08-18-2020, 10:02 PM
(08-17-2020, 08:49 PM)Tin-Can Wrote:Found some fish this morning just outside of the north marina. Report on the premium board.(08-17-2020, 04:31 AM)thatchergreg Wrote: Fish catching like that makes it easier to tolerate the high horsepower- low I.Q. knuckleheads.
I've never tried Rat-L-Traps , what speed seems to work best?
Its Willard, so depends on more things than I can count. Lots of variables, water temp, water level, time of day, phase of moon, how much wind or lack of wind, how many "knuckleheads" are out there stirrin up the water, what color trap, how aggressive or lazy the fish are, and maybe even if you hold your mouth right or not. No matter what worked Saturday, quite likely may not work tomorrow.
I basically troll with Rat-L-Traps cuz I don't like all the extra gear and hassle of a planer board on my small boat and I do swap out from traps (lip less cranks) to diving crank bails and flicker shads. But with the warmer water temps recently, most of the fish arcs I'm seeing on sonar are pretty much in the lower 1/3 of the water depth, from bottom up. So I control the depth of my traps by the speed of my boat. In about 12 to 15 fow, at about .5 to 1.2 mph (GPS) depending which trap I have on the line, they tend to do kind of a steady sink, hit the bottom, bounce back up a foot or so, rinse and repeat.
All that comes with a strong disclaimer : If it don't work for you, don't blame me. Thats Willard.
(08-17-2020, 01:57 PM)FatBiker Wrote: Oh heck. I knew I should have gone out yesterday morning. Just proves, "you don't know if you don't go." Looks like tomorrow or Wednesday I'll be back out to try it again. Great job and thanks for the report.
Larry, I was gonna go out today, but had to take truck into body shop to get an estimate on a new rear bumper. By the time I got that done with an appointment for end of the month to get bumper replaced, was too late and getting too hot to start. Think I will try first thing tomorrow. Might be fewer big boats at least til maybe 11 or 12 when it will probably be too hot to stay out there anyway.
Good luck if you go, maybe I'll see ya.