Talquin in Summer??

So I just moved up here to the lake a couple months ago. If any of you guys care to give some advice to a newbie I'd appreciate it.

So far I have tried throwing jigs around/under (not super great at skipping) dock pilings, and also slow trolling pulling 6 lines at different depths off the sides of my jon boat.

Trolling I kept getting hung up and breaking off my road runner jigs, think I need to just stay higher in the water column, or pay closer attention to keeping a little further away from the edges of the channel.

I have a fish finder (Hook 5) that has been sitting around, hoping to get it rigged to the bottom of my trolling motor today or tomorrow to help me stay on the edges of the river channel.

So what is the deal with these guys in the summer? So far they are doing a dang good job of out-smarting me....


Thanks,
LowHydrogen

First thing ya need to do is go up to member sponsor clasdifieds and ding litewirehookers posts and order you a bunch of his jigheads or go to Talquin lodge and pick em up. Them hooks will bend out and not keep breaking off.

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Thank you very much, that's just the kind of info I need! Much appreciated!

Any particular size and weight I should be looking at? Or color you would recommend?

Call litewirehooker and ask his advice. He has many hours logged on that lake a good reputation for catching em. He is a great guy too.

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Spoke to him today, got an order started and some good advice. Appreciate your help!

After couple conservations lowhydrogen is on his way to catch many Talquin giants. Just got to be patient till the fall weather gets here. Hope to meet and fish together one day.....

For sure. Thanks again for taking the time to help me out, I really appreciate it. I think those jigs are going to make all the difference.

Welcome to the area. Talquin is my favorite lake to fish. Once you get familiar with the "lumber yard" you will love it. Hope to see you out there this fall.

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If you get a chance to ride along with Hooker, jump in at all cost.

I plan on it, looking forward to putting some names to faces.

I'll be fishing out of a 16' Grey Alweld, currently has a 30 Yam tiller on it, but that motor may be changing depending on what's going on with it. I had to take it to the outboard mechanic the other day, and haven't heard back yet. It was missing real bad and I just cleaned the carbs. It was smoking like hell so I am thinking it has something to do with the oil injection.

Who do you guys take your boat motors to around Tallahassee?

There is a guy named Scott that is real good on boat motors that is real close to Lake Talquin. He is fair and reasonable. I have had to visit him 3-4 times over the years while fishing Talquin. I was thinking his business was called Scott's Speed Shop, but Google Maps says it is called Speed and Custom Marine. He is located on Old Federal Road. His phone number is 850-875-0381. Hope you get it going.

Scott is best place to go.......by far. He has helped many Talquin fishermen

Thanks guys! Man this is a great place for info. I already dropped my boat off at a place in town. I hope they get it sorted out for me. If not I'll definitely be taking it to Scott.

Got my boat sorted out, going to try and go early in the morning for a bit. I will report back on how it goes.

Hope ya knock em in the head.

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Well I've been putting the time in and thanks to some teaching, I'm starting to find a few here and there.

I also tried vertical jigging with a green light at night. The ONLY thing that produced was needing a blood transfusion. Holy hell were there some big hungry skeeters out there.

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it looks like you are learning the tricks. good going on getting the rods to bend.