T-Billy Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 @A-Jay if you decide to try this setup, look on the big auction site for your sinkers. These are made with Do-it's mold and are a bit more compact than most I see because of the eye design. Compare this one with the sinker in the post above. These will lay nicely up under the "chin" of the bait. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol'crickety Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 On 3/20/2023 at 3:52 PM, T-Billy said: First outing of 23 today. Guess it seems fitting the temp was 23 when I launched at 7. Fought icing guides and level wind all morning. First bite came about 9:30. The fish came unbuttoned before I got to see it but it felt pretty good. Didn't get another bite until about 1:00. It was a 36"-38" ish fish that shook off at boat side while I was reaching for the net. Grrr.... I found redemption about five minutes later when I put this obese 44" in the net. One for three ain't good, but given this is the one, I'll gladly take it. I'll be back after 'em tomorrow. Great to be back on the water. Gorgeous fish! Thanks for nudging me into this thread, Tim. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassBass Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 First carps of the year. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATA Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Another 11lber rainbow trout this year 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokiehunter373 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 8 hours ago, ATA said: Another 11lber rainbow trout this year HOLY $@*% Came here feeling good about our opening weekend with the kids but our 10 trout would barely weigh as much as yours lol. Congrats man! 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATA Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 5 hours ago, hokiehunter373 said: HOLY $@*% Came here feeling good about our opening weekend with the kids but our 10 trout would barely weight as much as yours lol. Congrats man! Thats beautiful bag, Yes the smallest I catch in this lake is 2,5lb. I just took pictures of double digits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Billy Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 It was a grind today. Fished from 7-3 and only put this 34" and a little LM in the boat. Lost a nice 40" or so at boatside while trying to net it. Back after 'em tomorrow. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User gimruis Posted March 27 Super User Share Posted March 27 6 minutes ago, T-Billy said: only put this 34" I think its the hat. You need to go back to being the wolf slayer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Billy Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 1 minute ago, gimruis said: I think its the hat. You need to go back to being the wolf slayer. It was in the 40's and not much wind. My little pee brain would bake under that hat today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwearingAngler Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 My first yellow perch of the year, next cast yielded my first LMB of the year… ending a 4.5 month losing streak. I’ve never been so happy to catch a dink. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATA Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 good overnight fishing. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User DitchPanda Posted April 3 Super User Share Posted April 3 8 minutes ago, ATA said: good overnight fishing. Whoa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATA Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 1 minute ago, DitchPanda said: Whoa yup, 30 trout couple cats and two bass. Only released the bass, and kept the rest for friends and family. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyAxion Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Caught two new PBs at Limestone Hatchery in PA: 30", 10 lb. 6 oz. Rainbow 5 lb. 7 oz. Brown (my first fish of '23!) Both caught on 3.5" Daiwa Dr. Minnow! Jerkbaits do catch BIG trouts! 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted April 8 Global Moderator Share Posted April 8 Well somebody has to follow up those massive trout, guess I’ll do it pouring the rain, I stood under the boathouse for a bit and got lucky on a crappie 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator roadwarrior Posted April 9 Global Moderator Share Posted April 9 That's a peach, hun! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATA Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Two night fishing and thats what I brought for my neigbor 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Team9nine Posted April 11 Super User Share Posted April 11 Change of pace today on the local reservoir. Crappie were the target species, and I caught a bunch. Still early pre-spawn, so many were pretty big-bellied. Bonus fish was a big flathead I managed to land on the crappie outfit after a pretty good fight. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATA Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 22 minutes ago, Team9nine said: Change of pace today on the local reservoir. Crappie were the target species, and I caught a bunch. Still early pre-spawn, so many were pretty big-bellied. Bonus fish was a big flathead I managed to land on the crappie outfit after a pretty good fight. I was also bass fishing but I couldn't get anything with power fishing so I change to finesse jighead and swimbait and all I catch was crappie, so I gave up and enjoy catching slabs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Team9nine Posted April 11 Super User Share Posted April 11 34 minutes ago, ATA said: I was also bass fishing but I couldn't get anything with power fishing so I change to finesse jighead and swimbait and all I catch was crappie, so I gave up and enjoy catching slabs “Don’t fight the bite!” 😎 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted April 11 Global Moderator Share Posted April 11 10 hours ago, Team9nine said: Change of pace today on the local reservoir. Crappie were the target species, and I caught a bunch. Still early pre-spawn, so many were pretty big-bellied. Bonus fish was a big flathead I managed to land on the crappie outfit after a pretty good fight. Nice slabs, did you have to chase the cat around with the TM? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Team9nine Posted April 11 Super User Share Posted April 11 1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said: Nice slabs, did you have to chase the cat around with the TM? Luckily no - caught him right off a channel break and he just kind of bulldogged toward the bottom, right under the boat. Water temps are still on the cool side, so that probably helped a little. Surprised he didn’t pull me right into one of those channel stumps and break me off 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody B Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 I was targeting bass today but ended up catching 6 different species. Spotted Bass, Largemouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Crappie and a 17 1/2 pound Flathead Catfish. I had just caught a few spots in an area. I spot locked the boat to take a leak. I looked down at my sonar and saw a ball of baitfish with 3 big fish coming up into them from the bottom. I grabbed my closest rod and tossed a Bandit 200 that direction. The Cat took it within a couple seconds of hitting the water. It was a fighter. It kept trying to go under the boat. I reached and trimmed the motor up, then kept moving away from it with my trolling motor while keeping good pressure on it. After several hundred yards of dragging it was finally tired. I was disappointed when I saw it. It was really big, but fought much bigger. (I caught a 53 pounder last year. I believe this one fought harder). The lake was full of boats. My boat was rocking with waves. I never could get the scale to settle. It was bouncing from 17 to 18 pounds. I snapped a pic on 17.54 pounds. It was 34 inches long. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolFan Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Targeting tarpon, and then snook when Mother Nature would cooperate…this guy ate a fluke… 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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