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Fishing with Steve O'Bringer today in his boat . 9 fish , Five Crappie , two 3lb . Bass, two Pickerel .Dang no Perch !
Between 20-30 ' drifting /Trolling Live Shiners

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Comment by John Sheehan on December 15, 2015 at 10:02am

Good technique Slip.

 The fish I saw on the sonar that day weren't suspended they were close to bottom .In that specific area I 've caught Crappie , Pickerel , Perch and Bass all on Shiners or Herring. Fishing a worm near bottom or casting with a spoon never worked in the 5 or 6 times I 've been there catching fish but has worked for Gills and Pickerel elsewhere on the lake . There are good Bluegills in this lake but I've never caught them at this spot .

Comment by Slip Sinker on December 13, 2015 at 4:41pm

John this is how i usually identify schools of fish marked on the sonar. Judging from your statement you have an LCD sonar with no GPS to mark waypoints. during the late fall such as this ive been marking waypoints over quantities of fish tightly schooled in the deeper basins. they could be baitballs or small schools of fish or jumbo or midsize bgills. this is a way to identify drop a tiny ice jig with a short ice rod right below your transducer and catch em. in my case i mark an electronic waypoint on my sonar if you dont have GPS throw a marker down and have a blast fishing around em. ive caught shad 3 inches long with this method... great way to identify.

Comment by John Sheehan on December 11, 2015 at 7:53pm

Released Jim

Comment by Jim Gronaw on December 11, 2015 at 5:00pm

Nice pick...did you keep him for a meal?

Comment by John Sheehan on December 10, 2015 at 7:59pm

No ,saw fish close to bottom but I suspect they weren't Gills but how am I supposed to know what species shows up on my LCD graph?

Comment by Slip Sinker on December 10, 2015 at 7:56pm

did you see any bluegill schools with your sonar?

Comment by Slip Sinker on December 10, 2015 at 7:38pm

Haha at least you landed this one I was 0 for three the other day on the toothy Preds

Comment by John Sheehan on December 10, 2015 at 4:39pm

Thanks Steve ! Always nice for me to clear my head in some good air after playing music in a windowless bar like I did last night .

Comment by Steve C on December 10, 2015 at 4:37pm

Nice pick, John.  It sure was a beautiful day in NJ, and I was stuck at work.  The weekend is near!

Comment by John Sheehan on December 10, 2015 at 4:32pm

Took the biggest Shiner in the bucket!

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