06-08-2012, 07:06 PM
Yeah, I don't take the canoe out with any significant wind. Its my first canoe and I have never even been in one before I got it. So, I'm a little cautious and only go out when I know the weather is nice. I have taken it out three times but two of those times I was with my wife and we were just testing it out so I didn't do any fishing. I took it out to fish the government wash on memorial day in evening and managed to catch two SMB's. I was really happy I didn't get skunked the first time out even if the SMB's were both pretty small (about 6" inches).
That reminds me, when I was paddling back to where my car was parked, I came accross a bunch of fishing going nuts. I'm assuming it was a striper boil. Both my polls were rigged for bass and I have only had luck fishing on the bottom for bass so I swapped it out for a spook and chucked it right into the boil. I thought for sure they would snatch it up right away but they didn't. I got probably about 3 casts into the boil before it moved too far away from my canoe to cast to it and it was getting dark so I paddled in. Was a spook the right thing to throw in there if it was indeed a striper boil? Was a top water lure the right choice or should I have gone for like a swim bait or something?
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That reminds me, when I was paddling back to where my car was parked, I came accross a bunch of fishing going nuts. I'm assuming it was a striper boil. Both my polls were rigged for bass and I have only had luck fishing on the bottom for bass so I swapped it out for a spook and chucked it right into the boil. I thought for sure they would snatch it up right away but they didn't. I got probably about 3 casts into the boil before it moved too far away from my canoe to cast to it and it was getting dark so I paddled in. Was a spook the right thing to throw in there if it was indeed a striper boil? Was a top water lure the right choice or should I have gone for like a swim bait or something?
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