09-19-2017, 04:03 PM
Thanks for all the responses. I thought we might get rained out, but it ended up being a pretty good trip. We fished in the evening for about 45 min just before the sun went down. I left the worms in the car, so we tipped the lures with a cut up tube jig. We had two bites that evening, but they didn't hang on. I suspect the lack of worm made a difference.
In the morning we were on the water just after 6:00 a.m. Things were quiet until just before the sun came up. We trolled two lead core lines out 3 colors with one with pop gear and a worm and one with a dodger/wedding ring/worm combo. We had two other lines out on planar boards running straight back one with pop gear and a worm and the other with a Jakes Lure.
All lines caught fish. We trolled until about 9:30 and put 10 fish in the boat (7 wipers and 3 rainbows). We lost two others right at the boat because the boys reeled them in too far and pulled them out of the water before we could get a net on them.
None of the boys had fished from a boat before and this was there first time catching wiper. They definitely loved the fight they put up!
Here's hoping I can get back on the water a few more times this fall before the ice!
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In the morning we were on the water just after 6:00 a.m. Things were quiet until just before the sun came up. We trolled two lead core lines out 3 colors with one with pop gear and a worm and one with a dodger/wedding ring/worm combo. We had two other lines out on planar boards running straight back one with pop gear and a worm and the other with a Jakes Lure.
All lines caught fish. We trolled until about 9:30 and put 10 fish in the boat (7 wipers and 3 rainbows). We lost two others right at the boat because the boys reeled them in too far and pulled them out of the water before we could get a net on them.
None of the boys had fished from a boat before and this was there first time catching wiper. They definitely loved the fight they put up!
Here's hoping I can get back on the water a few more times this fall before the ice!
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