fishing reports

[sandbur]

I have seen decoys made like that but have never used one. I thought they were more decorative.

The fish in the mouth might make it hard to swim.

I feel a pointed nose on the decoy tends to give a smoother swim. An open mouth with something in it, might cause an erratic swim.

And I could be all wrong!

 

[matinc]

Burr tomorrow I will show you a way to balance decoys that are already produced

 

[Bill]

Burr tomorrow I will show you a way to balance decoys that are already produced

Please do.. I've got some lures that are 16" long I can't get to swim. (been working on a teaser rig I just can't get to swim right). I'll just have to do what ever you do on a larger scale. They turn on their side. Added lead to the bottom but still can't get them right.

 

[matinc]

Bill just wanted to show you the last batch if squids I tied. Curious on your hook rigs. I use single n treble behind them.

 

[matinc]

Bill please send me some pictures of your teaser rig. We use teaser rigs for salmon in michigan. If you need to text dm me

 

[sandbur]

Please do.. I've got some lures that are 16" long I can't get to swim. (been working on a teaser rig I just can't get to swim right). I'll just have to do what ever you do on a larger scale. They turn on their side. Added lead to the bottom but still can't get them right.

In the winter spearing world, there are hand crafted decoys called wobblers or sometimes a different name. They don’t swim, but a twitch or jiggling of the line imitates a dying fish. These are fished vertically and may not serve your purpose.

When I say a decoy swims, I am also referring to a vertical fishing situation.

They don’t really need to swim to attract fish. Spinning golf balls painted various colors and spoons also work.

When I was in junior high, some friends went spearing and forgot the decoys. They folded a Copenhagen lid in half. Punched a hole in it and tied on the lid. They got fish.

 

[matinc]

Bill n Burr. I use storm suspend strips to balance out decoys. Sometimes I have to use 4 strips to balance them better.

 

[sandbur]

Bill n Burr. I use storm suspend strips to balance out decoys. Sometimes I have to use 4 strips to balance them better.

Thanks for the tip

 

[Bill]

Bill just wanted to show you the last batch if squids I tied. Curious on your hook rigs. I use single n treble behind them.

We use single hooks on most of our rigs. I'll dig some pictures up or take some.

 

[Bill]

In the winter spearing world, there are hand crafted decoys called wobblers or sometimes a different name. They don’t swim, but a twitch or jiggling of the line imitates a dying fish. These are fished vertically and may not serve your purpose.

When I say a decoy swims, I am also referring to a vertical fishing situation.

They don’t really need to swim to attract fish. Spinning golf balls painted various colors and spoons also work.

When I was in junior high, some friends went spearing and forgot the decoys. They folded a Copenhagen lid in half. Punched a hole in it and tied on the lid. They got fish.

Yes different. We are trying to get swimming action at 5 knots.

 

[Bill]

I'm trying to make this.




Swim behind one of these dredge rigs at 7mph. The dredge is a teaser that mimics a school of squid. No hooks on any of it. Just to raise fish. Probably over kill but we're all bat shit crazy about the things we do anyway.



I may need to add a lip to it but don't want to turn it into a diver.

 

[matinc]

Bill is your goal to have a minnow chasing the teasers,? Does that work better than a fly?

 

[matinc]

Bill tomorrow I will show you a rotater salmon rig with a fly behind they maybe a lot less tackle and more effective that you could tweak

 

[rocksnstumps]

I have my doubts that a salmon style rig could stand up to a tuna and rotator rigs performing at 7&8 mph. Brother uses like 150# -200# leaders on his tackle. Out on the ocean they haul ass and basically try to run everything at the surface.

Those squid attractor rigs are run close behind the boat and want stuff to track in straight line cause most everything at same depth.

 

[matinc]

I'm sure I could tie a rig with 130 pound class. A 12 inch rotator on the front with three teasers and the main hook rig. It would be interesting to see how it holds up and or attracts them

 

[BuckSutherland]

Took my 8 year old daughter up to northern MN to do some ice fishing between Christmas and New Years. Average daytime temp was about 35-40 degrees with almost no wind. It was an awesome time to fish outside and hole hop. We fished 4 different lakes and did well on all 4. We focused on mid day panfish so I could keep her busy. She caught over 150-175 bluegills and crappies, 3 bass and 2 northerns. We kept a few bags, but released most. She got a really nice crappie that was a hair over 13.5".


small black tungsten jig tipped with berkley swordtail plastic and a waxworm
2 lb sunline fluorocarbon leader.



This light setup is deadly and will get negative fish to bite when others are struggling. I didnt have time to catch much, but it was a ton of fun.

 

[Catscratch]

Well done dad! Her smiles says exactly how good the trip was!

 

[H20fwler]

Youngest son came out to give the fish a look and see how they are doing, ice was 8”-9”

I was very pleased at the growth, especially the smallmouth.

 

[Ben.MN/WI]

Those perch are getting some shoulders, it will be interesting to see how large they get. How old are those perch now?

 

[H20fwler]

Those perch are getting some shoulders, it will be interesting to see how large they get. How old are those perch now?

We stocked them spring of 2022, they were around 4". We hand feed in summer off the dock a few days a week when we can mornings and/or evenings. Spring and summer of 2021 we stocked a bunch of minnows and golden shinners, I don't see many minnows any more but do see small and large shinners.