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SkeeterJim
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 Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:21 pm Post subject: Bantam Saturday |
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SkeeterRon and I hit Bantam on Saturday, got there around 5:30 am for some Bantam topwater fishing. Clear skies with 68° water temps and glass smooth water, man it was beautiful! Went directly to the North Cove area and started fishing the pads with Spro frogs. From 5:30 until 6 we got numerous strikes and fish-ons until they either broke off or came undone due to weak hooksets (right Ron  ). Our strike to hook-up ratio on the frog was not that good today but man the strikes were fun to watch. Then at 6:00 4 water ski boats came out to play in the cove!  Damn don't these people sleep anymore. With them zipping back and forth and churning up the water into a froth, that just about killed the action there. Went to other areas and tried our luck but the pleasure boaters just kept coming and coming. Called it a day at about 1:00 with Ron getting 0 fish and me getting a trio of 1 pike, 1 perch, and 1 bass. A crappy day at Bantam for sure as Ron donated one of his $8.00 Spro frog to a very hungry pike!
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Nickp
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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Goodstuff guys- you'll start to pick out key depths/structure features/pad types if you get hard into froggin and leanr the spots where you can get hit and certain times of the day- dont be afraid to walk that frog fast in 6fow or so back there outside the pad edge early in the morning.
Ive gotten to the point where I can call a frog fish withing 3-5casts on spots I believe in(u can find them anywhere in any padded area) |
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Keith T
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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Jim sorry i stuck all the Frog Bass... when i was out with Mark....Call me & we can hit them sometime....
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chuckc
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice job Jim and Ron! With the front moving in you guys atleast stuck it out for a few fish! I know the bite had to be tough up there. |
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SkeeterRon
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-1 Perch..
Hooking the poor fish in his side with your buzz bait is not catching..
And as for the From 5:30 until 6 we got numerous strikes and fish-ons until they either broke off or came undone due to weak hooksets (right Ron ). I didn't want to hurt the fish..
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SkeeterJim
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Keith T wrote: | | Jim sorry i stuck all the Frog Bass... when i was out with Mark....Call me & we can hit them sometime.... |
It's alright Keith, I forgive you THIS time!
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SkeeterJim
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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| SkeeterRon wrote: | -1 Perch..
Hooking the poor fish in his side with your buzz bait is not catching..
And as for the From 5:30 until 6 we got numerous strikes and fish-ons until they either broke off or came undone due to weak hooksets (right Ron ). I didn't want to hurt the fish.. |
What am I going to do with you!@$! First of all it was a spinnerbait and not a buzzbait and second of all if you don't start putting some muscles behind those womanly hooksets of yours you'll never learn to catch bass with a frog!
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toptech
Joined: 12 Jul 2007
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Location: Vernon
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| Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:11 am Post subject: |
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Nice work guys...we all have those days where they just wont hook or stay hooked. As far as the purch...any fish that ends up in the boat is a confermed catch...no matter where he is hooked...  Atleast in my book...nice work on the triple. |
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snakebite
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Location: Norwich, CT
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| Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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Any day fishing is a better day than being at work , hope the day of the tournement turns out better for you and every body else .
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