would tossing a dick nite work on the Quilicene?

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would tossing a dick nite work on the Quilicene?

Post by drysuperfly52 » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:13 am

i hate watching the snagger and i was have minimul luck (or maybe my skill) at flossing them with a bead/corky and yarn. i am wondering would they even hit a little dick nite or would i still be flossing them but with a little lure instead of yarn?
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Re: would tossing a dick nite work on the Quilicene?

Post by oneshot » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:19 am

drysuperfly52 wrote: i am wondering would they even hit a little dick nite or would i still be flossing them but with a little lure instead of yarn?

both can happen.. [rolleyes]

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Re: would tossing a dick nite work on the Quilicene?

Post by drysuperfly52 » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:31 am

what i ment is is workth the money to throw the spoons at them or should i just keep throwing the corkys, i am sure both could work i am just looking for a better edge on the fish
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Re: would tossing a dick nite work on the Quilicene?

Post by Brat Bonker » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:46 am

h dry I always wondered if dick nites work and I am guessing they would since the fish are right on the bottom 90% of the time, I am going to try it out this weekend and wil report back.
Last year I had amazingly good success with pink Titching jigs and pink spinners and my homemade special spinners but this year it seems like more of an egg bite, try eggs.

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Re: would tossing a dick nite work on the Quilicene?

Post by oneshot » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:51 am

i think if you are looking for a legit strike Dick Nites are going to get you closer to that.. in my experience with Dick Nites i get more strikes and the the hook sets itself half the time.. i rarely rip until the fish rips me..

it sucks losing a ton of those in a day in some snaggy areas though, they're not cheap..
depends on how snaggy the area is.. <--- that would be how i make the decision..

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Re: would tossing a dick nite work on the Quilicene?

Post by drysuperfly52 » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:58 am

sounds good i will bring a few with my saturday when i head over to the river, see ya there brat
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Re: would tossing a dick nite work on the Quilicene?

Post by coretron22 » Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:19 am

IME they work well in rivers/creeks/lakes. My two hottest have always been green splatter/chartreuse, & nickel-brass 50/50. You can get em super cheap when they have sales on em @ Fred Meyer.

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Post by oneshot » Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:25 am

coretron22 wrote:IME they work well in rivers/creeks/lakes. My two hottest have always been green splatter/chartreuse, & nickel-brass 50/50. You can get em super cheap when they have sales on em @ Fred Meyer.
yup, solid Coho producers for me too, 50/50 and the froggy/nickel..
if you can find'em for $2.99 to $3.19, you're stoked!!
many places sell'em for $4+.. ouch!!!!

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Post by Brat Bonker » Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:27 pm

oneshot wrote:
coretron22 wrote:IME they work well in rivers/creeks/lakes. My two hottest have always been green splatter/chartreuse, & nickel-brass 50/50. You can get em super cheap when they have sales on em @ Fred Meyer.
yup, solid Coho producers for me too, 50/50 and the froggy/nickel..
if you can find'em for $2.99 to $3.19, you're stoked!!
many places sell'em for $4+.. ouch!!!!
sportco sells them for $2.69. Any other colors work, quil fish are partial to pink so I bought a nickle/pink tail and have some 50/50s and pinks and one frog back.
Yeah I will probally see you there superfly along with my 1000 closes fishing buddies [blink]

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Re: would tossing a dick nite work on the Quilicene?

Post by Brat Bonker » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:17 pm

ted some dick nites today with very little success, I had some bad eggs and had a couple of fish bite but the bead prevailed again. my dad and I limited in 3 hours, 8 chrome fish.

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Re: would tossing a dick nite work on the Quilicene?

Post by NimmunDay » Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:39 pm

Maybe if you try fishing dick nites at the mouth you may be able to get them in the mouth. But dont fish dick nites at rogers st. To many snags in the river. And snaggers.
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Post by NimmunDay » Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:41 pm

Brat Bonker wrote:ted some dick nites today with very little success, I had some bad eggs and had a couple of fish bite but the bead prevailed again. my dad and I limited in 3 hours, 8 chrome fish.
Hey Brat Bonker, do you fish at the mouth? :scratch:
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Re: would tossing a dick nite work on the Quilicene?

