And dangit I'm late. Time change messed me up. Doh.
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And dangit I'm late. Time change messed me up. Doh.
Welp. Got to the spot late and there was already someone there. Also due to the time change I forgot sunrise was technically 1 hour earlier. So i got there 1 hour late
Found some whites and a couple undersized wipers in the 15" range.
Felt it was too crowded to went to my crappie spot. 30 ft deep. Pitch in and let her sink. Slow retreive and every now and then a quality crappie took the bait.
1 at 10" 6 11" and 1 over 12"
Left at 1pm and headed home.
Thanks for the good report. Still got after them even when a couple things didn't go as planned.
Nice recovery, after sleeping in!!
Glad it wasnt a skunk day. The crappie made it all better
I dont think when you go fishing.... things usually go to plan :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Xpress56
Question about wiper techniques.
I have always trolled with stick baits either shallow <10' or deeper 16-20'. Usually I follow the channels and concentrate on bends or drop offs. Occasionally I will get one while bottom bouncing for walleye.
What techniques do you favor?
Thanks in advance.
Well. I went to a spot that wipers were just going crazy.
I just cast jigs into fast running watet and hope for a bit. Usually the water is only a couple feet deep.
So my wiper technique is diff than fishing open water tbh.
Some drift shad. Some just keep moving until they see schools of fish. I'm still learning electronics. I can see fish on the screen but sometimes i feel like whatever i throw at them they wont take it.
Dester
Thanks for the info. Sounds interesting.
In regards to: "running water", "only a couple of feet deep", are you fishing in river/"crik", or shallows/coves of lake with in flowing source?
What is your "home water"?
Yes there are many ways to catch wipers you can throw on windy points, I try to find them on the electronics and then fish with shad rigged up Carolina style. You can look for surfacing fish and cast rattle traps in them. If using crank baits or jigs etc. a stop and go retrieve works really good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spine guy
Gary
Gary,
Thanks. I'll have to expand my repertoire.
How does one identify a wiper vs walleye vs catfish vs carp on electronics? I see "hooks" but often wonder "what is it?".
Milton
Only clue I know is formation. I expect schooled wipers to look like christmas tree formations. But if I start catching catfish and drum then I figure Im fishing too slow. But if your dialed down on big blues on the big traps. Mark um and go for 80s. If the blue bit is on the traps, I'll orbit on um till their gone or I run out of line, whichever comes first. Never leave your fish rule rules.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spine guy
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Originally Posted by Spine guy
If you see this then you hit the jack pot and go buy a lottery ticket. Those are wipers but mostly they will look more like the ones along the bottom. Good Luck.
gary Attachment 219499
I sent spineguy a pm.
And i have never seen my electronics look like that :(
WHAT??Quote:
Originally Posted by DuckHuntingUSA
Glad it wasn't only me!Quote:
Originally Posted by shane
It's that time of year for the wipers to start biting again. I caught a few nice ones and several smaller ones at La Cygne Thursday despite the wind. The "smaller" one was 7lb 9oz, bigger one was 8lb 13oz. A lot of fun on a ML spinning rod.
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/...pspvcgcr2j.jpg
http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/...psuue5h481.jpg
Nice catch blue :)