Fun4Me

I'm always looking to learn new stuff. I've never spent much time studying how to properly fish shade areas in sunny conditions. How do you guys/gals fish the shade? Do you fish the actual shade lines, run baits in the sun just outside of the shade, go right thru the middle, fan cast it, etc? Is there a starting point for every patch of shade (always work the shade line first then work your way in)?

Well, the destruction continues. Intended to go out for about half an hour, caught a fish on the second cast, destroyed it's left eye (hook right through the middle of the eye) packed it up and went home. I'm going to put down the creature bait 4/0 EWG hook for a while. I think I'll go Ned rig fishing tomorrow.

That sounds like a plan to me. I will try one. My local ponds are hitting creature baits on the bottom pretty hard right now.

LOL!!!!! Who's going to get the lucky red eye. http://www.cabelas.com/product/Molded-Eyes-Multipack/743904.uts?productVariantId=1603181&WT.tsrc=PPC&WT.mc_id=GoogleProductAds&WT.z_mc_id1=02456431&rid=20&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkZmPrrvN1QIVQpN-Ch2viA0aEAQYASABEgL78vD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

A dark color, lite color, and translucent color would cover quite a bit IMO. You could branch off into shad, bluegill, perch, or whatever the bait fish are in your area also. JMO

I've seen people switch their treble hooks out for single hooks as well. I've personally never hooked a fish in the eye with a treble hook before.

I'm not sure I understand your question. Are you talking about treble bait hooks? You could crush the barbs on those as well.

Speaking of Party fish, I see that El Grande lures hatch match sticks come in Mardi Gras color :). Maybe that should be my bait choice.

The next time I see a pack of those I will give them a try. Thanks for the advice!

I think 10% of them will go to 90% of the water

Most of them happen on a 4/0 owner twist lock hook, Texas rigged weighted and pegged, with a creature bait.

Do they sell eye patches at Tackle Warehouse?

I am. I think it would be neat to say you caught fish during the eclipse. There's going to be about a 90 ish percent total eclipse here. What do you think the fish will do during this time? anything different? What lures would you use different if any?

Are there any good techniques that can help in removing the hook? I've caught a handful of fish lately that have a hook coming out around the eye. So far I haven't found a good way to remove the hook without jacking up it's eye ball. I've thought about smashing the barb on the hook but it's hard to get to. Any ideas? Or is it just part of the game.

I trim them. I haven't noticed obvious differences between trimming them to the same length or trimming one shorter than the other. It's possible I'm doing it wrong.