Well I have nothing to report caught 2 decent fish gave them away at the dock. Marked all kinds of fish on the sonar over timber and balls of bait fish as big as a truck but no luck. At least I got out of the house and on the water.
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Well I have nothing to report caught 2 decent fish gave them away at the dock. Marked all kinds of fish on the sonar over timber and balls of bait fish as big as a truck but no luck. At least I got out of the house and on the water.
any day fishing is gooooooooooood thanks for the report
Detail Man....How were you fishing? This is what my guys kept yesterday morning...I had them out from 7:30-noon .....
Trolling have not learned to push yet saw tons of fish just not holding our mouth right.
Gotcha....check your PM....That's all I've been doing is pulling..... let's talk about your set up with size. singles or doubles and speed.... They'll bite! I'd be glad to help you.
Thanks golf pro will give you a call. Saw your truck at the ramp, good looking set up. Me and the boys were in a old Lowe aluminum boat that my paw in law gave me before he passed away. I will run it until the bottom falls out means that much to me.
That's great! Keep the memories alive! Today is my dad's birthday. Taught me how to hunt and fish...fix stuff.... he passed suddenly at 61...never saw retirement..I was 19 years old at the time...out crappie fishing and they came to the lake and got me...he would have been 88 today. I still have some of his tools and old school camo I wear all the time!Quote:
Originally Posted by Detailman
I am trying to learn the long-lining technique myself.Any suggestions?
Get yourself a mentor that does it. go fish with them! ask tons and tons of questions!..I got 3-4 people into it recently and they love it! pushing can be slow, methodical, even boring at times..Long lining is 95% what I do when the water temps allow.Quote:
Originally Posted by striperking
There are alot...I mean alot more variables in long lining...jig weight, line size, rod set up, speed, color choices.... I went to it a few years ago guiding...no bait, boat traffic is a minor issue...not having to be real still in the boat "kids fishing", making them BITE! on reaction sometimes without having to dangle a minnow in their face! not missing many fish...rod loads up...that fish is hooked!
It's not he best all the time, but I have been pushing bait...little success...go to pulling same area...BAM BAM BAM>>>fish in the boat!
I started out pushing...did it for years...started long lining....sure glad I did!
Golf pro I tried to sneak in the Red Ranger once but someone caught me and hit me in the head with a black jack. When I came to I was in Metter with a note pinned to my shirt that said if I ever tried to take his seat again I would wake up in Anchorage. It was singed with a C. I stay along way from the Red Ranger. Lol
Robert, I do not know much but you are welcome to go with me anytime. I have been Blessed beyond my widest dreams to have learned from some of the best longliners in Georgia that can compete with anyone in the Country. IMHO, Tournament fishing will give you the quickest learning curve. When you spend money to enter you just can not pack up and say the fish are not biting. You have to keep trying some thing new. I still try to learn something new every time I go.
Can I go Earl? PLEASE PLEASE.:pray:pray:pray
Doug, I need to go with you!
Say it ain't so Earl. You wouldn't step over to the dark side of pushing would you? LOL.
I already push just not at the speed you do! Overall percentage wise, I have caught bigger fish pushing than longlining. Call me tomorrow.
Earl all kidding aside two years ago when Chuck pulled up behind my boat at West Point and gave us his hand held gps and said keep it at .8 & .9 mph and to follow him we learned more in couple of hours than in all the years I had been fishing. My grandpaw always said you don't stop learning until they shovel dirt in your face so I am still learning.
I have met some great people on this site and at the different get togethers and some have been more than generous to help us to learn. I have come along ways from the days of grandpaw taking us fishing at Jackson lake as kids. We only fished for crappie during the spawn on tree tops with homemade cane poles with minnows. And on special trips we went to Twin Bridges on Sinclair to night fish.
yep Chuck knows his fishing .