10-18-2013, 03:29 PM
Preach! I couldn't agree more with every point made in this post!
[fishon][quote hizah]If you fish swan a lot you know it needs some fish culled out. Personally I don't keep any bass ever, but there is an abundance of them. On a good day 100 plus bass is easy but in the thousands of fish I caught there I've only seen a few, probably 6 to 10 push 4lbs, most were under the dam within 2 miles so not sure if that counts,above the dam I've seen 2 smallies above 4 and one largemouth over 6. Really without a picture on a digital scale with a reading I would never believe anyone's weights. I've seen peoples six pounders that I guarantee didn't push 3.
Line test and breakage is no indication of fish size, I've caught monster carp on 4lb test ultralight and broke off 10 inch smallies on 17 fluoro, just one weird nick or abrasion and it could break, feel your line and there will be nicks on it, especially if you're using spinning gear and ever get a twist or backlash in your casting reel. There's a reason big money tournament guys replace there line every day,freak occurrences costing money I would to if 250k was on the line.
You don't need a jet to fish it, just a really good idea of the channel and enough power to blow through the weeds floating down. Most the time I've been there in a jet there was lots of clearing the pump. At least with swan there isn't one hump where everyone will keep 600 fish, and I really hope people here abide to limits and don't poach.[/quote]
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[fishon][quote hizah]If you fish swan a lot you know it needs some fish culled out. Personally I don't keep any bass ever, but there is an abundance of them. On a good day 100 plus bass is easy but in the thousands of fish I caught there I've only seen a few, probably 6 to 10 push 4lbs, most were under the dam within 2 miles so not sure if that counts,above the dam I've seen 2 smallies above 4 and one largemouth over 6. Really without a picture on a digital scale with a reading I would never believe anyone's weights. I've seen peoples six pounders that I guarantee didn't push 3.
Line test and breakage is no indication of fish size, I've caught monster carp on 4lb test ultralight and broke off 10 inch smallies on 17 fluoro, just one weird nick or abrasion and it could break, feel your line and there will be nicks on it, especially if you're using spinning gear and ever get a twist or backlash in your casting reel. There's a reason big money tournament guys replace there line every day,freak occurrences costing money I would to if 250k was on the line.
You don't need a jet to fish it, just a really good idea of the channel and enough power to blow through the weeds floating down. Most the time I've been there in a jet there was lots of clearing the pump. At least with swan there isn't one hump where everyone will keep 600 fish, and I really hope people here abide to limits and don't poach.[/quote]
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