Thread: Article: A day on the lake with SeaRay and the Dabber

Real nice catch.

Originally Posted by Tracker123

Very nice Ray! Enjoyed the post.

Randy we used the Rooty Tooty 309s like you won off me last year. I am keeping my mouth shut this year. I have absolutely no idea what kind of team we will put on the field, but everyone will know Thursday night. We play North Carolina at 6PM (EDT) on ESPN.

Nice read and good pics too. Sounds like a great trip with a good outcome. Thanks for sharing.

Looks like a fun day.

Good catch. Good pics. Thanks for sharing.

What a great report with some awesome pictures!! It looks like you two had a great day on the water.

With the new addition to the family I haven't had the time to fish this summer like past years, but I love single poling in the summer heat. I've always found that some of the shallowest, most unsuspecting, structure will hold crappie in the dog days of the summer. And you are right, there's nothing like feeling that thump!

That's an interesting tid bit on the braided line. I use braid on all my jig poles but I tie a fluorocarbon leader on. I love the braid for the added sensitivity and the fluoro has less stretch than mono. I used to use mono exclusively but switched over a few years back. I can say first hand that I've seen line type and size make big differences in a days fishing.

If the stars line up properly I plan to be on the water this coming Saturday morning. It'll be the first time in nearly two months my boat has seen water other than a few sprinkles of rain. I believe in going to reline a pole with mono just to see what difference it makes.

What pound test do you use Ink? I used to use 4 lb when I fished mono on the jig pole.

Derek, I use 8 pound test the majority of the time. I really have taken a liking to Vanish. When fishing heavy vegetation, or when the big fish are real shallow in the spring, I use 20 pound braid so I can hoss the fish up and out of the cover without fear of breaking my line. I haven't seen any reduction in bites due to braid. Of coarse, the water is usually somewhat stained early in the year.