07-12-2005, 06:44 PM
well if you want to get to boil heaven you must go through hell to get there!!
the heat is bad!! but if you have a top for your boat and stay in the shade as much as you can.. be very lucky to get a camp spot that has shade up to 10:30 in the morning and shade again 6:00 pm.. it well help with the heat..
the one biggest thing to do to beat the heat is to stay wet!!
you get hot jump in..
the water is 82.. and the air temp was 110 to 105 the whole time we were there in the day time.. droped into the 90's at night..
so with the water being alot cooler than the air a dip in the lake every hour or so works great..
we wanted to do the night fishing thing this year last year we did very good at night.. but i left my light home %$#@ but did not matter we could not aford to buy more anchoveis than we allredy were.. going through 6 bags a day on ave. and a 14 mile round trip to halls crossing to get more every day.. cost's some $$$
i was fast jigging when the boil would go down but on some days the boil did not show so we would stay in the area we last seen them and chum them up.. 9 times out of 10 we got into them..
i was useing a 6" anchovie swimbait with a 1 oz head..cast it as far as i could and let it go down about 30 to 40 feet then reel as fast as i could they would hit it around the 20 foot area and man they would just about rip the pole right out of your hands when they hit..
thats what stripers are all about hard hitting fast moveing MAC trucks that will test any one skill and gear to the limit.. you got to love it man!!
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the heat is bad!! but if you have a top for your boat and stay in the shade as much as you can.. be very lucky to get a camp spot that has shade up to 10:30 in the morning and shade again 6:00 pm.. it well help with the heat..
the one biggest thing to do to beat the heat is to stay wet!!
you get hot jump in..
the water is 82.. and the air temp was 110 to 105 the whole time we were there in the day time.. droped into the 90's at night..
so with the water being alot cooler than the air a dip in the lake every hour or so works great..
we wanted to do the night fishing thing this year last year we did very good at night.. but i left my light home %$#@ but did not matter we could not aford to buy more anchoveis than we allredy were.. going through 6 bags a day on ave. and a 14 mile round trip to halls crossing to get more every day.. cost's some $$$
i was fast jigging when the boil would go down but on some days the boil did not show so we would stay in the area we last seen them and chum them up.. 9 times out of 10 we got into them..
i was useing a 6" anchovie swimbait with a 1 oz head..cast it as far as i could and let it go down about 30 to 40 feet then reel as fast as i could they would hit it around the 20 foot area and man they would just about rip the pole right out of your hands when they hit..
thats what stripers are all about hard hitting fast moveing MAC trucks that will test any one skill and gear to the limit.. you got to love it man!!
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