4-20-2013 Sore Arms

[Feathers and Fins]

I might have had sore arms but now I got happy belly

[Sore Thumbs]

Geez. That is awesome. Guess this proves i really dont have a clue what im doin:-) I have never had a day like that.

[Feathers and Fins]

Just waiting on Doc to give his report and I will be happy to show everyone where they are. But I told him I would give him the info first and let him at them.

[J-Doc]

Well you can let the cat out of the bag because you caught them all!! Lol!! I'll report later with details. You gave me good info....they just left after the sun got high. Several striper rigs trolled same area without a bite.

You can lead a horse to water but you can't makehim drink! Or catch fish evidently! Lol!

[Feathers and Fins]

I was wondering if the bluebird day would mess it up.. but I still want full details.

ANYWAY HERE IS THE AREA:

BEAVER SHORES

and here is the exact map I sent Doc

[J-Doc]

And that map was awesome! Thanks!! So I started at your spot and began retying baits for 20mins and then you tried a new bait.....a mini a-rig with 3 rooster tails. While in concept it sounded good, in reality it's 9 hooks! What do you think happened! Yep....catches itself more than fish. Cut that headache off and tried jerkbaits, big a-rig, live crappie minnows, a couple of crank baits, etc. Saw fish biting and fish were at 15ft like F&F said. I eventually saw a small 8-10" bass chasing a lone shad near the boat. He struck at my jerkbaits but wasn't interested. He wanted what he was chasing. So I tried trolling.......once! Lol!! The boater in me got bored and I want casting or driving fast so it didn't last long! Lol! That and the 3 striper boats that had just rolled through that stretch with about 10 rods a piece had not caught anything. It was overcast while I was in that area. I then proceeded up river and went into a cove I really like. Found lots of fish, massive bait balls, played with my new graph and such. Then I went to Monte Ne and played for a while. Wind was turning better and churning water around noon and still couldn't get a bite on the a-rig on points. I admit...... was having WAY to much fun driving the boat more than fishing. :-). Its good to have it running again and without any trash in the carb. Boat ran great! I'll post some cool structure photos later. I finally got the settings right. Its not a HDS 8 or nothing but for $300......I have a color structure scan/chart plotter combo and I like it!

[J-Doc]

F&F...... I'm pretty sure its not legal to drag nets behind the boat and call it "fishing"! Lol!! J/k Over 300 fish must be a record....

[Feathers and Fins]

LMAO. Cant take the caster out of you. I know how that is it took me a long time to learn how to troll and drove me crazy doing it but now it gave me a very good tool for locating fish for casting and if they don't want casting its a way to keep them biting all day sometimes. It is after-all about catching lol. Believe me when I put those 5 rod holders on my boat it went against everything I knew but sure has increased the catching part.

[Guest]

I've got to learn how to troll this year

[duckydoty]

You were killing me yesterday and today. I was on a bird mission with my dad on Stockton today and TR yesterday. Big goose eggs on birds and fish