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Post by michiganstatespartan on Apr 16, 2023 12:04:13 GMT -5
Wt=65 At=65. Caught a net full of blues at the dock last night. A lone 26” stripe was the only one unfortunate  enough to find the hook. Lost count of how many pull backs I had (7-10). Marked quite a few fish, mostly small schools. Going to switch over to all ales and throw all the bluebacks back into the lake to see if that helps on hook ups. |
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Post by johnr on Apr 16, 2023 13:13:03 GMT -5
Are the blue backs of the large variety? All the times I’ve used the jumbos, they’ve not done much for me. Have you tried gizzard Shad?
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Post by michiganstatespartan on Apr 16, 2023 14:23:34 GMT -5
Fished gizzards and blues about 50/50 for a couple of days. Didn’t have a hit on any of the gizzards.
I started with big blues, and the past few days have been fishing smaller ones. The bluebacks have been getting quite a bit of action I think, they are just all short strikes. I’ve never put a stinger on anything but a mongo shad. With the blues, I doubt they could handle a second hook. I tied up half of my lines with a #2 stinger and just let it dangle. As I feared when I tried it, it hasn’t been effective.
I’ve tried slowing my troll to .3mph and still have a bunch of short strikes.
Most of the fish I’ve caught have the hook in the lip at the front of the mouth.
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