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Post by mudchuck on May 13, 2012 21:32:42 GMT -4
Fished all day Saturday from 9 until 7:30 in my canoe up to the ditch in Keelers.
Caught well over 40 bluegills & sunnies, most were on the small side between 6-7", 2 LM in the 3-1/2# range, 2 crappies, both on the small side around 8-1/2", 1small dinky yellow, 1 really nice sized pout in the 2# range and 1 very large bowfin well over 30".
Landed everything except the 'fin...note to self...remember the net...
Was a stiff wind early in the day and was a hard paddle over from the boat launch, but let me tell ya, what an awesome paddle back! Flat as glass and really nice sunset.
Sorry no pics.
Wish I had landed that bowfin, it would have been a master angle entry for sure!
Still trying to find those nice slab crappies that are eluding me.
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Post by scott blair on May 13, 2012 23:30:14 GMT -4
Thanks for the report im thinking about fishing crappies the walleye bite is slow ive caught some nice fish but its slow.
Scott
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Post by barrebobber on May 14, 2012 7:05:49 GMT -4
Did you try the Lft stuff mudchuck? Glad to hear you got on some fish.
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Post by mudchuck on May 14, 2012 9:37:30 GMT -4
I did. bit off about 1/4" of the head and used them on small jigheads. several colors worked, most were chartruese or orange, but they liked the black/white ones with the red flakes. The majority of the fish really hammered a light green tube jig.
Minnows everywhere! the water was boiling with them at times. Panfish were having a feed frenzy, but once the wind died down and the clouds showed up the bite started to turn off.
That bowfin was really nice, had it on a small jig head hooked right in the upper lip hard. Was using bright green jig tipped with minnow whan it hammered it as soon as it hit the water.
I was amazed that my 6# test just didn't snap, but the drag performed well and I played it a long time. It spooled me twice and it's too bad I didn't decide to get a pic of it in the water, but I had my phone in a waterproof place in the canoe that's hard to get out one-handed, so I tried to land it and after about 5 minutes of playing it I tried to get my fingers up behind it's gill plate when it snapped the line.
It was at least 32"+, probably closer to 36"
Lost a nice LM on a brown & orange LFT tipped with crawler. That one I was sight fishing for and I think it ran in the 4# range like the other 2 I landed that day.
I wish I could get into the crappie, I'll keep trying...
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Post by mudchuck on May 14, 2012 14:45:12 GMT -4
Oh yeah, I had numerous soft bites that bit the shad tail right off those LFT soft bodies!
Burned thru at least 5 of them. Even with the tail missing still was able to catch a few seeds on them.
Same with the Gulp grub tails, when they bit those tails off, they kept hammering them anyway.
Hoping to get out this evening after work.
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Post by dylan8351 on May 14, 2012 19:37:18 GMT -4
Minnows everywhere! the water was boiling with them at times. Panfish were having a feed frenzy, but once the wind died down and the clouds showed up the bite started to turn off. As much as I hate fishing in the wind it does make a difference! What were you fishing for a hook with the LFT plastics? My last trips out I was fishing Bentley's in a 3 or 4 (size 10 or 12) and I was getting striped a lot. When I switched to a 1/16 leadhead my baits held up much much better even when I didn't bite off part of the head. How did you like the garlic taste? haha |
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Post by mudchuck on May 18, 2012 10:54:28 GMT -4
Dylan, the garlic taste was a surprise
I also switched to smaller jig heads with 1/8 or smaller and #8 hooks, it made a difference.
That's why I was so shocked that large bowfin didn't just snap the line or bend the hook. I had it right in the upper lip away from the teeth and that little hook never bent!
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Post by dylan8351 on May 18, 2012 14:02:11 GMT -4
Some hooks work very well. The Bentley's I fish either last until I lose them or snap off at the base of the jig first fish. It sucks they do that being so expensive...
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