So does anyone fish or just nah???

[pbillyi69]

we caught couple fish today

 

[Only the Tony]

 

[Tiewire]

5 quick ones for supper tonight!

 

[Only the Tony]

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5 quick ones for supper tonight!

What are you using. Been running bobby garland 2" since I can change color when I want. Few on minnows Sunday, but nothing yesterday. Can't get anything but shiners around here for some reason. Been told probably won't see fatheads until next spring. Last few years I have been using fatheads since they won't hardly touch the shiners. Maybe because of the large shad spawn this year and they are looking for something different.

 

[Tiewire]

Using hand tied 1/16 ounce black and pink or chartreuse and pink jigs tipped with a niblet. Jigging vertical off of a dock 6-10 feet deep.

 

[Tiewire]

Tied these this evening and going to try them out tomorrow.

 

[Only the Tony]

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Tied these this evening and going to try them out tomorrow.

Grew up with grandfather tying doll flies and I tie them the same way. Use yarn for the tails instead of feathers most times. Just unravel it when you use the jigs. The yarn will outlast feathers by a long shot . He made his own mold for the heads and used a pair of dikes to cut the excess lead off. Gave them a tapered head with a weight about 1/20th oz.

 

[Bigmac]

What size rod and line are using on fish like that

My bank rod for spinners is a lamiglass 9’ 15-40 line line weight 1-4 oz lure weight, I tried a few rods, and this worked the best for pitching 1.5oz of lead and a larger size 6-7 blade spinner. I tried lighter rods and the either snapped casting or started to creak and sound like they would let go, or was to limber to get good distance

I used a an old black abu reel for years with 20lb mono, casted great and would hold up fine, it was a slow retrieve thou. I switched last year to 2000’s era abu that I added 6.4-1 gears in and has an old spool of 65lb braided line, it’s what I use in the boat for 360 flashers. So the old broke in braid, casts fine and cuts through the water better than mono. It’s a bit overkill though. In the boat with a 360 flasher a 20-30lb fish can snap 40lb leader, without a flasher 20lb line is fine.

 

[Bigmac]

Got some long discontinued blades! Mega clearance sale! Wish they still made them, but the 3.5 blades and 360 flasher have taken over! I still use them. For certain applications,

 

[Wilhelm]

From the looks of it she cought crabs.

 

[John Wargo]

From the looks of it she cought crabs.

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Sometimes you just gotta take that chance.

 

[Only the Tony]

 

[Tiewire]

I fished for an hour this morning and didn’t get a bite. So I went home

 

[John Wargo]

First trout on my fly rod.

 

[Tiewire]

First time trolling crankbaits. Quit a little early to come home and make a few changes to rod holders but I think I’m gonna enjoy trolling. Also caught 4 green carp (bass).

 

[Only the Tony]

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First time trolling crankbaits. Quit a little early to come home and make a few changes to rod holders but I think I’m gonna enjoy trolling. Also caught 4 green carp (bass).

Easy fishing, got a kicker on my boat. Guy that retired from work called bass sewer trout.

 

[Only the Tony]

I run 4 rods trolling usually. Thinking about putting on the planer boards that were in the boat when I bought it as well or some snap weights to kick up to 6. Seems a bit crazy to run downriggers for crappie but they work.

 

[Tiewire]

The crankbaits are producing bigger fish!

 

[John Wargo]

Heading out this morning to look for some trout. Going to use the 2 fly method and see if i can make that work

 

[Tiewire]

Couple more real nice ones this afternoon.