irons
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Post by irons on Sept 20, 2019 16:46:03 GMT -5
Went for the first time this season, I don’t fish for striper In the summer. I know it’s a little early for the striper to move up river, but it was a cool night and was supposed to be beautiful day. So decided to fish anyway, also wanted to try out my new planer boards I built. Was at Hardy at 7:30, caught several gizzards about 6-7 inches long right at the boat ramp. Headed down lake a ways and started pulling 4 boards, 2 with no weights and 2 with 1/4 oz weight. Also ran 2 down rods. Around 9:30 I had a board with no weight go down, ended up with a 30” striper. First one of the season. Fished till 1 with one other catfish. Water temps were 73, not sure if the striper would make it so I kept it. The boards I built did awesome, better than I had expected. Really wasn’t expecting to catch any striper yet that far up either. imgur.com/a/PGupZD1
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Sept 20, 2019 17:08:23 GMT -5
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Post by cmstower on Sept 20, 2019 17:08:23 GMT -5
Nice one bud i just started two weeks ago been catching a few mid lake seen a bunch of guys following guides last weekend was six boats there but i only marked a few small piles so i just figured they were following them. These cold nights are awesome i plan on going more this fall trying to figure them out better. Good luck and nice it wasn't a skunk!
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Sept 20, 2019 19:36:38 GMT -5
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Post by irons on Sept 20, 2019 19:36:38 GMT -5
Cool weather is coming, you should do a lot better then. Just get a good set of planer boards. I started using one on each side when I started , along with a couple down rods. Redirig makes some good floats as well
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Post by BentRod on Sept 21, 2019 7:07:03 GMT -5
Gonna make me get on with getting my boat fixed with that report!
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Sept 21, 2019 13:57:16 GMT -5
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Post by irons on Sept 21, 2019 13:57:16 GMT -5
Thought my boat had went out. Found out Friday that a fuel injected motor has to have a good battery. While running full throttle I went to trim the motor and it would shut off the motor. Did this a couple times then worked fine. It’s either a bad cell in the battery or some corrosion in the connection.
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