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BM today
It was a very nice day to be on the water and a good day to catch a lot of fish. Problem is it was just like predicted, all very small. So it was just as well I forgot my camera. My very first cast using a money jig produced a keeper size gill so my neighbor that was with me wound up keeping about a dozen. I had planned on keeping some of those 9" crappie that everyone was talking about but they were few and far in between and very thin. Maybe 25 total. Throw in a few other varieties kept us busy and an enjoyable day. We stopped at Butler's for some minnows which was a mistake. We paid 10 bucks for 3 dozen that were suppose to be small but were more like bass minnows. As it turned out we should have just saved our money. Minnows produced 1 raccoon perch and that was it. Everything else was caught on jigs. I've never really tried very hard at long lining but am beginning to think I need to look into that a little harder. Anyway it was a good day. Anyone that is well experienced in long lining and wants to go during the week, let me know. I'd be glad to take you for some instructional time.
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WTG Bill, glad you were out on a nice day and had some luck.
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How deep and in what depth did you find them? I caught 206 there with jigs only, no need to bring minnows to that lake.
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Depth varied a lot. We stayed in deep water where it was close to the bank. Cast to the bank and when I was seeing brush under us I would slow the retrieve way down. There were a lot of places I would have liked to anchor and cast to counting down. But no anchor. Well I do have one but way too big for that boat. I will have one very soon.
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Long lining is one of my favorite techniques. I would love to help you out Bill but its a little too much distance between us for a week day trip...
Blake
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I often ask to look at minnows before I buy. Many retailers seem upset by me asking but I don't need 3" minnows. I have found that at BDR the crappie prefer a larger minnow (@2"-2.25") than normal (1-1.5) "crappie minnows" .
I too have alot to learn about longlining, trolling in general!
How deep were you fishing?( I know nothing about BM) I noticed the last time I fished Anna, most of the larger fish were deeper (6-8') like in a staging area, and smaller ones hung shallow (2-5') and I noticed this last yr while fishing LCR. I wonder if bigger fish only go shallow for short periods and then pull back in (safer) deeper waters.
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Sounds like fun--thanks for the report. I called Butler's a couple of weeks ago, and he said he carried 2 sizes of minnows: Crappie and Bass @ $2.99 a doz. After that I called Dasheill's and they said they had small minnows for $1.50 a dozen. Butler's said he opened at 6:00am, and Dasheill's said they open at 6:30. I did the mapquest thing, and Dasheill's is only 15 minutes longer a drive than Butler's (to BM that is).
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Good to hear you got out and caught some.
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And I even remimded you about the camera!! banghead lol