Post by drysuperfly52 » Thu Aug 30, 2012 5:53 am

thanks for trying out the dick nights, i am sure you saved me some money, Thanks..

what color of beads are you useing?
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Post by drysuperfly52 » Thu Aug 30, 2012 7:38 am

pin them with a tooth pick? what is the purpose of that? sorry for all the questions
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Re: would tossing a dick nite work on the Quilicene?

Post by Brat Bonker » Thu Aug 30, 2012 7:58 am

Fish-Freak23 wrote:Salmon egg color and size. They work great, just don't forget to pin them with a toothpick.
+10
I do not pin them with a tooth pick but it does not really matter I like the bead to move like a real egg so I do not use a pick, as far as color red, orange and pink. Pinning them with atooth pick enables them to move up or down the line same as a corky.
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Brat Bonker wrote:ted some dick nites today with very little success, I had some bad eggs and had a couple of fish bite but the bead prevailed again. my dad and I limited in 3 hours, 8 chrome fish.
Hey Brat Bonker, do you fish at the mouth? :scratch:
no, 101 down a lot more fishing holes and probally less people per square yard I imagine as well haha. I do think fishing is going to be a little slow though as in you really have to work for your fish since there will be a full moon, it sometimes put them off the bite and they do their traveling at night so they are hiding during the day. Good Luck to all that ventures out there as well as I, may there be chrome!

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Re: would tossing a dick nite work on the Quilicene?

Post by Brat Bonker » Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:55 am

hey has anyone on here tried spinners this year on the quil with any success, my go to spinners are not working for some reason so I think the fish are wanting a different color than pink. :scratch:

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Re: would tossing a dick nite work on the Quilicene?

Post by drysuperfly52 » Thu Aug 30, 2012 10:25 am

i was planning on packing my hardware box with me this weekend if i can find a snag free hole, lets see if my green blue fox gets a taker
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Post by obryan214 » Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:50 pm

Brat Bonker wrote:
oneshot wrote:
coretron22 wrote:IME they work well in rivers/creeks/lakes. My two hottest have always been green splatter/chartreuse, & nickel-brass 50/50. You can get em super cheap when they have sales on em @ Fred Meyer.
yup, solid Coho producers for me too, 50/50 and the froggy/nickel..
if you can find'em for $2.99 to $3.19, you're stoked!!
many places sell'em for $4+.. ouch!!!!
sportco sells them for $2.69. Any other colors work, quil fish are partial to pink so I bought a nickle/pink tail and have some 50/50s and pinks and one frog back.
Yeah I will probally see you there superfly along with my 1000 closes fishing buddies [blink]
if your on facebook post pics of fish you've caught with them on their page and you may get free ones. my first time they sent me 6, 3 the others. they pic the colors and sizes though.

I see no reason they wouldn't work on the quill. got several coho on the satsop with the copper ones.

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Re: would tossing a dick nite work on the Quilicene?

Post by obryan214 » Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:52 pm

Brat Bonker wrote:hey has anyone on here tried spinners this year on the quil with any success, my go to spinners are not working for some reason so I think the fish are wanting a different color than pink. :scratch:
in the bay i've had luck with size 3 blue fox in pink with silver blade, orange with gold blade, blue with silver blade and all black. hope that helps.

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Re: would tossing a dick nite work on the Quilicene?

Post by Brat Bonker » Thu Aug 30, 2012 10:04 pm

obryan214 wrote:
Brat Bonker wrote:hey has anyone on here tried spinners this year on the quil with any success, my go to spinners are not working for some reason so I think the fish are wanting a different color than pink. :scratch:
in the bay i've had luck with size 3 blue fox in pink with silver blade, orange with gold blade, blue with silver blade and all black. hope that helps.
that does help thank you, is that this year or in the past?

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