How do you fish your Salamanders

[gdub16]

I am guessing it about that time to bring out the Salamander. I have never fished just curious how folks are fishing them for Lakes, Pound and or Rivers?

Texas with slide weight
Weightless
Weighted EWG Weedless

Looking to try my luck next Saturday in local pound.

Might use flouro for weightless
Mono for Texas and or weighted EWG for bottom bouncing?

Cheers

Greg

[Mr_Scrogg]

Weightless over submerged Mossbeds dropped into pockets and holes.

[leo]

Weightless over submerged Mossbeds dropped into pockets and holes.

X2.

I use a weighted hook. It makes the lizard fall nicely, helps with casting, and it doesn't catch much debris. You have to be careful threading the hook in order to not rip the baits head.

[leo]

Weightless over submerged Mossbeds dropped into pockets and holes.

X2.

I use a weighted hook. It makes the lizard fall nicely, helps with casting, and it doesn't catch much debris. You have to be careful threading the hook in order to not rip the baits head.

[Plasticpirogue]

Well down here in Luzanna, we jus call'em L-I-Z-A-R-D-S. Fish them all the time from late February to about late April. In fact, I will have one tied on in the morning. Killed 'em on lizards last weekend. Any color is fine as long as it's a natural green color (Punpkin Green, Watermellon, etc..).

I fish them two different ways, depending on the structure. If I am fishing a woody shallow bank without too much moss I will fish them texas rigged with about 1/8, 3/16, or up to 1/4oz (the lighter the better) with a 4/0 EWG worm hook. If I am fishing them in/around/over weedbeds I will simply remove the weight and fish them weightless; "swiming" the bait in and out of holes in the mossbeds.

I throw them on a 6'6" MH/F "worm rod", 50lb braid w/ about 3' of 20lb flouro leader.

[gdub16]

Well down here in Luzanna, we jus call'em L-I-Z-A-R-D-S. Fish them all the time from late February to about late April. In fact, I will have one tied on in the morning. Killed 'em on lizards last weekend. Any color is fine as long as it's a natural green color (Punpkin Green, Watermellon, etc..).

I fish them two different ways, depending on the structure. If I am fishing a woody shallow bank without too much moss I will fish them texas rigged with about 1/8, 3/16, or up to 1/4oz (the lighter the better) with a 4/0 EWG worm hook. If I am fishing them in/around/over weedbeds I will simply remove the weight and fish them weightless; "swiming" the bait in and out of holes in the mossbeds.

I throw them on a 6'6" MH/F "worm rod", 50lb braid w/ about 3' of 20lb flouro leader.

Hmmm I have a 7' M/F baitcaster with 10# mono XT, a 7'6" spinning ML/F with 20# Braid and 7' spinning M/M with 30# braid. Area looks like some grass not much moss with over trees and few stumps. What would be my best option? Still tossing around the idea loading 30# on baitcaster but haven't. I have some 3/0 EWG 3/32 weighted hoods as well as regular 3/0 4/0 5/0 EWG.

Thanks all for sharing your knowledge. Done a lot of reading but it good to real-time input.

Cheers

[Plasticpirogue]

Well down here in Luzanna, we jus call'em L-I-Z-A-R-D-S. Fish them all the time from late February to about late April. In fact, I will have one tied on in the morning. Killed 'em on lizards last weekend. Any color is fine as long as it's a natural green color (Punpkin Green, Watermellon, etc..).

I fish them two different ways, depending on the structure. If I am fishing a woody shallow bank without too much moss I will fish them texas rigged with about 1/8, 3/16, or up to 1/4oz (the lighter the better) with a 4/0 EWG worm hook. If I am fishing them in/around/over weedbeds I will simply remove the weight and fish them weightless; "swiming" the bait in and out of holes in the mossbeds.

I throw them on a 6'6" MH/F "worm rod", 50lb braid w/ about 3' of 20lb flouro leader.

Hmmm I have a 7' M/F baitcaster with 10# mono XT, a 7'6" spinning ML/F with 20# Braid and 7' spinning M/M with 30# braid. Area looks like some grass not much moss with over trees and few stumps. What would be my best option? Still tossing around the idea loading 30# on baitcaster but haven't. I have some 3/0 EWG 3/32 weighted hoods as well as regular 3/0 4/0 5/0 EWG.

Thanks all for sharing your knowledge. Done a lot of reading but it good to real-time input.

Cheers

You could fish a weightless lizard (or the lightly weighted hook) with the 7' M/F spinning rod with the 10lb XT (that's a fairly stout mono) as long as you are not fishing them in heavy cover. Just make sure your hooks are "sticky" sharp.

[oubassman]

I fish them two different ways, depending on the structure. If I am fishing a woody shallow bank without too much moss I will fish them texas rigged with about 1/8, 3/16, or up to 1/4oz (the lighter the better) with a 4/0 EWG worm hook. If I am fishing them in/around/over weedbeds I will simply remove the weight and fish them weightless; "swiming" the bait in and out of holes in the mossbeds.

Best advice in fishing them

[dlivrr]

Caught this one yesterday on a lizard. 3/8 oz pegged sinker, 3-0 hook. 1.5 feet of water.

5 lbs 8 oz, OK for a March Indiana Largemouth.

[gdub16]

Caught this one yesterday on a lizard. 3/8 oz pegged sinker, 3-0 hook. 1.5 feet of water.

5 lbs 8 oz, OK for a March Indiana Largemouth.

That's one fat fish, congrats. Why do peg the sinker to punch through the weeds?