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I know several of you guys swear by them, I stopped in at the dam store on my way to Sardis today saw them on the wall and decided to pick up a few packs. I think i recall seeing someone post that they are meant to be tipped with a minnow, are you supposed to use any kind of weight with them? Split shot? Egg weight similar to Carolina rigged? How do yall fish them?
Did you buy the jigs or the gnats?
I think the gnats. The ones I got are tied on jig hooks with no lead.
Ok, the gnats are supposed to be used with trolling rigs. Like a Capps and Coleman rig and then tipped with a minnow.
They add a little color and flash to just a bare hook. They work very well everywhere I have used them, from Sardis to the Ten-Tom Waterway
Thanks for the info. I left them in the tackle box today cause I didnt know what to do with them. I should have tried them out I was trolling Capps and Coleman riggs and not having much luck. We got out there around 1:30-2:00 after the rain had passed, we figured the rain had turned them off. Maybe the gnats would have made a difference. We fished about 3 hours and all we caught was 1 white bass, had a couple other bites but otherwise it was pretty slow.
Souds like the tournament guys did a lot better than we did, we saw all the boats but they started leaving within about an hour of us launching. We fished about the same general area they had been fishing after they moved out but we didnt have any luck at all.
Keep in mind Wannabe was on the lake today
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How deep you fishn?Quote:
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I think most of those guys caught their fish early
Good point, I bet he was fishing too deepQuote:
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We cought fish from 7 till 1:00 never fished deeper than 4 foot
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We stayed close to the dam near beach point, most of the time we were in 18-24 fow and had our baits anywhere from 10-18 feet deep.
Fish are suspended SHALLOW in deep water.. verrrrrry shallow. Did I mention SHALLOWQuote:
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Dang, guess we were too deep, way too deep. The one white bass I caught was on the last pole we rigged and we had run out of C&C rigs and just had a 1/8 jig tipped with a minnow and it hit while we were on the move and it had risen up in the water. I did shorten up one of my other poles after that but nowhere near 4 feet.
Fish often suspend very shallow at Sardis. Lots of folks coming from out of state fish under them. Good luck tommorrow!
Go back tomorrow in the same area and fish 15 fow 2 to 5 foot deep. If no luck go a quarter mile west of the trees out from holiday lodge.. hope that helps.Quote:
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Thanks for the info guys, very much appreciated. Hopefully I'll be able to pay it forward one day!
If u got gps ill give you a couple way points.Quote:
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This also explains why we werent marking many fish on the depth finder. When they are that shallow they have to pretty much be right under the transducer to be within the "cone" where they would show up.
I would say fish the ledges but we only got bit 15 times today. Anticipating the wind can be a very bad thing. Caught 8 out of 15 bites with the biggest at 2.63 lbs. missed a couple bites right after we caught that one that would have made a difference in our weight. Finished 11.01. Just proud of what we got for the weather and conditions and lack of fishing the lake. Only caught 1 fish (13inches) after the rain passed(1230). We fished around 4-6 foot all day long just wasnt on active fish.
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Wow, thats awesome G3. Ive got a handheld with a navionics card, Id love to get some good waypoints. Wish I had something to offer in return but I'm still trying to figure this stuff out. Been at it a couple years now but with a young family and full time job I just dont get to spend the time on the water needed to really stay on them. I've had some decent days pullin cranks but I figure anybody can catch em like that with the ammount of water you can cover.
Ill get um off my unit and pm them to you in the morning. Ill also send u my #. Be glad to help you out feel free to call anytime.Quote:
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I'm game for some waypoints :DQuote:
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He--, I want em too!! Congrats BTW!!!Quote:
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HA HA, I cleared them all out before we left the lake.
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