Goldeye odd ball technique

[coorslight]

I was catching them on a bober with a worm a foot below it wass actually working really well. Anyone have any other odd ball fishing rigs that work good for any fish lets here them

[BBJTKLE&FISHINGADVENTURES]

Originally Posted by coorslight

I was catching them on a bober with a worm a foot below it wass actually working really well. Anyone have any other odd ball fishing rigs that work good for any fish lets here them

Walleye spinner . You can catch them things all day long theyll even hammer a spoon .

[0liver]

Originally Posted by coorslight

I was catching them on a bober with a worm a foot below it wass actually working really well. Anyone have any other odd ball fishing rigs that work good for any fish lets here them

A guy at whitemud one day was fishing with nothing but a 10' length of bamboo, with only I think 4 eyelets, a big ball of line [couldn't see what kind, but somehow he avoided tangles without using a reel] and a 2 treble pickerel rig with a big lump of spaghetti for bait, using huge piece of brick tied to the bottom. Hey caught at least a dozen suckers and lo and behold a 3 1/2' sturgeon. All at whitemud creek casting from the mouth way out into the current. Everyone has there own gig right?

[Deer Hunter]

I have caught them on everything from 4" rapalas to bait. There is nothing keeping them off your line if they're running. Seems like a school of them go by at once. I have caught two at one time on a pickeral rig and then nothing afterwards. Lots of fun.

[KegRiver]

Doesn't everyone catch Goldeye that way ?

If you think that's strange, you should come fishing with me, I could show you some really strange ways of fishing.

For many years my fishing rig consisted of a ten (aprox.) foot length of Saskatoon cane with 12 feet of braided line and a foot of rabbit wire tipped with a Diana spinner. I caught a lot of fish with that outfit.

These days one of my favorite methods uses a large rock, 30 or 40 feet of braided line. A 1 oz weight and the largest trebble hook I can find.

I tie the line to the big rock, (within a foot of the water), bait the hook with beaver meat and toss the hook as far as I can out into the current.
Then I set up a lawn chair and sit back and read a book. Every hour or so I check the line to see if it has moved. If it moves I pull it in to see if there is anything on the hook.

It's the best Burbot setup I have ever seen, and it will take any large fish that happens by.
No sport to it, but a lot of good eating and relaxation to be had.

[Daceminnow]

Originally Posted by KegRiver

Doesn't everyone catch Goldeye that way ?

agreed they're a pesky species to be constantly pulling of your hook while drifting minnows below a sb targeting eyes. scrappy, just way too much like the toothless whitefish for me. useless.

[coorslight]

i alwways caught them on a little spinner. the little minows are pseky they barly hit and steal my bait all the time haha i ever caught one like maybe two inches lol

[Muskeg]

Odd ball??lmao. Thats the original way to catch them! Try bacon next time.

[the local angler]

i have heard rumours of them being caught on hot dog meat too.

[Mulestalker]

Raw chicken skin! cut into thin ribbons ,unlike worms they can't pull this stuff off the hook,works great!....if your into Goldeye

[pikergolf]

Cut an ear plug lengthwise into 1/4s. Tie one of the 1/4s onto a #12 dry fly hook. Wade out into the river, using dry line cast down stream as far as you can and then bring "fly" back cause a nice big V in the water. They fall over themselves trying to eat that. Purist dry fly fishing at it's finest!

[NSRfishing]

Originally Posted by pikergolf

Cut an ear plug lengthwise into 1/4s. Tie one of the 1/4s onto a #12 dry fly hook. Wade out into the river, using dry line cast down stream as far as you can and then bring "fly" back cause a nice big V in the water. They fall over themselves trying to eat that. Purist dry fly fishing at it's finest!

LOL i thought i was the only one who used earplugs as lures i like to soak them in scent

[Dust1n]

a red devil on a bober works too.
a wooly bugger and indactor workks pretty good too

[pickrel pat]

Originally Posted by Fish Hunter7

a red devil on a bober works too.

now that wins with the oddest of the oddest...

[dogboy]

but are they good eating they look big enuff to try to cook but how do yo cook them?

[KegRiver]

Dogboy; do you mean. are Goldeye good eating?

If so, I would say yes. But some don't think so.

I like the taste, but frankly the texture is not great. That doesn't bother me.

Two things, the colder the water the better the fish, and, the fresher the fish the better the eating.

Given that, and given a fish of marginal eating qualities, I would advise cooking Goldeye as a shore lunch. From the water to the pan so to speak.

Below is a post I made describing my favourite methods for preparing Goldeye.

http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showp...3&postcount=42