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Post by Varmint_Sniper on Apr 12, 2011 19:28:50 GMT -5
Dave(rcbbracing) & myself are going to hit Tappan or Clendening tomorrow night after he get's off work going to stay the night at the lake and i have to be home by 4am to be ready to go to work by 5am i know it's gonna be a rough thursday at work lol just hope it is all worth it?............ My question is this during this time a year where do you look for channel cat's from the bank? What rig's do you use to catch them?........What bait's would you pick to take with ya ? help us out guy's we might need it lol were gonna try to throw net some shad before dark and maybe get a few live gill's but what else is good this time a year?
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Post by Smoothkip on Apr 12, 2011 19:38:12 GMT -5
I like shad and chubs early in the year for channels. As for lakes this time of year i usually target deeper water at night and shallower bays in the day time. If you find the bait you will find the fish.
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Post by Seanstone on Apr 12, 2011 19:42:00 GMT -5
Better take the control item for the tourney. I would hate to see you guys land a big one without it. ;D The only channel I have caught this year was in 20 feet of water in mid day. In my opinion shads probably your best bet, but like kip said its hard to beat chubs if you can get them. I would target the tributaries, with all the rain they are probably waiting for food to wash out to them. Good luck.
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Post by Varmint_Sniper on Apr 12, 2011 19:50:11 GMT -5
I got 2 spot's in mind tell me what ya'll think?
Spot 1.......Incoming creek dumps into the lake shallow 4ft with a creek channel running through it and can cast to channel
Spot 2 ........Deep 25ft water with rock and boulder's on the bottom with shallow water within 75yrds of the deep water?
For some reason I"m leaning towards the deep water with the rock bottom what is yawl's opinion ? Also how would you fish it ?
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Post by Seanstone on Apr 12, 2011 20:00:04 GMT -5
How far are they apart? They both sound like pretty good spots. I would hit the tributary spot first, if they are feeding you'll know. Then I would move to the second if the second spot doesn't work out. However if they are too far apart or for some reason you can't fish them both I would fish the second spot. It offers both deep and shallow water so you can fish all along the different depths. I would set poles on bottom with cutbait. Two in shallow and two in deep. Once you catch a couple, you can hone in on them.
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Post by jason454ci on Apr 12, 2011 22:21:13 GMT -5
We got into 16 channels last sunday in about two and a half hours. Found them in 3 feet of water or less. They were not aggressive at all real light biters. Really slowed down as the sun set. All were caught on cut shad. Also noticed the shad were getting active in the shallow waters.
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Post by Smoothkip on Apr 12, 2011 22:24:25 GMT -5
We got into 16 channels last sunday in about two and a half hours. Found them in 3 feet of water or less. They were not aggressive at all real light biters. Really slowed down as the sun set. All were caught on cut shad. Also noticed the shad were getting active in the shallow waters. Good news on the Shad! When you think the spillway will be ready? Also would they be up in the pond yet? |
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Post by jason454ci on Apr 13, 2011 21:46:57 GMT -5
Caught a few dozen out of the spillway two weeks ago when it was down for a couple days. Hasn't been down enough to go back and get any more yet since then. I haven't tried the pond yet but would imagine there might be some there ducking out of the current.
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Post by Smoothkip on Apr 14, 2011 12:05:17 GMT -5
Thanks Jason
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Post by rockbass on Apr 14, 2011 13:22:25 GMT -5
There isn't much depth to those creek channels you would be fishin Varmint. I've been getting dink 2 lbers in shallow water and the better fish have been coming from 12-16 ft. Fishin bottom with floats on the leader.....20 inches or so long
And Boo on you Dave.......you were supposed to let me know where you were gonna be. I woulda came out for a while last night if I had known.
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Post by Varmint_Sniper on Apr 14, 2011 19:17:12 GMT -5
Ok the spot's i picked we hit none of them i opted for a spot with big laydowns and shallow water say 6ft deep got 2 channel right off the bat 1st fish maybe 1lb 2nd fish maybe 3lb came off shrimp not hits on shad and they were all around us , Dave had something pull a 7000b clicker 30ft before we knew if was the rod 50ft down the bank and YES HE MISSED IT LOL other than that no fish after the sun went down froze our asses off..... frost on the sleeping bags when dave woke up , I couldn't sleep wa s to damn cold even with the coverall's on and a jacket and gloves and yes DAVE WAS SLEEPING AGAIN it's ok i caught more fish then him got home 2am ....This sat. it's gonna be a day trip and home by dark still to cold for all night hope it warms by the 30th so kip and i can be on our game for the Tappan tournment ?
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Post by rockbass on Apr 14, 2011 22:30:36 GMT -5
I'm hopin to hit that tourney too. Not too many options around here. I'm split between fishin Tappan or Leesville. Maybe I'll get the only flat without entering it again.....hahaha
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Post by rcbbracing on Apr 15, 2011 9:12:58 GMT -5
9 Ok the spot's i picked we hit none of them i opted for a spot with big laydowns and shallow water say 6ft deep got 2 channel right off the bat 1st fish maybe 1lb 2nd fish maybe 3lb came off shrimp not hits on shad and they were all around us , Dave had something pull a 7000b clicker 30ft before we knew if was the rod 50ft down the bank and YES HE MISSED IT LOL other than that no fish after the sun went down froze our asses off..... frost on the sleeping bags when dave woke up , I couldn't sleep wa s to damn cold even with the coverall's on and a jacket and gloves and yes DAVE WAS SLEEPING AGAIN it's ok i caught more fish then him got home 2am ....This sat. it's gonna be a day trip and home by dark still to cold for all night hope it warms by the 30th so kip and i can be on our game for the Tappan tournment ? sounds like the famous last words of a Guy who doesn't want anymore free rides lol....I didn't miss the fish by the way...the fish dropped the bait before I got there and never came back....hardly my fault lol thanks for twisting it up to make yourself look better....the two channels you caught would've looked good as bait! |
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Post by Varmint_Sniper on Apr 24, 2011 17:10:04 GMT -5
Dave.....them channel's would have looked better over the fire grilled with some salt and pepper and lemon lmao
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