3-1-2014

[Ham]

Wow

[Feathers and Fins]

Na they were huge whites Glen 16''+. Doc called me in on them and when I marked it I went in to hunter mode, there were indeed moving vast I had to keep my spoon on the bottom while searching for it and then rip it up when I saw them on the graph but managed to get their attention.

[hoglaw]

How do you keep your spoon on bottom while moving? When I tried this spot, we wereusing 1/2 oz jogging spoons that I got from southtown. I think war eagle makes them. If we drifted even a little they'd rideup bad.

[Feathers and Fins]

Run the trolling motor on slow between the waypoints I marked the fish are moving between, Let out enough line the keep contact with the bottom while moving between the points and keep jigging in short twitches about 6 to 10'' jerks of the rod tip only ( to many people are lifting the jig to high you want it to mimic dyeing shad on the bottom and they will only flip a small distance ) When you mark a large school kill the motor and bring the jig up to them fast by reeling to the depth ( this is why I mark my line with a sharpie ) make a couple fast rips of about 1' to 16'' to mimic a shad dyeing in the water Colum to trigger a bite.

[Wildeye]

What pound test are you pulling the flickers on? Will be up for a week in mid march and would like to give it a try

[Feathers and Fins]

10lb floro.

[fishinwrench]

Na they were huge whites Glen 16''+. Doc called me in on them and when I marked it I went in to hunter mode, there were indeed moving vast I had to keep my spoon on the bottom while searching for it and then rip it up when I saw them on the graph but managed to get their attention.

I know, I saw a pic of one of them! I was just poking at J.

That's freakin' awesome, I'm green w/envy. I wish they'd resume the stocking program on THIS pond.

[Feathers and Fins]

My size 13 says that's a big one... almost forgot to post it

[Old plug]

what I would like to do sometime is try a stunt. I have landed some pretty good fish on light tackle. both here and in the salt. I would love sometime to take on those big stripers on 8lb mono.

[Feathers and Fins]

OP, Its fun I do it on 4 and 6lb pretty frequently, Nice thing about stripers in open water is they tend to come to the surface so its just a matter of having a good drag and keeping it set light enough.