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Sunday, 10/28/07- Hit the water early (5:30 a.m.).
This is how it ended:
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This is how it began:
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Red sky in morning, sailor take warning!
Headed right to Las Vegas Wash and started tossing the net. Shad made it into the livewell by twos and threes, never got that one big loaded net.
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Boat gets dirty and you get wet when toss a net!
Headed to Sand Island for some live bait fishing.
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Color in the water!
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Nice striper! Fishing was steady enough to keep me interested.
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What a great day to be on the water! Off the water by noon.
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Awesome!
It looks like I need to get a cast net and start breaking my back to get some live bait. Last time I was out we visted the "floating outhouse" and in that cove we saw a huge number of baitfish pecking at the surface. I wished I had a cast net at that moment.
Also, when you fish with the live bait, do you hook it at the dorsal fin, or lip hook? I also asume this is a drift/anchor fishing technique or can you troll with them? One last question, when you rigg them is there any weight or just a leader and hook?
Thanks for the motivating pictures.
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[size 1]Maybe this will help:[/size]
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[size 1]when you fish with the live bait, do you hook it at the dorsal fin, or lip hook? [/size]
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[size 1]Mostly dorsal fin. Lip hook in some presentations, such as a very slow troll. It's hard to go wrong with live bait.[/size]
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[size 1]also asume this is a drift/anchor fishing technique or can you troll with them?[/size]
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[size 1]Usually drift using the electric to stay over fish, or[/size][size 1] anchor if the wind kicks up and chum with the shad that die in the livewell. Trolling sometimes works, go deep with a heavy sinker, long leader with a lip hook set. Move along with the electric, the shad will swim in the direction the boat goes. Best to have large, lively shad for this. Most of the time trolling is unnecessary. It's hard to go wrong with live bait. [/size]
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[size 1]One last question, when you rigg them is there any weight or just a leader and hook? [/size]
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[size 1]The least amount of weight gives the most "natural" presentation. Usually have to use some weight. I've caught stripers using just a leader, and using weight. It's hard to go wrong with live bait.[/size]
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I guess i am lazy. You can get preserved shad at bass pro or anchovies at laker plaza
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I have never gone wrong with frozen cut anchovies. Stripers love them! So if none of your artificial baits are working out for you, do what I do and cheat by using the lazy man approach. At least, I can guarantee you'll catch a ton of stripers. Good luck!
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Paul
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Wow, thanks for the offer, BaySport. I'll be in the Temple Basin from 11/17 to 11/25, and I'll take all the live shad you can give me. I'd love to fish with those. I used to catch 3-4" crappies and sunfish and use them as live bait but I heard that that's illegal so I don't do it anymore. Even used live crawfish/crawdad too. I rarely see any shad, and the ones I do see our only a centimeter. Also, I have never seen a boil in the Temple Basin. Oh well, anchovies it is.
Best regards,
Paul
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