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  1. How deep were these Crappie? If they were suspended, over how much water, if not what cover were they around?

    I've never target them after the Spring, but wouldn't mind giving it a try with the neighbour's little girl...

    Thanks

    Garry2rs

  2. This morning it was raining AGAIN.

    Around lunchtime it cleared up, the sun came out and the neighbor came over to see if I was interested in trying a little fishing.

    It took until 2:30 for him and I to finish up whatever we were doing, but the sky was still clear as we started toward a lake about 16km away.

    The closer we got to the water, the darker to sky became...

    We had a plan to hit a couple of spots for some eater size Pike and we wanted to toss a worm around for some Bass just for fun...

    As we scooted down the lake we saw lightning in the distance, and about forty minutes later we saw the first drops...

    No sweat, we break-out the rain gear and carry on. The thunder moved closer, so we took shelter as the rain became a downpour.

    We could see the odd flash, and of coarse hear the thunder, but it was all off to the north of us and we felt quite safe.

    But, we didn't want to be on open water, where we were the tallest things around!

    We stopped near a rock face were a hill of dense forest rose above and behind us. we were partly out of the rain and there were lots of tall things behind us...

    After fifteen minutes or so, the storm faded away to the east, and there were high fives all around.

    We had out smarted Mother Nature...HAHAHA.

     

    In another 40 minutes a new thunder shower moved in from the west...We again sought shelter and as the heavy rain and the lightning etc moved off to the northeast we resumed fishing in a light. but not unpleasant rain.

     

    The rain was much lighter now, and the thunder was moving farther away. All was well...Until a sudden flash in the west told us it was time to get under cover again.

     

    This time we were on a bay with well developed properties...the shoreline was wide lawns that slopped gently down to the waters edge. It was wide open and barren, the only spot to hide beside something tall offered no overhead screen of branches etc. to help deflect the rain...and rain it did. This was an old fashion down pour of near Biblical proportions! As the rain increased, the opposite shore grew fainter until it vanished...the trees shook...It was like a trip to Niagara Falls. I kept looking for "The Maid of the Mist." At one point I had to switch on the bilge pump to get the water out of the cockpit. We had little choice now but to toughed it out. It rained hard for what seemed like an hour, but was really only about twenty minutes. There was an eerie sort of twilight with rain falling so hard it was like being in a fog...

     

    Finally the rain started to slow down. As we watched, the sun came out behind us. It was still raining on us, but we could see a patch of blue sky moving closer and closer until suddenly the rain had gone and it was a beautiful day again.

     

    We fished for a couple more hours and caught a few Bass and the WGSF, but no Pike...Natalie had one nice Pike follow a spoon, but that was it on a lake that gave me half a dozen, that I didn't want, two weeks ago!!!

     

    Here's a shot of Natalie and I with a double header...

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  3. Reach is on Lower Buckhorn. Straight out from the marina and to the east and west, are a group of shoals and islets.

    If you start there you can't go wrong.

    To the east are more rocks etc. Head in the direction.

    To the east, the channel makes a dog-leg turn at Deer Bay.

    There are a lot of small islands to the North. Move that way.

    Behind these islands is Black Duck Bay...Fish there.

    That should keep you busy for awhile.

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  4. You have the right set up now.

    I don't think anyone said Braid looks unnatural. I think the question was, did a leader make a difference on finesse type presentations.

    This is all spinning rod work. If you are using crank baits, spinner baits, jerk baits etc. line visibility really doesn't matter.

    The fish are reacting to, and chasing the bait.

  5. By now I'm sure everyone knows that Braid 101 says that you chose braid by the diameter you want, not by the pounds test!

    So I don't think much of the 20 pound line class test. The braid would be much thinner around .008 or .009 the plastic would be about .020 so what this test proves is that thin braid abrades fast that fat plastic...I think I could have figured that out with wasting all that line...HAHAHA.

    Hundred pound braid, would stand up much better and would still be thinner than some of the plastic lines tested. Still it wouldn't win, because it's made of thousands of microscopic fibers. None of those little fibers is very abrasion resistant.

    However, in the real world the only time this test would mean anything is if you were fishing for a line class record.

    Otherwise 20 pound Power Pro is most suitable for light spinning. It is after all about the diameter of 6 or 8 pound test mono.

  6. The word is Drag. Those lake fish up in that thin water are a edgy as a virgin bride.

    The roe bag with no attachment drifts down stream just like every live worm, caterpillar and bug in the river. The one attached to your rod is pulled slightly off coarse, by the current pushing and pulling on the line that is stretched across the water.

    I talked about fly fishermen, mending their line and using yards of spider silk for leaders...but Float guys also know this, and that's why they use 12 and 13 foot rods, with super light line and reels so well ballanced that they will spin if you breath on them.

     

    Try this...Tie a 4 or 5 foot piece of heavy line...12 or 15 or even 20 pound test to the roe bag and throw it in...The fish will take the roe bag line and all, because the line and roe float freely without drag.

