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These are some i caught last year, April 28th.
caught 60 in about 2 1/2 hrs....
Was using 14' Deep South rod, Wally Marshall reel, 6 lb vanish
flouracarbon line................
April 28th, was day of full moon, water temp was 80.1
Barametric pressure 29.92. Wind 2-5 mph, NNE - E gusting to
11 mph. Clear - sunshine sky............
One shellcracker was 12 inches long, weighing 1 lb 14oz.
biggest one i ever caught at Kissimmee.
nice shellies. Man those things are ugly though. The ones i catch are way better lookin than yours, lol. Bet they eat the same though!
they sure put up a good fight.............ounce for ounce they are really tuff.............
give a person a workout on 16' long pole..........
Shellies is my thang. I am fishing for them for one week beginning April 17th at the north end of Lake George.
They are fixing to drain Lake George, and drill for oil.....
You didn't see that on the news ??????
Good day man those are nice, I bet it was a blast tuging them in, congrats
Hey Cuzz, was wondering hadn't heard from you in a while.....things going ok, sure has
been tuff winter up your way................
Spec's are still going at it............send me your e-mail address in pm and i'll send some
pictures up that Roger & Terri caught today in Kissimmee...............up in grass -fishin
way you were taught...........(25 big ones)
Those shellcrackers (redears) were caught last year, nothing hitting yet this year
been warm/cold etc.. can't get temp to level off and get up into mid-upper 70's
so they can bed..............
Keep in touch...........
I don't turn on CNN.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phantom309
When I am not speckin I am on the shellies or the bluegills nice eating right there
Did you catch those shells on the beds?
pretty much so, or around the bed area...............had to really watch what was
"bumpin" the pads and drop line in area...........
I am really looking forward to getting on some this year. I have not fished for them in like 15 years last time being on Lake Okeechobee on an airboat in the monkey box. I live in Orlando now and would like to find the closest area to catch them. Do they catch them the same way on West Lake Toho?
I really cannot answer for W. Toho, due to i have only fished for Spec's on in and then
in tournament mode, whereas everything is excellerated on fast pace coverning as much
water as possible to find spec's But would think along same lines, Full moon time,
lilly pads showing good growth, somewhat sand/loam bottom, 3 - 4ft water and temp
in high 70's, low 80's, fishing worms dead flat on bottom
nice
That last picture is a bass, that can't be no shellcracker. You got me thinking about heading to Pine Island Fish Camp located on Lake Griffin, there is a place there called the wall and during a certain time of the year there are close to a fifty to a hundred boats just pucking bluegills and shellcrackers. They use grass shimp on Lake Griffin, what is your favorite BG and SC bait 813.
crickets for Blue Gill & Medium size red worm for Shellcracker (redears) lightening fast
reflexes in the lilly pads
Roger & Terri said boats were stacked so tight Wednesday at Gobler ridge,
Kissimmee that they thought it was a sport convention..........boat marina....
Party time - they counted 60 plus boats in about 1/4 acre patch. Looked like
Marty-Grau