SLIP’S 2017 LOGS, STATUS AND STRATEGIES - Bluegill - Big Bluegill2024-03-29T05:47:45Zhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/forum/topics/slip-s-2017-logs-status-and-strategies?commentId=2036984%3AComment%3A717098&feed=yes&xn_auth=no20170917-i've had successful…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2018-04-17:2036984:Comment:7512512018-04-17T22:43:22.569ZSlip Sinkerhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/SlipSinker
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<div id="desc_2036984Comment750753" class="description"><div class="xg_user_generated"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">20170917-i've had successful consecutive trips the past couple days…</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;">just missing the B.Gill mark a few times with gills in the 9-10” slot and numbers of fish. Today was no exception… tagged quite a few fish long-casting/tiny jigs on the new waypoints. It’s been the same pattern of fishing… be on the productive waypoints while timing to the solunar periods.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;"><br/> The weather started out hot, sunny and calm with water temps in the low 70’s with water clarity in the mid-teens.</span> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;">I hit the deepest waypoint first and just tagged one fish in the area... an acrobatic SMB. then I shortly moved to the flat with the extensive weed-beds then started a slow bite pace with the B.Gills that accelerated a bit as the minor period approached.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;"><br/> I've been using the tungsten ice jigs in the deeper water to speed things up a bit with the casts. Smaller pkg with a quicker rate of descent. I paired a tungsten jig/waxie combo up with my vertical jigging UL set-up and had a blast tagging some above avg sized B.Gills including one in the mid 9’s</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;">Just as the quick downpour stopped I hooked up with an active C.Cat that provided some spool burning runs on the 4-0’ set-up. The rain gear certainly came in handy this year.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;"><br/> So do I continue with this successful pattern of fishing... heck yeah I’ll be out there tomorrow for sure!</span></p>
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</div> 20170918-this was the fourth…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2018-04-16:2036984:Comment:7511952018-04-16T16:18:20.897ZSlip Sinkerhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/SlipSinker
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<div id="desc_2036984Comment738352" class="description"><div class="xg_user_generated"><div id="desc_2036984Comment737501" class="description" style="margin: 0px 35px 0.7em 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-size: 1em; text-overflow: ellipsis; overflow: hidden;"><div class="xg_user_generated" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-size: 1em; xg-p: static !important;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console'; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 14pt;">20170918-this was the fourth day in a row on the same lake on the same waypoints…</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Console';">Some may say it appears I’m “Flogging a dead horse” that I know what the outcome is going to be. Nothing is for certain in the world of fishing. I see improvement every new trip taken on those spots. I want to go there today on the “New Moon Period” because I feel there is a great compensation in this pursuit. The Master Angler Certificate.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Console';">It’s the eve of the new moon and fish activity percentage is high at 84%. The weather is fantastic, sunshine, calm winds, and very warm temperatures… The surface water temps rose to 74° from 71°.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Console';">The waypoint #1… The 15’ deep cut projecting onto the 8’ flat seems to produce in the late pm hours before dusk and it confirmed that today. I could not get a hit on my baits… Lil Minnow and jig/waxie.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Console';">While getting skunked on the waypoint I noticed seagulls diving on schooling fish at the surface on the weedy flat. I quickly moved the boat positioning the porpoising gills within casting distance. I was on them within seconds tagging one fish after another for the rest of the trip!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Console';">Within all the action of the trip, I tagged many smaller eater slot fish with a few nice ones between 8 to 9.2”… very nice fish for this neighborhood.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Console';">The method of the day was Long-Cast/.016oz Jig/Chartreuse Waxie.</span></p>
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</div> 20170914-we’ve had a great st…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2018-04-11:2036984:Comment:7508952018-04-11T02:48:20.614ZSlip Sinkerhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/SlipSinker
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<div id="desc_2036984Comment750655" class="description"><div class="xg_user_generated"><div id="desc_2036984Comment750701" class="description"><div class="xg_user_generated"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: windowtext; background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">20170914-we’ve had a great string of summer time temps</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: windowtext;">after that long cold streak starting in mid August… some of the best weather of the year returned here in mid-Michigan. Surface temps are up on average for this time of season.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: windowtext;">So to take advantage of this weather opportunity I decided to investigate some new areas on my home lake reservoir of 1700 acres.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: windowtext;">Once launched and on the water, I noticed extreme clear water conditions that I have rarely seen on this reservoir. I initially thought I would probably have to go a little bit deeper than usual to find the fish.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: windowtext;">The area I pre-selected is a cut extending from the deeper area basins to a large 7-9’ flat. The area was basically free from weeds excluding some thin sporadic patches.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: windowtext;">I did a quick sonar scan of the area and found fish close to the bottom. I started tagging fish straight away from 7-8.5” but at a slow methodically timed pace.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: windowtext;">I decided to try a different area and moved further up about 100 yds and let the spot cool down. As soon as I moved another angler coming out of nowhere moved right on top of the spot!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: windowtext;">After striking out in the immediate waypoint I decided to move on and work my way back to the launch. I could not pick up on another patterned bite the rest of the trip.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Lucida Console'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: windowtext;">Method of the day was Long-Cast/.016oz Jig/Waxie twitched along the bottom in 15-18 FOW.</span></p>
