Post by striperjohn on Apr 1, 2013 6:23:14 GMT -5
We didn't get on the water until around 11am, so bait was tough. But finally managed a 1/2 dozen moneymakers and 4 huge 14 inch gizzes.
We passed over huge schools in the creek we were in with no takers at all. My new sidescan if flat out AWESOME. I have a very nice LCX111C HD for sale now--post soon.
We passed over those fish 4 times with not one notice by them that our bait was even there.
Skunked. We only fished till about 3 when my friend had to get back home. Not really enough time to do much.
Had two guys and a young boy fishing for crappie in behind us and they had a striper hit a small creek minnow? Anyway the guy had ultra-light tackle, 5ft rod, with 6lb test line. He fought that fish for about 15 minutes and finally landed a nice 8-10 lb fish. That was fun to watch.
I'm thinking those fish would of hit alewives, but I'll never know.
Anyway first time out, both fish-finders, trolling motor, pumps and big motor all worked good--so all in all a great day!
If it was so easy it'd be called "catchin and not fishin".
Cheers,
John
We passed over huge schools in the creek we were in with no takers at all. My new sidescan if flat out AWESOME. I have a very nice LCX111C HD for sale now--post soon.
We passed over those fish 4 times with not one notice by them that our bait was even there.
Skunked. We only fished till about 3 when my friend had to get back home. Not really enough time to do much.Had two guys and a young boy fishing for crappie in behind us and they had a striper hit a small creek minnow? Anyway the guy had ultra-light tackle, 5ft rod, with 6lb test line. He fought that fish for about 15 minutes and finally landed a nice 8-10 lb fish. That was fun to watch.
I'm thinking those fish would of hit alewives, but I'll never know.
Anyway first time out, both fish-finders, trolling motor, pumps and big motor all worked good--so all in all a great day!
If it was so easy it'd be called "catchin and not fishin".
Cheers,
John
