I've created a trolling Monster!! KY Lake 6-14

My wife has always loved to fish with me when she could watch a bobber. I took her longlining a couple of times but she just didn't care for it. I thought there's no way she would ever go for pulling crankbaits. Boy, was I wrong. The lady absolutely loves it!!

We were watching the weather when we decided to run to KY Lake Sunday afternoon and fish a couple of spots we haven't fished in a while.

We got a few miles up the lake from the ramp when the sky to our west turned a shade we wanted no part of. Out 1st trolling pass had produced a white bass, a bunch of short bass and one gaspergoo that Chaunc would have envied. I decided to get back closer to the ramp and the safety of my truck. As we got closer, the storm clouds were about to overtake us. We headed for the bank near the ramp and into my truck for a while. The worst of the storm tracked to our west then north.

We got back out, hoping the weather had sent most of the lake lice back to the docks. WRONG!! Cypress Gardens must have sponsored a "Let's learn to waterski! Day". Between the ski boats, tri-toons, cigarette boats, jet skis and generally rude operators, we spent the next 3 hours tossed all over the place but catching fish.

My wife is still learning the fine points of netting a crappie or catfish with a face full of crankbait. She hung a couple of the baits in the net but we managed to get them in the boat.

I had recently acquired some 8A Bomber cranks that I custom painted. That is a big bait that will get down and dig deeper than other baits I normally troll. Several of the crappie were caught on those as well as the C55s that I run so much. The fish were mostly scattered at various depths and locations. It was just a matter of keeping baits in the water and the boat moving. Many came in water as deep as 30 feet. The orange tiger striped and black/hot pink were the best colors but we did catch some on a blue/white/pink combo.

We ended up with 12 good keepers, a bunch of catfish/yellows/short bass, my wife a pretty good sunburn, and lots of laughs. No doubt I have created a trolling crankbaits Monster.

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Very nice, looks like a 10-12 ft crank bait. Indeed.

Pepper

I love to pull'em.

I can see why, catching fish like those would spoil anyone. Big question, where you find them overalls. I have looked everywhere and can't find any.

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Originally Posted by Hotpepper

Very nice, looks like a 10-12 ft crank bait. Indeed.

Pepper

I love to pull'em.

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Try 18 foot bait with 100 feet of line out.

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Originally Posted by cray

I can see why, catching fish like those would spoil anyone. Big question, where you find them overalls. I have looked everywhere and can't find any.

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Some work clothes site that's tied in with Sportsman's Guide. They call them painter's overalls. They might be a little cooler than my normal blues on a 90 degree day but not much.

Work Boots & Steel Toe Boots - Carhartt & Dickies Workwear

They had them a while back. I bought 2 pairs. I'm working hard to lose a bunch of weight so they should fit better in the fall.

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Originally Posted by mrdux

Some work clothes site that's tied in with Sportsman's Guide. They call them painter's overalls. They might be a little cooler than my normal blues on a 90 degree day but not much.

Work Boots & Steel Toe Boots - Carhartt & Dickies Workwear

They had them a while back. I bought 2 pairs. I'm working hard to lose a bunch of weight so they should fit better in the fall.

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Thanks for link. That is what I was hoping for. Was thinking they might be a little cooler than my blue ones. I am like you, if I could lose about 50 lbs could wear a lot of things:Rofl

Glad you and Vickie had a good time on the water. Nice catch too. BUT where's the picture of the monster GOO? :biggrin

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Originally Posted by chaunc

Glad you and Vickie had a good time on the water. Nice catch too. BUT where's the picture of the monster GOO? :biggrin

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You had to ask, didn't you?http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...psvt4e8s92.jpg

For several years I've been fishing for crappie and have always invite my wife out with me, when she did come out she would lay in the sun or read a book while I fished, shooting docks. Then a couple falls ago I went to KY lake and met Jack Canady to fish for crappie, spider rigging. While we were fishing I thought to myself this would be perfect for her and I, so I rigged my boat up with two seats and got the rods and rod holders. We went to Priest a couple times slow trolling, spider rigging, she didn't care for it because she was having a hard time seeing the bite and getting the hook set. One morning this spring on Percy Priest we were spider rigging, she was getting frustrated so I decided to long line troll. BINGO! The fish pretty much set the hook themselves, she caught fish and by the time we were done fishing she was wanting to know when we were going out again! In fact she asked if I had my choice where would I go, to which I said KY lake, we spent a night and fished two days, had a blast. I'm working on pushing cranks now, she is a little put off by "ALL THE HOOKS", I'm hoping to get over there end of this month with her, I will of coarse have to find a way to make a hookup for an umbrella, but I'm hoping I can create a crank monster also! Oh by the way nice fish! :)

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Originally Posted by cray

Thanks for link. That is what I was hoping for. Was thinking they might be a little cooler than my blue ones. I am like you, if I could lose about 50 lbs could wear a lot of things:Rofl

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