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Post by michiganstatespartan on Jun 15, 2015 13:35:14 GMT -5
Been fishing at R12 every morning since Thursday... finishing up at 9-9:30am, catching our limit (4) each morning (we always stop after we reach our limit)... largest was 14lbs... about half were 10-12lbs... the other half were 5-7 lbs. Running shad on boards plus 2 ales out the back (one a weighted free line & one on a bobber). Fish are mostly scattered... We did see a few small schools.... Had some busting bait for 5 mins yesterday.... marked a nice school in a hole near the island but couldn't get them to bite. Almost all the fish we caught were in 30-40 ft of water over timber. About 3 in 4 fish were caught on shad... all but one were caught with the stinger.
Got lucky with bait.... were able to get nice shad at our dock light (15 ft of water).... had to sort through a million small ales to find them though! |
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Post by mwardncsu on Jun 15, 2015 14:07:07 GMT -5
Nice report... was going to ask you about the size of shad till I got to the stinger part  What are you seeing on water temps? Heard 82 or so up the lake the other day..... |
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Post by michiganstatespartan on Jun 15, 2015 15:42:06 GMT -5
Unfortunately I didn't notice what the water temp was... The air temperature was a few degrees past too hot to fish in by 9AM!
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Post by jmr04 on Jun 15, 2015 18:07:14 GMT -5
86 up the BW this afternoon.
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Post by mwardncsu on Jun 15, 2015 18:09:38 GMT -5
86 up the BW this afternoon. Ouch - though I'm not surprised. Time to pay attention to how you're fighting and releasing fish - don't let that fish drag on the surface for long fighting if trolling out way out on a float line or board - and get it back down deep fast - no reviving boat side.... |
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Post by FishON on Jun 15, 2015 19:45:22 GMT -5
Great report!
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Post by striperjohn on Jun 16, 2015 16:33:35 GMT -5
I don't think anything you do in water temps that high will save them.
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Post by mwardncsu on Jun 16, 2015 16:46:59 GMT -5
I don't think anything you do in water temps that high will save them. well, for a bit longer at least, that very warm water is less than 10' deep. If you catch them on downlines - get them up and then "torpedo" them back down quickly, then I feel they have a good chance. However, if they get drug in on the surface, then unlikley. If they show signs of yellowing, then its almost certainly they won't go back..... |
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Post by BentRod on Jun 16, 2015 20:47:03 GMT -5
I think it depends on the fish - they're all different and respond differently to a warm water fight - just the same as humans in physical exercise. If they show any signs of fatigue, they're more than likely dead, or a vast majority (70-80%) are. I'd love to see every fish released, but be realistic and responsible about it - they're not a good summertime fish - just the way it is. I do think young fish 8lbs and under are more resilient to warm water and probably don't die at the same rate as your larger fish - they just don't seem affected by it as much.
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