04-13-2006, 09:41 PM
Hey TD. Another nice report; thanks for sharing.
I'm still planning on fishing Salem Pond tomorrow morning, despite the unstable weather being predicted. (You're always welcome to join me, by the way.) After reading your report and realizing that the moon will still be plenty full through the night, I'm less than optimistic about finding a lot of success.
I've got a quick question for you, if you don't mind. I plan on targeting the largemouth first thing in the morning along the banks. Depending on how long I can hold their interest, my next plan of attack will be to float some shrimp, worms, and/or minnows weightless while I drift along in the boat to locate some cats.
The catfish hole that I showed you last year didn't hold any catfish tenants about a week ago when I fished it with bait under a bobber. After reading some of your recent posts, I suspect drifting some bait weightless and searching for them lakewide may be the best approach during this time of year, until the cats take up residence again in the honey hole.
Here's my question, finally: Do you agree? Do you have any other tips for me tomorrow?
I plan on fishing small, light jig heads and curly tails for the bass. If I happen to drift along at a pretty good clip on the surface, should I add a little weight on the bait for the kitties to keep it near the bottom? Would you try anything else?
Sorry to pose so many questions to you, but so far this year all I've caught is one huge freak catfish at UL over a month ago and several hatchery pets, which I promptly released. I'm just naive enough to think I may catch a few tomorrow with your help.
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I'm still planning on fishing Salem Pond tomorrow morning, despite the unstable weather being predicted. (You're always welcome to join me, by the way.) After reading your report and realizing that the moon will still be plenty full through the night, I'm less than optimistic about finding a lot of success.
I've got a quick question for you, if you don't mind. I plan on targeting the largemouth first thing in the morning along the banks. Depending on how long I can hold their interest, my next plan of attack will be to float some shrimp, worms, and/or minnows weightless while I drift along in the boat to locate some cats.
The catfish hole that I showed you last year didn't hold any catfish tenants about a week ago when I fished it with bait under a bobber. After reading some of your recent posts, I suspect drifting some bait weightless and searching for them lakewide may be the best approach during this time of year, until the cats take up residence again in the honey hole.
Here's my question, finally: Do you agree? Do you have any other tips for me tomorrow?
I plan on fishing small, light jig heads and curly tails for the bass. If I happen to drift along at a pretty good clip on the surface, should I add a little weight on the bait for the kitties to keep it near the bottom? Would you try anything else?
Sorry to pose so many questions to you, but so far this year all I've caught is one huge freak catfish at UL over a month ago and several hatchery pets, which I promptly released. I'm just naive enough to think I may catch a few tomorrow with your help.
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