    The fish isn't smart, it just ignores or is spooked by something that acts unnatural.

    As for the Ottonabee adventure, I don't know. Braid floats, perhaps this caused more drag in the moving water of the river, than mono did. But if mono works in that case, sign me up! I won't argue with success...grin. Just don't expect me to go back to that "bungee cord on a spool" plastic line for all around everyday fishing.

  7. Two pound Stren is advertised as being .006 in diameter so is Ten pound Power Pro.

    Fireline doesn't give their diameter because the line is not round. The fibers are fused together and the tread that is formed is oval.

    Twelve pound test Trilene XL is .013 diameter so is forty pound Power Pro. However Power Pro does compare that diameter to ten pound mono, which isn't really a lie since 10 pound Trilene TX is .0135.

    Other brands of Braided line are offen larger in diameter than Power Pro because PP is wound under tension to produce a tighter weave.

  8. Let's start at the beginning...Fish Don't Reason. Their brain is the size of a pea.

    They don't know or care if there is a TV set a telephone pole or an anchor rope attached to the bait.

    What they don't like is "drag."

    Drag is the side pull caused by wind or water current pulling on the line. This causes the bait to fall or float in an unnatural manner. By using fine leaders fly fishermen reduce drag. They also "mend" the line...That means they throw slack line up-stream, or up-wind, so that the current doesn't effect the drift of their fly.

     

    For Senko's I use red ten pound PowerPro. I use ten pound PP because it's the diameter of two pound mono or fluorocarbon. I don't have any problems in gin clear water. I always throw slack into the line...this allows a free fall, and also acts as a strike indicator...When the line move faster than normal I have a bite.

    Garry2R's

  9. I had a V6 Camry and drove it without any repairs for 6 years. I was selling in those days and put on a ton of miles. I change the oil every 5000km. and nothing ever went wrong. Best car I've ever owned. To bad I can't afford one of their trucks to pull my boat.

    My tow vehicle is a Dodge Ram 1500. They are cheap trucks, but I have had good service from mine...260,000km and still going. I wish the brakes were bigger, the extra weight of the trailer really eats mine up in a hurry.

  10. A 5 inch Senko weighs 3/8 of an ounce. The plastic is, as previously noted, very soft.

    They are loaded with salt. That, some people say, is why they tear so easily.

    Yes they work and yes, they are expensive...but so is the tournament entry fee.

    There are many other excelent brands, like Yum and Zoom, to choose from.

    For everyday fishing trips, I also use a lot of the no-names from my local tackle store.

  11. It has rained every evening or overnight for what seems like two weeks or more.

    I have been fishing about ten of those fourteen days.

    I think I am noticing a gradual but persistent decline in the bite, but it's hard to be sure.

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    The fish in the shallows seem smaller and harder to come-by.

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    I am also noticing an absence of LMBass in the shallows, possibly because the weed beds are still very thin on my rocky Canadian Shield type lakes.

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    The better fish are deeper and slower to hit a bait...

    That's not to say we aren't catching fish, just that the bite seems slow to me.

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    The most consistently productive technique for bigger fish, in these rocky lakes, has basically been a Carolina or a Split-Shot Rig dragged on the bottom.

    What are you guys thinking and seeing in your areas?

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  12. I like Power Pro a lot. This year I am using the red ten pound on my spinning reels for Senko worms, it is very easy to see against the water with my sunglasses. I use green 30 pound on my baitcasters, but might go up to 50 pound for a couple of rods. My Musky reels had 80 pound and I never broke it once...maybe Mark had a bad spool. I don't use flouro leaders the fish don't mine the line as long as the bait acts naturally...in my opinion.

     

    I have used almost every braid on the market at one time or another. No Spectra line likes a sudden snap and I have had spools of every brand that I thought were weak. If you contact the manufacturer, they will generally replace that spool for you. I recently returned 300 yards of 30 pound Micro-fuse Invisabraid, Spiderwires new line. The first spool was crap...the replacement spool is fine.

     

    If you remember that the braid is no more abrasion resistant than mono of the same diameter IE 10 pound is the diameter of two pound mono, you will understand that you need to check for nicks and frayed spots once in awhile. Granite edges and Zebra mussels will cut the line quickly, check the line if you get dragged over rocks or around stumps etc.

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  13. In the days of film, the proper exposure for the moon was said to be f16 at the film speed.

    IE f16 at 1/100th of a second with 100ASA film.

    The moon is the same as any other object that is front-lit by the sun.

    25 seconds is 24.99 second too much exposure for the moon, and that's fine if you want to let the foreground print in.

    I think what you have is a light on the tail of a high flying airplane that was caught moving across the field of view.

    The light trail starts or stops in mid-air because that is when the shutter either opened or closed. The trail disappears into the moon because they are both over exposed and show as featureless bald white.

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