Bluegill - Big Bluegill2024-03-29T13:35:53ZJohn Sheehanhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/JohnSheehanhttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12312108277?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://bigbluegill.ning.com/group/gear/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=01fix087cr2ly&feed=yes&xn_auth=noPreventing Pickerel exit Strategytag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2016-10-21:2036984:Topic:7017702016-10-21T20:18:57.832ZJohn Sheehanhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/JohnSheehan
<p>The problem is Pickerel like thin profile 2-3"swim baits a LOT and bite through the thin monos and co-polymers in their cutoff exit strategy. Landing the hardest fish to land that I encounter frequently, has become an obsession for me . Often I resign to using longer hooks and longer hard baits which have a better success rate of getting these amazingly fast and exciting fish into the boat .Sure I've landed and boated plenty of Pickerel on 4#, Ultra light monos ,co polymers and gear…</p>
<p>The problem is Pickerel like thin profile 2-3"swim baits a LOT and bite through the thin monos and co-polymers in their cutoff exit strategy. Landing the hardest fish to land that I encounter frequently, has become an obsession for me . Often I resign to using longer hooks and longer hard baits which have a better success rate of getting these amazingly fast and exciting fish into the boat .Sure I've landed and boated plenty of Pickerel on 4#, Ultra light monos ,co polymers and gear using small baits but like Dick Tabbert ,Slip Sinker and I have experienced ;and I am sure others here, they know how to escape by cutting the line with their razor teeth and leave you disappointed . Pickerel have large mouths and appetites and can easily engulf a 3" or more lure past the knot and escape, and often do . Using 2,3" swim baits or even small thin spoons in search of Bluegills with 4,6, 8# test mono or co polymer i get cutoff too often to not recognize this as a big problem for my style of fishing for Pickerel .It's because they hit those swim baits so often and want them so much that I have to find the way to fish them while Preventing Pickerel Exit Strategy Success.</p>
<p> Attached are photos of 5" and 9" FIRELINE leaders I've made up to see if they will work . I am trying to avoid a heavy wire leader for fear of ruining the action on small spoons and swim baits.</p>
<p> This Fireline method may be a feeble attempt so I also have to consider making guitar string leaders out of .012 gauge or lighter .</p> Gear Ratios...work in progresstag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2016-05-28:2036984:Topic:6770752016-05-28T17:58:42.719ZJohn Sheehanhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/JohnSheehan
<p> Here is a list of my Spinning and Bait casting reels with their gear ratios . I am suspecting lost fish isn't always my fault , well yeah it is , but maybe because I hooked them with the wrong tool. Perhaps with more matched gear I wouldn't have lost that fish that defeated me . Catching up to a bolting fish and keeping the tight feel to the tip of the rod that may not have a good hook set can be tough . Windy conditions can really screw things up by putting slack in your line as the fish…</p>
<p> Here is a list of my Spinning and Bait casting reels with their gear ratios . I am suspecting lost fish isn't always my fault , well yeah it is , but maybe because I hooked them with the wrong tool. Perhaps with more matched gear I wouldn't have lost that fish that defeated me . Catching up to a bolting fish and keeping the tight feel to the tip of the rod that may not have a good hook set can be tough . Windy conditions can really screw things up by putting slack in your line as the fish heads toward deeper water where the boat is . .I am trying to figure out best gear ratios for conditions ,metabolic activity of fish etc. I lost a good Pickerel that was swimming like lightening toward the boat and a 5.2:1 gear ratio couldn't keep up . You are doing something right when hooking them for sure but losing a fish even after feeling like you had a good hook set means you're doing something wrong or something like Nature or power of fish to gear ratio used made you lose .Have to consider rod length and position of rod to fish also. Holding rod high takes slack out and is helpful depending on which way you're positioned to the fish .</p>
<p> Ask yourself friends; did i blow that or could I have got the fish to the shore or in the boat with the right gear and technique ?</p>
<p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>Spinning Reels :</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>5.5: 1</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Penn Silverado SV 2000</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>5.3:1</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Daiwa Laguna 2500 <br/></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong> 5.2:1</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Pflueger President 6730 ;Lost some Pickerel ,</strong></p>
<p><strong>Pflueger President UL</strong></p>
<p><strong><strong>Pflueger</strong>Supreme UL <br/></strong></p>
<p><strong>Shakespeare Whisker Titan 41/35; <strong>Lost a Pickerel</strong></strong></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong><strong>5.1:1</strong></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong><strong>Penn 4300 SS</strong></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong><strong><strong><strong> <span class="font-size-2">Daiwa 500 T Spinmatics UL</span> <br/></strong></strong></strong></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><span class="font-size-2">Daiwa SST 1300</span><br/></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong><strong>4.9:1</strong></strong></span></p>
<p><strong><strong>Browning Challenger 40</strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>Daiwa Sweepfire 1000 UL<br/></strong></strong></strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Daiwa Sweepfire 1000B UL <br/></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong><strong>4.1:1</strong></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong><strong>Ryobi/Fintek: Silverspin SX4M</strong></strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong><strong><span class="font-size-4">Baitcasting Reels:</span></strong></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong><strong><span class="font-size-4">6.2:1</span></strong></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong><strong><span class="font-size-4"><span class="font-size-2">Abu Garcia Ambassador Black Max</span></span></strong></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4"><strong><strong>5:1</strong></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong><strong><span class="font-size-4"><span class="font-size-2">Shimano 2000 Bantam Magnumlite</span></span></strong></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong><strong><span class="font-size-4"><span class="font-size-2">Shimano BTX 100MAG</span></span></strong></strong></span></p>
<p><br/> <span class="font-size-4"><strong>4.9:1</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong><strong><span class="font-size-4"><span class="font-size-2">Daiwa SP 1000 Magforce</span></span></strong></strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span class="font-size-4">4.67:1</span></strong></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong><strong><span class="font-size-4"><span class="font-size-2">Daiwa Magforce HT 1500 F</span></span></strong></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4"><strong><strong>3.8:1</strong></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><strong><strong>Quantum Crankin' Reel 381</strong></strong></span></p>