Are there big bucks in comic book genre? Just look at what Hollywood has been up to for last few decades. As far as I can tell, really big blockbusters started back in 1978 with release of Superman, The Movie. And since then there has been comic book hero after comic book hero to hit silver screen. And they all make tons of money. The Hollywood moguls may or may not be "into" genre, but can smell large profits. And these kinds of profits aren't harvested from a small out of touch with reality niche. It take large numbers of individuals forking out 5 to 10 dollars a pop, to accumulate astronomical profits that Hollywood is seeing these days. Individuals who may or may not want to admit their avid interest in comic book characters. I will stand up and say, I enjoy watching these movies and have even started my own collection of comic book character DVDs. Who knows, maybe some day my DVDs will become as valuable as comic books. Probably not.

Although, not every individual's collection has magazines worth thousands of dollars, there are a sizable amount of collections that can be worth hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. These are not people that have lost touch with reality. A while back, actor, Nicholas Cage, put his comic book collection of about 400 magazines up for auction. Word was that he might have realized a value into seven figures. That ain't chicken feed.

It is not uncommon for single additions to be worth several hundred to several thousand dollars. Some comic books can enter realm of several hundred thousand dollars for one magazine. Now owners have to be some pretty rich economically savvy geeks. Are these types of small niche individuals who have lost touch with reality or don't want to confess they like comic books? So next time you hear someone profess, yeah I collect comic books, you may want to look inside yourself and say, how do I release my hidden passion and start collecting myself?

Next I bait my rods, staggering them at depth I see fish. If fish are up high, above 10 feet, I use a balloon and live shad on two rods. The other four rods will have half live and half cut shad, which I will suspend over fish, continuously moving around marker until first strike occurs. In warmer months bite will usually occur on live shad. The colder water, better that cut bait seems to work.

Keep moving depth of your baits up and down according to what your locator is telling you. An easy way to determine depth of your bait is to measure distance between first guide and your rod’s reel. My rods are two feet from reel to first guide so when I pull out twenty sections of line between my reel and first guide, my bait will be approximately 40 feet deep. Stagger depth of your bait so that you know how deep each is. When you get your first strike, move your other rods to that depth. If no strikes occur within 30 minutes move to another structure. I have set on same ledge for many hours and caught fish, but I will usually have to move after catching 5 to 10 active fish. If you do not have a trolling motor you can use anchors, but it requires many sessions of heaving up heavy anchors and can soon kill fun of ledge fishing. When water is at its coldest, anchor method will work better due to inactivity of fish below.

In other words, warmer water faster fish will spook out from under your boat. The colder water less chance fish will want to move away due to their comfort zone in water column.

Make sure to read Part 3 of this article to learn about Capt. Jeff's second non-typical technique!

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