Norman 1-27

Man what a day on Norman.

last minute had a friend join me and made it worth his time. took a few hours to get them located and dialed in. I can say that today was the first time in about 5 years on Norman that i went through a school and had all 8 rods go off with fish on them. 6 made it to the boat 1 got off, and 1 got snagged by a yahoo that decided to cast his line behind my boat. no worries.

the pic below is the birds slamming the water just moments before the 8 rods went off.

at noon30 i went to one of my crappie spots to catch a few for dinner. worked out as planned.

final tally for today was approx 20 striper/hybrids and the pile of crappie.

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this is when the yahoos moved in once they saw rods bouncing in every direction. could not troll anymore and have to move on.

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man oh man, pete, you the man!

Way to go Pete! Glad you had a good day, sorry to hear about the yahoos. That would have ticked me off! Live bait or u-rigs? Thanks for the report and pics.

Good job. Most of those Crappie look so "tiny" compared to those striper. I do see a couple in there that look to be nice size.

Nice mess of fish there Pete!
Mike

Take a kid outdoors!

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Originally Posted by Eatmorecrappie

Way to go Pete! Glad you had a good day, sorry to hear about the yahoos. That would have ticked me off! Live bait or u-rigs? Thanks for the report and pics.

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all on A-rigs, and artificials. you wont find live bait on my boat until spring!

Nice mess of fish!!!!

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Originally Posted by pete

all on A-rigs, and artificials. you wont find live bait on my boat until spring!

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What is live bait?:dono Didn't know you could use that. Maybe I could catch more than 110 if I had some of that......

Pete I'm sorry but I'm lost, A-rig? Did I see on one thread that you make some or am I wrong? If so can you give me a price. Thanks

That is correct. Have a few more believers in trolling them vs u-rigs.

I have a fresh batch i made before leaving town yesterday. 14 made, 4 on hold, need to replace some of my "stash". Have 6 available. $15 each. Make them in chartreuse and threadfin shad. I am back in town Monday night and will be fishing hard Tuesday - Sunday.
Why are mine better then the store bought ones that are sold at the fancy bass pros and such? Its all in the swivels. I dont believe in the cheap eagle claw swivels that break very easily.
If you or anyone is interested, shoot me a pm!

Thx.

Hello everyone. Havnt posted in a while but can tell you that Pete's rigs work great. I got a couple from him last winter and there still catching fish and havnt had a single problem with them or had to replace anything other than the lure.

Thanks for the kind words!

From my 1+ year of using them, only 3 times have i had a rig malfunction....everytime it was because of 2 fish on at the same time. those hybrids are savages with a lot of head shaking that will twist those snap swivels.

that 14 lb striper i caught a few weeks back had a 2nd fish with him that twisted off. pretty sure i got the bigger of the 2 ;)