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[Dan the fisherman]

16 hours ago, Alumacraft190 said:

For topwater do you guys drive around trying to spot them or are you marking fish and setting up on them with free lines and down lines with topwater lures on standby?  Ive fished this lake many times in March, so I'm accustomed to pulling live bait and 6-10 rods.  I'm anticipating doing about the same with more free lines/planers and hoping to catch them busting surface at some point.

Yes drive around.   Go ahead and set up but keep ur eyes open and look for blow ups. That's how I've been finding them. 

[Dan the fisherman]

My eyes r good enough I can still see far.  But honestly some binoculars might be useful. Mike Jones know what I'm talking about.  Lol. Spot fish from a mile away.  

[Stump bumper]

4 minutes ago, Dan the fisherman said:

My eyes r good enough I can still see far.  But honestly some binoculars might be useful. Mike Jones know what I'm talking about.  Lol. Spot fish from a mile away.  

My eyes are old and going bad, but I can smell them when they get close to top.....but most of the time it is the glimmer off a shad coming out of the water about 3 feet that will give them away, the problem is you have to drop that trolling motor at least 100 yards out. Just as soon as you get close to the swirls someone will run full plane right through them and they will go down to 50 feet and stop feeding, and that is why you leave the guns at home....

[Alumacraft190]

The guns will be home, but someone might find an eggweight laying in their boat they didn't bring with them!

[Dan the fisherman]

51 minutes ago, Stump bumper said:

My eyes are old and going bad, but I can smell them when they get close to top.....but most of the time it is the glimmer off a shad coming out of the water about 3 feet that will give them away, the problem is you have to drop that trolling motor at least 100 yards out. Just as soon as you get close to the swirls someone will run full plane right through them and they will go down to 50 feet and stop feeding, and that is why you leave the guns at home....

Early or late had been best for me. There's hardly n e boats out a 7am 

[Dan the fisherman]

16 minutes ago, Alumacraft190 said:

The guns will be home, but someone might find an eggweight laying in their boat they didn't bring with them!

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[Mike jones]

1 hour ago, Dan the fisherman said:

My eyes r good enough I can still see far.  But honestly some binoculars might be useful. Mike Jones know what I'm talking about.  Lol. Spot fish from a mile away.  

No doubt Dan can see a 10" Kentucky swirl on a shad from 1/2 mile away!!??. 

[Alumacraft190]

Heres another question for you guys....this time of year are balloons effective with a shorter leader from the balloon to the bait?  I've used balloons some in spring but I dont feel like theyve ever been too productive for me.

[Stump bumper]

8 hours ago, Alumacraft190 said:

Heres another question for you guys....this time of year are balloons effective with a shorter leader from the balloon to the bait?  I've used balloons some in spring but I dont feel like theyve ever been too productive for me.

That is a timing question, in the middle of the day not so much. But at sunrise and sunset if you are setting on an area where they are feeding on top, look out.