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Been nice if you'd told us!
On the water at 5 AM, 6 hr of cranking and drowning minnows this morning without a single crappie!
Picos and arkies, pullin and pushin, 15-40 fow….
Makes 3 trips in the last week that I ZEROED!!
And I thought this spring was tough!
That's rough! Maybe your luck is holding out for you to limit on 2 pounders!!
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I like that idea!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by GREENFISH
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Go east young man!!!
You mean..........the "B"!Quote:
Originally Posted by mrdux
Lol!
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That is some tough fishing
Not like we aren't lucky enough to have 2 very different lakes connected by a mile-long canal right in our back yards. A change of scenery will do you well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevmc
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Kevmc, I feel your pain. Most stuff posted on this site are the sucessful trips. I'm sure there are a pile of trips like yours that are NOT posted, (especially from the guides) so don't feel bad or discouraged. I admire you for posting your actual experience. You may have missed the best time for fishing, but I'm sure you will find the correct time n the future.
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Originally Posted by perchjerker108
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I think Rickie has invented a crappie cloaking device. He turns it on when he has to work and then switches it off when his boat hits the water. :popcorn
That there is funny!Quote:
Originally Posted by crp4570
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No disrespect intended and I too admire Kev for posting this but don't really agree with parts of your post. While bad days do happen sometimes it's doing those on this site trying to learn the Twin lakes a disservice to lead people into believing most people only post good days or that some people aren't consistently successful day in day out month after month. These fish eat every day all year long and can be caught on both lakes in any season.Quote:
Originally Posted by perchjerker108
Also have read this forum daily for years and seen guides post unsuccessful trips plenty of times.
Again I am not saying this to discourage anyone, in fact the opposite. I know from Kev's past posts he is trying to learn this stuff. I have been there and done that, the Twins are a big animal that can be tough to figure out but if you stay after it and continue to learn you will be successful.
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I’m still standing by my theory on Rickie’s cloaking device. I’ve seen a picture of that multi-transducer death star looking thingy. :yikes
I thought everyone had 1 of these ...Quote:
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I have 3 of those...no big deal...Quote:
Originally Posted by rnvinc
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When do ya get time to fish? :Rofl
It has been a hot tough summer for sure. I mainly do families and a mixed bag is always good. I rarely post on here unless something drastically changes in presentation (spiderrig vs cranking) that kind of thing. I think some of the problem may be throwing all your eggs in one basket. My trips for 2 months now have been cranking up multi species and then casting blade baits for whitebass/yellowbass and everything else. I cover ALOT of water. I also take out many handicapped folks who don't necessarily like pics taken in wheelchairs and so I honor that wish. Here's a few from the last couple days but to see the face of a 12 y/o boy reel in a big buffalo or drum or cat is priceless. We have been averaging 6 to 10 crappies and a batch of whites/yellows with even a couple sauger and LMB's in it!!Quote:
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last seven crank pulling "adventures" over the last 3 weeks
Blood River 3 hrs 1 crappie
Main Lake KY Lake 4 hrs 2 crappie
Main Lake KY Lake 3 hrs 1 crappie
Main Lake KY Lake 5 hrs 3 crappie
Little River Barkley 3 hrs 2 crappie
Prizer Point Area, Barkley 2 hrs 1 crappie
Blood River 2 hours 1 crappie
Last year similar trips with the same setup and same locations were yielding 10-20 fish/trip
Last year and the year before the yellow bass were as thick as black flies in Canada, not this year, same with hybrid stripers, almost none.
Seem to be catching more big ditch pickles.
fewer catfish too, and the few eaters that I've kept, their bellies are full of zebra mussels.
I'm running PICO's, Bandits, Jenko's, and Arkies.
60 to 110 ft of line out with 6 rods until I find the right depth.
Hard to believe the returns on the helix because the finder returns are FULL of carp.
Maybe the fall will be better.
I have been catching some on the main river but it isn't easy for sure. I have switched to single pole vertical fishing using the KY drop rig. I use 2 lite wire #2 bronze minnow hooks about 16" apart and a heavy 1/2oz tungsten tear drop style weight at the bottom and heavy line. I have to put those minnows down in the brush and then lift it over limbs which is why I use the expensive tungsten weights for the feel. Yes, I get hung some which is why I use the heavy line and lite wire hooks. Just pull and bend the hooks to get it loose. Fish don't seem to mind the heavy line. Sometimes they hit the bottom hook and sometimes the upper hook. I just have to have it right in the brush to get them to bite it. That is my experience this summer. Hope it helps. Oh yea, I also use a 7' crank pool umbrella (from Lowes) to tolerate the heat. No way I would be out there after 9am without it.
I hear ya Northforker. Similar results here as well. I can’t scan for target fish cause the carp are covering my screeen.
Same for everybody. I have found that fishing some of my former "hot spots" is working even tho carp are there. If you watch for changes on your screen near a waypoint like a real dense area and game fish are there. I multispecies fish. Usually I'm chasing whitebass all summer. Still catching some in my old haunts just not as many. Bass fisherman told me the fish are UNDER those carp feeding and it has worked. I'm talking casting not cranking in these areas.Quote:
Originally Posted by Semofish
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Originally Posted by Semofish
Last year I was catching crappie 12'-16' deep in 18'-26' FOW, thats where the carp are suspending this year in my formerly favorite spots. seems like last year the carp were closer to the surface, we were dragging the lines across their backs, occasionally snagging one. When the water starts to cool maybe the carp will shallow up.