is set. Tomorrow morning we liberate a limit of crappie from the grip of Big G.
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is set. Tomorrow morning we liberate a limit of crappie from the grip of Big G.
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Looks like you got it figured out. Are those proven colors or are you just trying stuff to see what will work? Be sure to let us know the results. I need to try some of that on the Coosa but its hard to stop doing what is working to try something new.
There are 2 or 3 good Gville colors in that picture.
All 6 lures caught crappie today. The pinks, whites and sun perch all did pretty evenly, with the yellow/orange/black catching much fewer. Total of 23 crappie (2 blacks), 14 blue catfish, 1 bass and about a dozen little hybrids. I've not caught that many blue cats in my life, much less in a single trip. They were also hitting every color I had out. Sadly, Sun Perch (my favorite lure) took one for the team and was lost to a viscious hook up with what I can only assume was a big catfish. It turned the rod holder around until it hit the one next to it, and by the time I had the rod out of the holder and could get my hands on the Terrova remote to stop the motor it had yanked so hard it snapped it off (10 lb test) like it was nothing. Later, another catfish pulled the snap open and it took off with one of my white lures. Jeezus, gonna need a part time job to afford to lose crankbaits.
Anyway, I started in Browns Creek, but my usual haunt was littered with grass everywhere; not only floating grass but tons of balls of suspended grass that looked like massive schools of huge fish on the electronics. Needless to say, we struggled for the 5 or 6 fish we got there until it just wasn't worth the headache and we moved on. Caught several singles here and there, but then moved up river quite a ways and hit a spot where we started catching doubles and singles on successive runs over the same 1/8 mile stretch......along with all of the blue cats.
There was a little science to the layout of the lures above. The 3 on the left were on right side poles and the 3 on the right were on the left side poles, and I had the distances staggered such that one of the pink lures was furthest out from the boat and at 75 ft back, the other closest to the side of the boat and 50 ft back. Same for the whites, and the last 2 colors were just wild cards. Didn't take long to zero in on the lures being anywhere from 85' to 110' back to catch consistently. The one thing I noticed today was Guntersville was pulling twice the amount of water it normally has been during the week. Once again, didn't keep any of the fish so no pics, although got one of my daughter with her first blue cat.
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Good catch! The grass can be a pain sometimes!
Good haul. Thanks for the info about pulling cranks
PU that is an awesome report. Glad you had fun with the kid. Looking forward to giving Wheeler a try tomorrow.
You had a good day! I didn't fare so well pulling cranks today.
Awesome report and a great trip PU. Got a few other colors I plan to run today and check it out. Just trying to figure out this crankbait stuff. Mad cow was missing from the line up, what happened?
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Originally Posted by Bob D
Mad Cow came in off the bench when the Strike King Bleeding Sexy Shad was taken hostage. There's really not much difference between them.
Good report PU b ,I do have one question and you may have said and I missed it but how fast were you pulling the cranks especially when you were running them 85 to 110 ft back??Bandit 300's list a deep depth of 8 to 12 ft. I keep thinking id like a 15 ft depth on some of the deeper ledges but have found nothing in the 2 inch size that sez it goes that deep. Guess we could go to down riggers HA .We usually try to keep it at about 1.8 mph. Also do you know how long your batteries will pull you before they run down?? My buddy and I are not getting but about 4 hours out of ours(we use 2 29s interstate) and they are only 1 year old .When we bought them new last summer we could run 6 hours and still have juice. Very disappointed if they have worn out in such a short time. We are looking at getting a Kicker motor to assist and still wondering if something else is pulling them down quicker. We are running them on a Minn kota terra nova
The 300's will run down to your needed depth of 15' with the proper amount of line out and a speed of 1.8 mph. 8-12' is the depth for a standard cast and retrieve.
Here ya go Snapperking.....this depth chart is based on 10 lb. mono line and pulling at 1.6 to 1.8 mph Attachment 165597
Yep, I run bandits that deep a lot. Been running out 120 foot of line and bumping bottom in 16 foot water running up on the ledges. Caught some down at 20 foot today in 31 foot of water but we had to add weight for that one.:biggrin
I was pulling at 1.6 and 1.8 throughout the day. Last time I went my Interstate 29's lasted between 7 and 8 hrs I guess, but this time they started giving up at about 6 hrs and I could only get 1.4 mph at 10 on the Terrova, but I also had a passenger this time. How much boat and how much total weight are you pulling? I'm satisfied with my batteries, especially considering the last 2 hrs we didn't really catch anything to speak of and were just wasting time trolling around a new area just seeing what was there to be seen........which was a lot, actually.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snapperking
Right now I'm concentrating on finding more areas that will consistently produce fish. I've probably doubled the number of areas I fish this year, and if I could add 3 or 4 more I'd be confident I could catch good numbers of fish any time I hit the water, save for the few times that it just isn't gonna happen......no matter what. I gotta quit this job, it's totally holding me back from fishing all the places I want to try.
WOW thanks a bunch "G,Rees and PU.I had notice the longer we put our lines out, it seemed the longest out always gets the bite!! PU I agree my buddy and I need more areas too as we bout run our few areas where we catch fish (sometimes) to death, I think although its only about once a week due to work we hit them. The biggest problem is since we got the one day we get torn at taking a chance to look for new areas or hit the proven ground!! I agree Oh to be able to fish first work second HA .There are 2 of us in my fishing buddy's 20 ft boat thats got a 115 4 stroke engine hung on the back. and I aint no light weight, weight wise,(grin) while my partner is average in size .We had the same results as you are getting with the batteries late last summer but they are giving us half that the last 2 or 3 times out. Yep when the Terra Nova hits 10 you are bout done!! THanks again guys for the helpful info!!!!
Well I went to the Big G yesterday to give it a try. Boat traffic was off the charts and so were the rollers as a result. Did not put a single crappie to the boat, only stripe. But, I did manage to eliminate some water and found some great structure later for spider rigging. I guess this is going to take longer than I thought to figure out.
Well Bob dont be frustrated ,my buddy and I have been right where you are on the learning curve and havent moved much either (grin), looks like Pu may have to give us all beginners lessons!! Also unless you like the sensation of being on the gulf of mexico ,you have to fish the big G early on the weekends and leave once you have counted 4 jet ski's .they usually dont show up until between 9 and 10 am.Monday thru Friday its pretty much ok as far as boat traffic is concerned .One Danger in the early morning fishing on the weekends is dont get caught in a bassmaster wanna be blast off line of fire!!!! these usually occur at either 5 , 5:30 or 6 am although one was at 630 last week.
Midday crank bite was rockin on the G today (both the boat and the fish bite). Managed 30 between 10:45 AM and 1:00 PM. Had to leave before I lost my cool with a couple boats.
dangit....dangit....dangit............I KNEW I should have gone!
Did not fair as well Saturday afternoon. Took my daughter out about an hour or so before dark and only managed 8 crappie. Although the bass and catfish were in full force! Took her about 10 minutes to get one of the catfish in. I think I reeled in 2 or 3 fish while I was waiting on here to get it in. She kept looking at the counter on the reel saying "down to 67, now down to 50, down to 30, not sure I am ever going to get it to zero".
Sounds like you both had a good time. Congrats on making a memory.
That's pretty good Scott to have her counting it down like that. Never thought about it, but another plus for a line counting reel. Lol
nice fish