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</div> 20170906-full Moon peak of th…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2018-04-09:2036984:Comment:7507022018-04-09T21:43:46.893ZSlip Sinkerhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/SlipSinker
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Console';">There is absolutely no better time to be out on the water than the full Moon. Looking at the weather forecast I would be battling lengthy downpours through this session. So considering the rain beginning in just minutes, I decided to fish a local spot with quick access to the water and a few good waypoints.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Console';">I barely get to my spot when the rain started settling in. Thank God for my Frogg Toggs what a great asset they proved to be this season. I find it difficult just like most everyone to fish in the downpours. Large drops hitting the fishing rod destroys the sense of feel. Also very thankful for the calm conditions despite the rain.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Console';">I found a good few quality fish Long-Casting/0.032 oz jigs/pink-waxie with a few gill hitting the 9 inch mark… saving the day.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Console';">I lost a major tug and pull from a deep water Lepomis at the deep cut under the bridge... a major disappointment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Console';">I also picked up a few stragglers with the slip-float/pink waxie casting along the shallow weed pockets along the rip-rap.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Console';">I considered it a slow day for the Major Solunar period… probably just not locating the fish concentrations.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Console';">At the end of the short trip, I was rewarded with clearing skies and a complete beautiful rainbow.</span></p>
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<p>Wow! Look at the size of that beauty!</p>
<p>Wow! Look at the size of that beauty!</p> 20170904-Felt the pull of the…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2018-04-09:2036984:Comment:7506912018-04-09T16:07:22.589ZSlip Sinkerhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/SlipSinker
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console'; background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">20170904-Felt the pull of the Full moon…</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console';">Jeri and I took a break and fished off a private dock on a small lake known for some quality panfish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> I’d typically keep a Long-Cast spinning…</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console'; background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">20170904-Felt the pull of the Full moon…</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console';">Jeri and I took a break and fished off a private dock on a small lake known for some quality panfish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> I’d typically keep a Long-Cast spinning setup with a small 3600 Plano tackle box filled with my favorite setups in the car at all times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console';"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It was just a few short casts that I hooked into a sizable fish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> After a short battle, I saw that it was a trophy-size crappie and dragged it to shore where I planted a firm grip lip lock … bringing the fish to scale that stretched just short of 14 inches. Nice fish during a Minor solunar period just a day short of the full moon... timing... it's mostly about timing... on the lake at the right time with the right presentation</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console'; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">20170903-Fishing Labor day weekend...</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console';">continues finding us back on the busy public lake… Dennis Zack and I decided to hit a few waypoints on a late summer pattern that I find popular with the bluegill and…</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console'; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">20170903-Fishing Labor day weekend...</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console';">continues finding us back on the busy public lake… Dennis Zack and I decided to hit a few waypoints on a late summer pattern that I find popular with the bluegill and crappie.</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console';">The pattern is the flats created by the intersecting creek channels into the main river channel of the reservoir. These are easily defined on contour maps as shown in the illustration below. The order of popularity is from one to three with one being the most popular with bluegill and panfish concentrations. The points with the most shallow surface area butted up against the shoreline proved to be the most popular.</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console';">We vertically jigged as well as Long-Cast/Ultra light Jigs tipped with gulp waxies and swim jig tales.</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console';"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We continuously fought tremendous boat traffic and waves in the shallow profile jon-boat… </span> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">But slowly and methodically connected with the panfish bite.</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console';"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">i ended up with a bonus Lunker B.Gill vertically jigging the flats at 9-10'. saved my day.</span></strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console'; background: yellow;">20170828-timed an outing at the last minute to catch a Major solunar period just before dusk.</span></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console';">When you have a solunar major or minor overlapping a sunrise sunset your usually…</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console'; background: yellow;">20170828-timed an outing at the last minute to catch a Major solunar period just before dusk.</span></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console';">When you have a solunar major or minor overlapping a sunrise sunset your usually in for a great trip.</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console';">I arrived at the boat launch 1 hr before the Major period was to begin. I could not beg for a bite during that time. I fished many productive waypoints but the fish would not budge. This is where many fisherman not aware of solunar activity start changing color on their baits and developing the bad habits… the lull periods.</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console';">Finally as the time settled in to the major period the bite picked up at an accelerated pace. a nice Brownie took the Mid-Minnow for a ride with some amazing acrobatics.</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console';">The long-casting/.06 Jig/Waxies were the highlight of the show… Long-Casting/.06 Jig/Swim Baits followed a close second with the B.Crappie.</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console';">I finished the sunset with a junior N.Pike tag that ran the drag a bit.</span></strong></span></p>
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