I know it is still a little early, but getting close. Anybody doing any long lining yet with any success?
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I know it is still a little early, but getting close. Anybody doing any long lining yet with any success?
you can catchem year round longlining, just aint always the best way, and yes we caught a bunch last week longlining
Which lake were you on Gobbler?
trolled harris a couple weeks ago and wylie this past weekend
We may head up to hickory Sunday to do a little striper fishing. Funny I moved to where I can throw a rock in Tillery and we have fished other lakes more than tillery since we moved. Love Wateree, but just such a drive.
GOBBLER,HOW DEEP WERE YOU CATCHING THEM LONGLINNING,I DON'T DO IT BUT MAY TRY IT THIS YEAR
32-35'
Fished a bridge recently bobbers set fire r 1-3 feet and caught some nice slabs
Buddy caught some in tillery long linning in coves about 20 deep.
I have been Long Lining here in TN. Fishing around 15/17' deep. To windy for anything else. The bite has been fair to good.
HOW DEEP ARE YOUR BAITS GOING WHEN THE WATER IS THAT DEEP,IF DEEP ,HOW MUCH WEIGHT DO IT TAKES TO GET IT THAT DEEP
i usually use 1/8 oz jigs this time of the year. you can slow it down to .4 or .5 mph and get pretty deep. depends on size line and what type of jig.
32-35' is how deep my baits were, it takes trail and error, wieght speed lenght of line, all come into playQuote:
Originally Posted by genec
Good thread, good info. If you slow down to less than .5 mph and are using heavier jigs well to me that sounds more like tight lining. Both are great technics just not sure where the dividing line is between the two.
tightlining is a vertical very controlled presentation, longlining is away from the boat, not near as precise, and in my opinion faster presentaion, .6 is about as slow as i fool with other than at times killing the motor to let the bait flutter down to some deeper fish i saw on the screen, 1 to 1.2 for scattered fish is where it really shines
Yes, not early at all. I fished today, I started out jigging, I was getting mostly small fish; I went to longlining and almost 100% of the fish were over 11 inches. Caught a lot less fish but they were the ones that I was looking for. I set my lines to about a good cast behind the boat, set my speed at .8 mph and drank coffee and caught my limit of fish. The big ones were up near the top, so I used 1/16 and 1/32 oz heads. You have to experiment and find what works. Crappie are moody, like some women; what works today may not work tomorrow.
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