06-05-2019, 01:52 PM
I'm willing to answer some of your questions, but I want to keep one place we fished on the down-low.
We did OK at Bird Island. We fished close to the island on the south side, on the north side and on the east side. Another boat was already fishing the west side, so we passed on that side.
For bait we used white bass, raw shrimp, chicken liver (tied on with Magic Thread or Stretchy String), carp and I occasionally added 1/2 of a crawler to any of the above, except for chicken liver.
We started fishing about 7:30 and got off of the water at 5:00 PM. Bring lots of water to drink (I drank over a gallon of water). At Bird Island (out of necessity to keep from snagging constantly), we fished at most 20 inches under a bobber. When we fished where it wasn't so snaggy we fished one rod under a bobber and the other rod with just a small split shot.
Dave was setting the hook as soon as he saw the bobber go under the water or the line tightened and he hooked most of his fish in the corner of their mouths. I waited longer, and as a result, had far more fish that I had to cut off the line and leave the swallowed hook.
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We did OK at Bird Island. We fished close to the island on the south side, on the north side and on the east side. Another boat was already fishing the west side, so we passed on that side.
For bait we used white bass, raw shrimp, chicken liver (tied on with Magic Thread or Stretchy String), carp and I occasionally added 1/2 of a crawler to any of the above, except for chicken liver.
We started fishing about 7:30 and got off of the water at 5:00 PM. Bring lots of water to drink (I drank over a gallon of water). At Bird Island (out of necessity to keep from snagging constantly), we fished at most 20 inches under a bobber. When we fished where it wasn't so snaggy we fished one rod under a bobber and the other rod with just a small split shot.
Dave was setting the hook as soon as he saw the bobber go under the water or the line tightened and he hooked most of his fish in the corner of their mouths. I waited longer, and as a result, had far more fish that I had to cut off the line and leave the swallowed hook.
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