily feel what’s going on with the lure.
Thanks! I was trying to fish near the top where I saw a lot of Redfish rising, but I was at a loss as to how to go after them. Part of it was I don’t think I was putting the lures on the hooks correctly. Part of it was being unsure which hooks – plain, regular jig head, football style, weighted hook – and which lures. I began with shrimp fishing deep, but when I saw the Redfish continue to feed at the top I switched to a paddle tail, and then a Polk County Tweaker, and then a hard plastic jerk bait. But I really felt like I was throwing darts. Hopefully I can soon learn to cur the variables down.
Great info!
Great content! Looking forward to putting this into action on Memorial day in the Lower Laguna Madre! 🙏🎣🎣
Well done. That was very helpful.
Terrific information, Luke Thanks!
Great topic like to see more
Glad to see that you enjoyed this lesson… if you haven’t yet done so, make sure to watch the Positioning lesson in the Advanced section of this course.
Great information on how to position and on windy days. Need to use it next time out.
Enjoyed it. But last week I was fishing a strong outgoing tide (going east) and had 20mph winds from the east. Casting was impossible. The flats were bad too! So I tried a lateral cast and let my bait go with the current. Not many bites. Any ideas or is it time to trailer-up and head for a McFish sandwich?