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SkeeterRon
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 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:13 am Post subject: Congamond 7-15 |
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7/15 Clear skies, Sunny, Air temp around 90, water temp 84, clear to 8 FOW.
Well I took a Marketing person fishing Friday. Things ya gotta do to keep people happy.
He wanted to be on the water at 11:00am and off by 2:00pm. Oh boy..
He wanted to hit the docks and pads "just like on TV".  So we did. After two hrs of that and not catching anything I said "Ever drop shot before"? Drop shot, whats that?
I found a nice hump (30FOW to 9FOW) nice bait ball just hanging out. So we dropped the lines and started picking them off one by one.
No monsters, but caught about 8 fish in the last hour; all ranging between 1.5 to 2+. We used Glup shad.
Not a bad day.
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PECo
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| Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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Although I'm obsessed with frogging right now, I really enjoy drop shotting Gulp minnows. I need to fish some deeper water soon.
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hoppy
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| Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice way to save the trip. It can be lock and load on those humps if you hit it right. I have pulled many fish from deep structure at that lake. I loved having it in the backyard for years. |
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pondhopper
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| Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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Nice job on moving to the drop shot and turning a slow day around!
I cant stand it when I bring someone out fishn and cant get them a few good bites. I would usually rather my guest catches the fish than myself if they are not frequent fisherman. So I consider it even sweeter when you show a guest to the sport how you can find the bite on a tough day the way you did.
I still am very weak with the drop shot technique. It frustrates me because I know allot of you guys can use it so effectively on days when you need it most, and if I could figure it out, the bite is there for the taking.... like a delicious burger is dangling JUST out of reach.
I guess I just have to put in allot more time trying it than I have been doing. Thats usually how get confident with my other productive techniques.
Anyway, good job again SkeeterRon!
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Johnny Skeeter
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| Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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Rin that is an awesome tail of fishing for sure...just like tv!!!
johnny
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SkeeterRon
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| Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:27 am Post subject: |
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Pond,
This is only my 2nd year dropshotting. Last year during a Tourney in Maine I had no choice but to learn how to dropshotting real fast. I quickly fell in love with it.
This year now that I finally have a better Humminbrid system, it makes my life much easier dropshotting.
Can't wait until next month when we go back to Maine to see how good I do this year with the new electronincs.
Johnny, your to funny.. It will never be like TV for me.. I don't own a Lake to stock, put auto feeders for the bass and aerate the water. Like Bill Dance.
It would be nice tho... 
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Hookset7073
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| Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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Very nice. Drop shotting is the way to go especially on a hotter bluebird day. Ever throw a Big Texan down deep? Love that too........
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SkeeterRon
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| Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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Hookset,
Which Big Texan? The brush hog or the jig. either way No I have not.
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Hookset7073
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| Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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Big Brush Hog brother. Like a 4/5 ot EWG with a 1/2 ounce weight. I love the Perfect Plastic series. Lock on to some big smallies in like 30 feet. It's fun and they aren't getting off!
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SkeeterRon
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:49 am Post subject: |
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Awesome,
Thanks. I'll have to give that a try..
I'm going fun fishing Saturday night at Highland, I'll try this before the sunsets.
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Hookset7073
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Let me know how that works for ya and how you do overall. I haven't been to that lake in a long time, was thinking of going with a buddy one of these days.
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SkeeterRon
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:20 am Post subject: |
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Will do.
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