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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2014 22:34:39 GMT -5
First thing first. I had another flying creature take off with my bait today. This bird was a darker color and had big claws too. It was not a heron. It grabbed my bait and held on so long that my planer board was a good 10 feet in the air. I thanked him for telling me my bait was dead. Fish..uhhhh..what a day! I caught 11...all above 9 pounds and the largest being 15. I had a back to back to back and like clockwork, as soon as I got one fish back in the water, another board went skiing. So much better than concurrent hits...well for me anyway. My biggest fish was caught in the mouth of the creek I was fishing on a planer board set to 40 feet with a 3 oz weight. Wow them SML boards are awesome! I had 3 free lines bank side and 2 down lines on planers channel side. I caught 3 on the downs..6 riding the bank and 2 on the inner bank side boards. I learned that moving with down lines is way more manageable with planer boards and when they get hit, you are in for one hell of a battle! One other interesting note. Once it started to become evening..the fish shut off for me. And as I was pulling beautiful baits across a point...two old timers cruised in and were absolutely owning the fish with something that they threw right to the bank. They called it a "plug" but I think it was 30 years of experience and something they made in their basement. I just watched and enjoyed these two doing their thing. I'm quite sure that they enjoyed me pulling 5 boards and not out catching their single artificial thing. GOOD STUFF!
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Post by CorneliaGale on Mar 31, 2014 23:18:00 GMT -5
Nice report
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Post by striperjohn on Apr 1, 2014 5:25:09 GMT -5
Good report, getting the boat out of mothballs today. Hey Yam you sure that was a 3 Oz sinker? Most boards would not run with that much weight and a shad and would probably sink. 3/4 oz maybe?
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Post by striperjohn on Apr 1, 2014 5:41:27 GMT -5
Okay after reviewing the posts on planers in the other section, I guess you do use 3 oz weights on the boards. WOW, I guess you must be pulling awful fast to get the board and the shad to move out away from the boat.
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Post by BentRod on Apr 1, 2014 6:10:48 GMT -5
Nice report!
I pulled baits for the last 20min of daylight last night after getting some bait and it was pretty dead. Had one fish on and it pulled the stinger loose about a minute into the fight and that was it. Not really any action at all. Water was colder in my spot than it was Sat night (47 vs 51) which I thought was interesting..no shad there like Sat night, but millions of 3-7" alewives in 2ft of water..could literally see them swimming by. Today and tomorrow should warm my areas back up. It was 53-54 in another creek I saw yesterday though.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2014 7:55:05 GMT -5
Yes..I saw those ales too a few nights. Crazy amount.
Yes it was a 3 oz. I also had a 2 oz. I was just experimenting and both boards pulled to the side fine at .7 mph. Rednecks rock!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2014 11:27:49 GMT -5
Okay after reviewing the posts on planers in the other section, I guess you do use 3 oz weights on the boards. WOW, I guess you must be pulling awful fast to get the board and the shad to move out away from the boat. With my one day of experimentation, I would recommend the 2 oz. It allowed me to raise it up easier if a change in depth was coming with a jolt of speed. I did have to go back once with the 3 ounce and I think it was just pure luck that my fish hit that particular down line. Additionally, I would stay clear of this strategy if you don't know what is coming or you will get snagged. You can't change depth quickly. But the control in terms of not crossing lines?? AWESOME!
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Post by Jason54 on Apr 1, 2014 11:51:26 GMT -5
Great stuff Yam!! Thanks for all your reports!
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Post by unclaxfan on Apr 2, 2014 15:04:54 GMT -5
I've had great luck this time of year casting flukes to the shore in the evening this time of year, within feet of dry land! The first striper I hooked was an accident, came when I was bass fishing under some trees at dusk around this time of year.
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Post by piper on Apr 3, 2014 9:06:52 GMT -5
I've had great luck this time of year casting flukes to the shore in the evening this time of year, within feet of dry land! The first striper I hooked was an accident, came when I was bass fishing under some trees at dusk around this time of year. Great info. Ive been putting off artificial as Im a bait addict but this may be the ticket to some action. Ive been skunked on bait and stripes my past few trips.
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Post by CorneliaGale on Apr 3, 2014 10:25:15 GMT -5
Always keep a couple of rod rigged to cast, swampmunkies, flukes, and a plug, you never know when they will come up and bust bait on the top.
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