Hey Creekslick....

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Originally Posted by NIMROD

You must be talking about the Chain Pickeral?

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I've seen guides in Canada filet a pike so quick it would make your head spin, and there were no bones left. They would cut a strip out which had the Y bones. Those filets were really tasty. I would guess the same technique would work on a chain pickeral.

I was stationed in Alaska for 4 years... We used to boil the fish to get the meat. Spread some cream cheese over a platter, next layer was cocktail sauce with the meat over that. A few crackers and a cold one...

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Originally Posted by DRPEPPER

I tried to spider rig the edge of the creek channel in Conway a couple of weeks ago. I was using 5 poles and never did I have all 5 in the water at the same time. I couldn't get them retied quick enough before another one was hung.

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Oh, Don...I can't quit laughin'!:D I can just picture that...you know the only thing to cure that frustration is to slow down and have a dip...;)

I have found out with a tube jig and this might work with a crank bait is take a 1/2 ounce to bigger lead/bell lead sinker and run a swivel through the eye of the weight and then on the line and the weight sometimes will knock off the jig and if it doesnt do it the first time keep bouncing it and most of the time it works good for me

It was really getting to me losing brand new bandit crankbaits trolling at Greers. I started taking the ring that connects the hooks to the crankbaits off and would tie them back on with a lesser lb line like 6lb and pull with 12 lb. This realy worked out for me if I got hung I would just loose the treble hook and tie another back on. Most of the time I would get all of it back. Saved alot of baits.

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Originally Posted by ceb

Oh, Don...I can't quit laughin'!:D I can just picture that...you know the only thing to cure that frustration is to slow down and have a dip...;)

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I was thinking about what a smart a** you are because I have never seen you hung up once!!!. I was also worried about Crappie Pro watching me from his porch or something.
I still ain't dipping. I told my Doc that I was going to start dipping and smoking again when I make it to 92. He said he will try to get me there which got me to thinking.....so, now my new goal is 75.

Good hearing from you. Are you about settled in?? Are you catching any of those talapia out of Houge yet??

DP

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Originally Posted by crappie boy

Do you really think 1.5 is to fast with bandits. most of the articles i have read say 1.5 to 2.0.

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I usually settle on .8 (using the GPS) and 75 feet of line out. If that does not draw a strike I change sompin'...either the speed or the length of line. The more line, at the same speed, the deeper the 300 will go (look at the chart on the stickies)

In the summer, I troll a couple feet above the general themocline because that's what produces for me...it's the fish's preference. It seems that if I speed up too much, that other species tend to jump on the 300...like drum, pike (chain pickerel), striper or lm and kentucky bass.

The precision trolling page on the stickie is a god-send buddy and gives a man a starting place.

aj

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Originally Posted by Stubby

I was stationed in Alaska for 4 years... We used to boil the fish to get the meat. Spread some cream cheese over a platter, next layer was cocktail sauce with the meat over that. A few crackers and a cold one...

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That sounds good. Keep that up and I might have to get something out of the freezer!

aj

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Originally Posted by DRPEPPER

I am going on the annual camping trip to Quachita in a month. I thought I might pull some cranks over the grass to see what happens. It is going to be 15' to 25' I am sure. What do you think about the Cabela "Fishermen Series Grave Diggers". They are a couple of bucks cheaper than Bandits. The reveiws aint' too bad.
Give me two or three days in a row, I might just figure it out and be able to show Arkie John sumtin.
DP

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Don I orders a few of these after I saw your post. I tried them yesterday afternoon after work. They ran true right out of the box. Also caught some fish on them also.;)