SLIP’S 2017 LOGS, STATUS AND STRATEGIES

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20170527----~~<")))))><(---* Spawn Period*--71°

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20170527- Fishing with my boys… short panfish trip on a small natural lake. The bite was slow starting out with Brenden striking out on his new rig early in the game. Kenny was hot out of the gate Long-Casting/Tiny Jigs and outnumbered us all with quantity. I stuck with the Slip/Float/Crawler-Bit tagging a quality P.Seed as my first fish.

Brenden switched to the Slip/Float/Crawler-Bit method and started tagging fish at an accelerated pace. at one point Brenden found this hot spot underneath a willow with fish on consecutive casts. he said to me"PaPa if you turn the boat this way you can catch some of these fish too."... i teared up a little...:>)

very memorable day this will be.

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20170531----~~<")))))><(---*Spawn Period*--65°

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20170531-big drop in temps overnight with winds. Made fishing a float difficult… I restricted my spots to calmer waters and ended up with little fishes. I ended up packing in quickly and made a few casts near the launch and ended the day with a nice battle from a 16” er SMB… it was a pleasure fighting on the mini UL rigs.

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20170601----~~<")))))><(---*Spawn Period*--67°

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20170601-I spent some time early in the morning at the local bridge and got into a few 10+ plus B.Crappies with the long-casting/tiny jig set-up. It’s really nice to tag these fish from shore.

In the afternoon overcoming some neck right shoulder and arm pain… I decided to give it a shot and look for a bite at a lake I’m really not familiar with and without a sonar contour map. The B.Gills by now were on the beds so I decided to fish so my strategy was to sight fish the cruisers around the weed beds along with waiting females.

I found some stumps along with some dirty water and right away found some activity… found some new nests and males fanning not protecting so the spawn was just under way in this lake.

Many fish were cruising the shallows and were easily spotted with the polarized glasses. Casting into their lanes resulted in easy pickings.

It wasn’t necessary to break-out the crawlers because for today the fish readily accepted the slip/float/pink-waxie method with enthusiasm.

Many fish were caught exceeding (3) limits easily with an (2) outstanding 9” class B.Gills as well as an 8” class P.Seed

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20170602----~~<")))))><(---*Spawn Period*--72°

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20170602-I arrived at the boat launch just to discover they have just treated the lake with herbicides for various weeds. Growing up summers on a lake that was routinely treated you learn that it’s just a waste of time fishing at least for a few days afterward… just knocks down the fish activity.

I decided to go ahead anyway and made my way to one of my favorite spots. The feeling after a few casts was ghost town… a few straggler fish here and there with no pattern or sense of continuity. With water temps in the low seventies, one would expect to find the shallows swarming with life… not today.

felt grateful just to be able to get out on the lake and enjoy a few tugs on the line... that was more than enough for me.

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20170603----~~<")))))><(---*Spawn Period*--74°

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20170603- I proceeded to take that short walk down to the bridge on my favorite lake loaded with two spinning rigs, backpack, and net.

One setup was a 4’6” spinning rig set-up slip/float/pink-waxie style, 8# GLISS and a Sienna 50 series spinning reel. Go any smaller and lighter your fishing ice tackle.

The other set-up was my Long-Casting 5’6” Shakespeare Wild series with the 100 series rear drag Sienna reel also loaded with 8# GLISS.

Once situated at my spot I fan casted a tiny swim jig around the perimeter with no results. I then proceeded to pitch the slip float parallel with the bank… again with no fish activity. Meanwhile, I'm watching a series of carp move along the bank.

I set my float stop at about 6-7’ to fish a small 8’ hole… my float wasn’t in the water more than a second or two after the bait reached bottom when the float disappeared. Setting the hook into a freight train which I thought initially was a carp ended up as a surprise 24” C.Cat… what a fight on that tackle!

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so way behind on my blog!!!... I have to find some way to catch up with the hot bite going on!

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20170604----~~<")))))><(---*B.Gill Spawn Period*--73°