If you had to pic a specific day, when would you say the official opening day is on the average year? How does that correlate to this year? Things seem a little out of kilter this season. Opinions?
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If you had to pic a specific day, when would you say the official opening day is on the average year? How does that correlate to this year? Things seem a little out of kilter this season. Opinions?
Date I don't know..I usually start when water gets to 70 degrees
Its just whenever you think you want to start. Some people are catching on cranks now.
Yep..water was 72 the other day
Water above 50 degrees is fine. Paul Johnson was wearing them out in early December they say couple years on Barnett
Managed 5 keepers today pulling cranks. Surface temp 67-69 degrees, fishing 8'-12' deep. Done better than most spider rigging and single poling that I spoke to. They drawing Butla down fast. Bite had just gotten better and I had to leave at 3:30 due to plans this evening.
I started when water temp was 52 degrees, got bored with rigging.
That's always the way it happens Stubby.
Thursday! Kept 15 Friday kept 33. Yee ha!!! It's time!
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We've been running them for a month up here on KY and Barkley and doing well. Water temp in coves on KY this AM was 66.
i dont do any good down my way until water temp gets to 75-77 degQuote:
Originally Posted by mrdux
Got to fish shallow Blueball and short lines
So use bandit 100's & 200's type plugs ? Same 1.8 or so speed ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
Yep.. What hurt me yesterday til I figured em out!! Moved all my lines up to 25-40 ft out and started catchin fish!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
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I got another solution, pm me or call and I will shareQuote:
Originally Posted by downsouth
Heck spread the knowledge!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
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:Rofl:Rofl:Rofl You need to pay attention!!!!
I think I may have!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
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I pulled on the Rez yesterday and got a couple of bites in 90 minutes or so. Had to leave as soon as I found them (typical).
Glad to be out there.
Yes sir, up2early.. finding them is key and deciding what lure color and depth is the next. I bet I pulled cranks under 20 -30 crappie yesterdee... it's all about location, color and depth. And just cause they like one color or at a certain depth one day, don't equate to the next. It's a hard to pill to swallow to leave biting fish after we finally find em.. but we leave good fishing to put in time with good friends and family... and at the end of the day that's what counts the most!
yep i do some,i pulled yesterday in 8FOW with 200Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
share i want to know too rotflQuote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
Been pulling 350s and 300s in 8 foot of water running them 3 or 4 feet deep for a couple of weeks. One thing I have noticed about the shallows while cranking is that good size waves shut it down. I have some 200s and 100s but will most likely sell them now.
You spoke a bunch of truth right there Snubbys.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snubbys
With lines that short, you're probably not even off the back of the boat. Do you seem to lose more fish due to hook pulls with the short line?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
I've been trying to tell folks that here for some time without having to come right out to say it. Most all of us have good electronics and know how to interpret what it is showing us. I honestly think the average crankbaiter fishes UNDER most of the fish on any given body of water on any given day. If I'm seeing baitballs top out at say 10 feet down to 20 feet, you can bet my cranks are going to be running 10-13 feet deep, top 1/3 of the baitball. Last summer I was catching limits on KY Lake in 85+degree water 8-12 feet deep when nobody else was even bothering to be out there. There was a thermocline in a major creek that was from 12 feet to 14 feet deep. I knew the fish wouldn't be below that depth(that's why I always have 2D sonar on when pulling cranks). My wife and I won a crappie tournament here in late Sept running C55s on 30-40 feet of line in 25 feet of water. That bait will dive 18 feet on 100 feet of line but the fish were only 8 feet down, suspended near bait but wanted the size and action of the big bait. I still have some 200s and 100s that don't see the light of day very often.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
BTW, I bought about 10 dozen bone white Bandit 350 Ledge baits during the winter off eBay. I thought I'd paint them to sell but most will end up in the Excel. For what I had to pay for them, it will be painful if I lose them.
I rarely run baits real deep, and like you said, bet we are fishing too deep most of the time. Caught fish Thur and Friday both with only 5 feet of line in the water running dead up against bushes in 7 or 8 feet of water, pretty violent strikes too!
i have to agree ,a couple times last year i caught fish in 24 FOW baits at 14FT depth in one area,one week i cuught them in the same area on the bottom by the bank in 15FOW,:fish
Got to love those aggressive strikes on cranks.. I was pulling my cranks right thru their living room (40 -50 ft of line), bumping tops of brush. Those Butla hogs wasn't having it all. Equalivent to the old guy hollering "get off my lawn"... when they get the rear treble hook in the gills you know them jokers are mean. Up until the moment I'm skidding them across the water face / mouth first into the boat that is.. [emoji41]. But yes I agree under fishing them is an issue, especially this early in the year..Quote:
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It was......... the other day. Didn't do so well.