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Post by getlinewet on Mar 25, 2013 8:57:58 GMT -5
Many thanks. Super informative.
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Post by mntneerfan on Apr 18, 2013 12:45:21 GMT -5
GReat read! I want to try and do some live bait this fall but I have to get a bait tank first.
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Post by eddiet on May 4, 2013 21:01:46 GMT -5
Thanks BentRod, lots of good information, you have inspired me to get out and give em a try-
An old river bank fisherman, eddiet
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Post by smlmike on Jul 19, 2013 20:02:27 GMT -5
OK guys I am new to the striper/fishing world and loving every moment that I get to go fishing. Always been a guy that played ball sports, but fishing is my game now. Learning a lot from you guys on here. Great information! Got 1 or many questions to come. First of all I have a 24' fishing pontoon that has two freshwater wells/tanks. Pumps and aerates the tanks straight from the lake. Are these good for live bait tanks? Do I need to prep the tanks in any way for live bait? My dock is within sight of Bettys & Beckys Creek, you guys talk like its good striper grounds. Going out all next week to try my luck for my first time own my own. Been to the bay fishing for them. Anyways, any insight you can throw my way is greatly appreciated. BentRod great information!
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Post by CorneliaGale on Jul 19, 2013 20:33:54 GMT -5
Welcome Mike, glad you joined us there is a lot of good information on here and a lot of years spent catching stripers by some of the guys on here. A pontoon is a good boat for the lake, for the bait tanks, are the tanks square or round? If they are square then you will have a problem with shad as they will all get in a corner and die. If they are round or oval then you may be able to use them. Later in the fall or spring you can use a tank that that runs water thru it. Lot of the problems with shad is the scales and poop they do in a tank, that is why the better tanks have filters in them. Go back and read some of the posts on bait tanks on here and you will get a idea of the problems with shad. Bettys and Beckys are a good location to fish for stripers and cats.
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Post by smlmike on Jul 19, 2013 20:43:08 GMT -5
CorneliaGale, I have seen the posts about the shad and getting red nosed. Also saw where BentRod puts them in holding tanks to de-scale. Any retro fit ideas for my rectangle takes with small rounded corners? How would Alewives or minnows do in these rectangle tanks? Thanks for the reply.
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Post by mwardncsu on Jul 20, 2013 21:17:20 GMT -5
I'm going to copy the above posts to the Live Bait section to let the discussion continue there on the topic of using existing boat live wells......
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Post by medicineman on Dec 19, 2014 11:21:40 GMT -5
Thanks for taking time to write this !
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Post by bushwacker on Aug 2, 2016 10:08:40 GMT -5
This post is Older but I just want to say thanks for the write up. I am just just starting in to striper fishing and have learned a lot just from post like this. Thanks a lot
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Post by gofish2 on Mar 13, 2017 23:15:18 GMT -5
BentRod, I'll read this several times and get something new each time. You wrote this a few years back and was wondering is there anything that you would change or do different today? I know that you and several others on here have a lot of success at this sport and thank all of you for your input.
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Post by BentRod on Mar 14, 2017 6:51:43 GMT -5
I haven't actually read that in a long time - I really "Mwarded" that post-ha! Nothing specifically I would change about it - although my gizzard hooks seem kind of small - I use up to a 9/0 hook on gizzards. Personally, I have just simplified my techniques as I've gotten older to save time and use what I think will be most effective during a specific time of year. For example, I hardly ever fish alewives in the spring or fall anymore - it's not bc they don't work - it's because I'm old and too tired to put in all that work to catch and keep them. I'd rather have gizzards if I had to chose one bait in cool water. I've caught up to 22lb stripers in the spring on alewives and up to 25lb in the fall on alewives, so they work very effectively when fished right - again, I'm just getting old and short on time, so I don't put in the time to keep both baits. If I was guiding, I wouldn't leave the dock without 30 gizzards and 50-60 alewives every trip - we'd cover every opportunity there was to catch fish. Not much that I would change otherwise - few techniques and tricks that I keep a little closer to the vest, but the basics for my approach are pretty much all there.
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