Whites

[Ketchup]

The better half and i left the green fish alone, and focused on the whites. Found some in the same area as last weekend, tho not as many. She was doing better than myself in the back of the boat with a chrome/blue lipless. She’s like a kid every hookset. Makes my eyes water, dang allergies. 
 

Most fish were in the front half of coves, in the 12’ range. Released all today. 
 

 

[Sam]

Looks like you had fun!  We did too - partner and I went out of State Park on Friday and while we mostly fished for crappie, I've got to report on the success of an idea I had.  Apparently I have devised a successful, combination, (wait for it) white bass / walleye rig!  LOL

Lately when we're crappie fishing, white bass have been occasionally feeding on top.  I keep a pole rigged up with a Roostertail, but it's just small bunches of bass coming up - often just a LITTLE further away than I can cast.  They haven't been staying up long either, and they're gone by the time we can get the boat over there.

So, I took a 6' medium action spinning rod with a medium-size Daiwa reel and spooled it up with 10 lb. PowerPro braid (same diameter as 2 lb. monofiliment).  I fixed it like a Carolina rig with a good-size bullet-shaped worm sinker sliding on the line above a plastic bead and a large brass swivel.  Then I made about a 2 1/2 foot leader out of the same braided line and tied a large chartreuse Roostertail on one end and a metal snap-swivel on the other.  Snap that deal onto my Carolina rig and I can side-arm cast it a LONG ways, and of course the worm sinker makes the Roostertail run deeper so I can retrieve it fast and keep the blade turning.  I keep this ready in the boat in case white bass start boiling - and I caught some on it and found it works real well!

I made up another 2 1/2 foot leader out of 8 lb. PLine Flourocarbon and tied a floating jig head on one end and a snap swivel on the other.  Snap it on and this quickly switches that same pole over to a walleye rig for slow-trolling a nightcrawler on the bottom with the bail open and my finger on the line to let the fish run a bit before setting the hook.  I caught three small walleyes and no keepers that day, but showed that this idea works.

[Dutch]

Nice going there Ketchup.  I can’t get them this time of the year.  If the weather keeps cooling down and we get some consistent wind I am going to look for some of them for the freezer.  

[Kramr]

18 hours ago, Sam said:

So, I took a 6' medium action spinning rod with a medium-size Daiwa reel and spooled it up with 10 lb. PowerPro braid (same diameter as 2 lb. monofiliment).  I fixed it like a Carolina rig with a good-size bullet-shaped worm sinker sliding on the line above a plastic bead and a large brass swivel.  Then I made about a 2 1/2 foot leader out of the same braided line and tied a large chartreuse Roostertail on one end and a metal snap-swivel on the other.  Snap that deal onto my Carolina rig and I can side-arm cast it a LONG ways, and of course the worm sinker makes the Roostertail run deeper so I can retrieve it fast and keep the blade turning.  I keep this ready in the boat in case white bass start boiling - and I caught some on it and found it works real well!

I made up another 2 1/2 foot leader out of 8 lb. PLine Flourocarbon and tied a floating jig head on one end and a snap swivel on the other.  Snap it on and this quickly switches that same pole over to a walleye rig for slow-trolling a nightcrawler on the bottom with the bail open and my finger on the line to let the fish run a bit before setting the hook.  I caught three small walleyes and no keepers that day, but showed that this idea works.

Hey, someone had to invent the Ned rig. Maybe they'll call it the Sam Rig. 

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

We couldnt keep them off our hooks this weekend, Every wind blown blown cut had them in the back

[Dutch]

I was swimming a Ned rig yesterday catching greenies on windy flat points.  There were some whites mixed in.  I kept half a dozen for the fryer.  They are in the fridge waiting for dinner.

[Ketchup]

Good going Dutch. This weather and water temps have them feeding good. We tried 3 spots sunday, and caught fish at each. 
 

Andy, hooking those whites took away from you catching that 5+ to push ya in the lead. 

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

18 hours ago, Ketchup said:

Good going Dutch. This weather and water temps have them feeding good. We tried 3 spots sunday, and caught fish at each. 
 

Andy, hooking those whites took away from you catching that 5+ to push ya in the lead. 

Probably, but the whites and the largemouth we were going for seemed to be in the same spots.  Those whites were even hitting the big size whopper plopper, they were just so aggressive

[Dutch]

The outlook for the near future doesn’t look promising to me.  The wind finder shows changing winds almost every day.  That doesn’t allow the food chain to become localized like it needs to be for those highly productive trips.  Combine that with the low water I may stick to green fish this fall.