08-27-2009, 04:37 AM
Went back out today. It was a rough day out there. Only caught one fish (another good sized pickerel around 20 inches). It was a pretty windy and frustrating fishing day all around, as the bites were few and far between. Caught the Pickerel in an odd location, theres a spot at Merril Creek where 15 yards from the shore its already 60 feet deep, pretty steep dropoff. We hit that around mid morning and I caught the Pickerel again on live bait. There wasn't much in the way of weeds near there which is what made the catch surprising.
I actually just recently bought a rapala crank bait, in baitfish coloring (dark on top light on the bottom) and was tossing that out today. Was having a hell of a time keeping it from tangling on the cast. Should I be using a swivel to attach a crankbait or should I be tying the line directly on?
I'm a bit apprehensive about tossing a crankbait into the timber and intentionally trying to hit trees, but if thats what works I'll give it a shot.
I also hooked up my first texas rig today, got the 2/0 offset hooks with the bullet sinker and the plastic worms. Its a neat little set up but it snagged more weeds than I thought it was going to, thought it would be a little more weedless. I actually cast it into the flooded timber as we were drifting by and was impressed by how smoothly it worked over fallen trees and branches.
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I actually just recently bought a rapala crank bait, in baitfish coloring (dark on top light on the bottom) and was tossing that out today. Was having a hell of a time keeping it from tangling on the cast. Should I be using a swivel to attach a crankbait or should I be tying the line directly on?
I'm a bit apprehensive about tossing a crankbait into the timber and intentionally trying to hit trees, but if thats what works I'll give it a shot.
I also hooked up my first texas rig today, got the 2/0 offset hooks with the bullet sinker and the plastic worms. Its a neat little set up but it snagged more weeds than I thought it was going to, thought it would be a little more weedless. I actually cast it into the flooded timber as we were drifting by and was impressed by how smoothly it worked over fallen trees and branches.
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