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Huckabee Phantom jig pole rigged with Timmy Tom insert jig head and purple/chartreuse Umbrella tube hammers another limit with live scope . Did lots of looking around today . Some areas muddy after the rains but was able to find plenty . The ones on brush not too interested but open water fish bit just fine .
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Congrats on another great haul!
Great pick
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Gonna try to find some in open water tomorrow. Jon boat with an old 999 si for the guy in back and livescope up front. figure I will try Shirey bay off Black River. We have been catching a few until a couple of weeks ago. They are sure not in the laydowns. They have to be suspended But where? Also, Should I run the 999 on SI or DI? Bird DI wasn't that great back when this came out.Thinking of running it on SI looking about 60 feet out. water should only be 15 or 16 feet deep so may pull back to 50. Gonna be a strange day and I have no confidence. But you have to try it sometime.
Side image should pick up suspended fish . Not anything like live scope will . Just do lots of looking . They should be using same depth once you find a fewQuote:
Originally Posted by Gomer Snerd
You've got it down to a science. Thanks for sharing.
Nice mess of fish!
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I’m going to have to learn how to chase down slabs in open water. I sure can’t get the ones on brush to bite. Love my livesope but aggravating watching fish look at your jig and swim away. Nice catch. You sure have it figured out. Nice job.
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There are times when fish don't bite good on cover . Big ones suspended or on bottom out from cover . I think those are actively feeding . They do usually seem to be more prone to bite for me . Takes some practice with live scope but beats spider rigging for me . You just hunt them down on open flats. One pole and not worried about am I fishing the right depth or speed !:fish:biggrin:twocentsQuote:
Originally Posted by Mike1234
Good job, thanks for sharing.
tried hard today. Shirey is plumb full of shad roaming around in schools of 25 to 2000. Identified a train load of gar along with some whopper fish that I figure were silver carp but never saw any jumping. Caught 8-9 crappie none that I attribute to my Garmin. Never saw anything that appeared to be a crappie. One thing is that it never hit 9 feet in depth. I think in order to spot crappies you have to be somewhere they are abundant.
Hunting suspended fish in open water takes practice to learn what your looking at . I see guys saying they cant catch any in open water when several of us murdering them that way on same lake . Live scope takes practice and helps to have someone show you the ropes to get started .Quote:
Originally Posted by Gomer Snerd
Nimrod.. you've probably mentioned before, but do you have your livescope on trolling motor shaft or separate pole?
On my trolling motor shaftQuote:
Originally Posted by Stainless
I'm thinking about selling my xi5 and getting a Minn Kota since I use Birds. I've always used the pole mount off the side, but I think it would be better having it shaft mounted. Less to keep up with.
Great info there. Thanks for sharingQuote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD