Switchin gears...

Spent the past few weeks sitting in that lawn chair waiting for the next carp to pick up the bait and go screaming outta there. As I was sitting there, I was wondering how the gills were hitting. Decided to switch gears Friday & grab the ultralights. Had a couple of hours of real good action before the bite slowed around 2 PM. Used a small Swiss swing spinner with a split tail grub trailer, 1/2 Creme angle worm crawled about a foot behing a BB splitshot, & the last two fish hit a bream killer tied onto the rear hook of a Rapala ultra light pop. Was kind of surprised that's what that crappie grabbed. Great time had by switchin gears today. Thanks for lookin!Attachment 405889Attachment 405890Attachment 405891Attachment 405892Attachment 405893Attachment 405894Attachment 405895Attachment 405896Attachment 405897Attachment 405898Attachment 405899Attachment 405900Attachment 405901

Nice setup, MR, and enjoyed your post. Carp are pretty smart fish and the big ones can be a challenge.
Bob

Pretty fish.

Regards


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Those are some dandy bream

Really nice pictures and catches!

Those pumpkinseeds are sure pretty…wish we get em out here in the west.


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That was a good trip. Good variety and the carp are brutes! I hung one under a scale (foul hooked) and he was big. Love the fight but that’s all I’ve ever heard of them being good for.

All nice fish, and good write up. They all look healthy.

Hit a smaller lake today at around noon & fished till 3pm. Bite was slow and most fish caught took a chartreuse tube swam on a 1/80th jig head. Couldn't connect on a Bluegill until I switched to a popper right before heading out and managed two decent ones. Thanks for lookin!Attachment 405961Attachment 405962Attachment 405963Attachment 405964Attachment 405965Attachment 405966Attachment 405967

Always fun to see your catches, MR. Some nice ones there.
Bob

Wow, I really enjoyed the pics
Those are some beautiful fish.


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[QUOTE=Redge;4159856]Wow, I really enjoyed the pics
Those are some beautiful fish.

Redge,
Glad you enjoyed the pics. The two lakes those fish came from have not been managed for at least 50 yrs. and produce some very nice fish. Unfortunately, the land is currently being developed, and I hope to get a few more years of enjoyment from them.

Moonrunner, in reference to your second lake, would you kindly share how you tied the popper in which you caught some brute bluegills with? For the life me i can't cast any useable distance without adding some sort of split shots....Thanks in advance. Awesome catches as always!

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Originally Posted by LVSpinfisher1

Moonrunner, in reference to your second lake, would you kindly share how you tied the popper in which you caught some brute bluegills with? For the life me i can't cast any useable distance without adding some sort of split shots....Thanks in advance. Awesome catches as always!

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LVSpinfisher1,
Here is a pic from one of my previous posts. Panfish poppers with spinning gear is easy. Nothing special but it works. Strike indicators are 1" and very hard foam which gives them weight for distance. Float is 2" and good for longer distance. I attach either indicator or float 3-4 ft. above popper and a Raven micro swivel above all to eliminate line twist. Fly gear is best, but if I need to adapt to spinning gear this is what I do. Right now, that second lake has so much vegetation out from the shoreline, I wouldn't even consider using a fly rod especially since I am in the learning stage with that. Gills are sometimes pretty forgiving when you need to improvise gear.Attachment 406014

Thank you moonrunner, float as gives some weight...will give this a try someday!

Another good trip to the pond. Always good to try different times. I’m guessing that the popper was behind a float of sorts? I’m kinda stuck in the way I fish when I only have a short time. Good variety where you go, never know who’s next.

As always, Thanks for the tip, MR. The Trout Magnet EZ Float in the trout size would be perfect and pretty much is a copy of your strike indicator. They work very well over a small jig and are inexpensive.
Bob