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Crankbait pulling on The Rez with some wind 5/4
As the title states, my son and I went fishing this afternoon pulling crankbaits. Despite the cooler temperatures, the water surface temp was still 76-78 degrees F, and I was seeing plenty of fish on the 8-14’ contours. While I also saw plenty of fish deeper and shallower, I still followed a 10-12’ contour targeting suspended and bottom hugging fish in the 8-14’ depths. We landed 8 crappie in spurts and did good keeping the 7-10 mph wind to our backs for the most part; with the higher gusts that may have been greater than 10 mph, we also had issues with the water white capping at times. To break the monotony, my son also landed this 17.5”, 2lb-10oz bass, and I caught this is 4lb catfish. We also had to deal with a lot of pleasure boating, adding to some instability at times.
For those who wonder if you have enough trolling motor and battery to troll at 1.5 mph, with this much wind at my back, my Ultrex cruise was set to 1.5 mph, and the resulting prop speed setting floated between 1.5 and 4.5 for the most part. Going against the wind, I saw prop speed as high as 8, although I tend to try to troll with the wind to keep the boat slap noise to a minimum. My 24V Ultrex used 25% of my batteries (two 100Ah Lithium 12V batteries in series) on this trip, which falls in line with my typical 20-35Ah consumption, depending on how long I fish and how much wind that I deal with. Generally, I can go two trips between charges on my trolling motor Lithium batteries pulling crankbaits and can go more if I’m jigging or spider rigging.
If I'm not at work or taking kids to their activities, you might find me on "The Rez" fishing. If not there, I could be in the garage working on my boat.
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Good job and nice groceries.
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Lot's of Anglers "Over Battery" their boats. Since I don't troll I'm able to use less than 50#'s of battery in my 24 volt systems and less than 25#'s of battery in my 12 volt systems. We will be heading back up soon. I my just drive up for the day to work on the camper. To remind you Tommy's told me they are getting shiners delivered 3 days a week. If you happen to run across somewhere else that has shiners please let me know. Especially in the upper river system shiners can make a decent day out of a bad day.
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Back when I was growing up, Q&M Bait Shop (Shell) in Ridgeland on Old Canton and Lake Harbor had minnows. My kids don’t like sitting still for fish, so longline trolling is what I do with them. Based on what I’m seeing so far, I have been tempted to long line jigs and minnows at a slower speed to see if I can pick off some of the fish that need more incentive as I pass by, although that means that I travel out of my way since I can’t recall any minnow shops in the part of the metro area that I live.Originally Posted by Rojo
If I'm not at work or taking kids to their activities, you might find me on "The Rez" fishing. If not there, I could be in the garage working on my boat.
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Great post! Thanks for sharing
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Nice job, box and pictures .
