You could catch blue gill, bass and walleye all at the same time.

 

Gonna give these a whirl if it ever stops raining.

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Very interesting, let us know

 

Gonna give these a whirl if it ever stops raining.

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I think I saw somebody from The Ministry of Silly Walks using one of those!

 

I gave it an honest try for half an hour with no takers. The graph was all lit up with suspended fish with some busting the surface. I had enough when I saw a muskie come completely out of the water 20 feet from the boat chasing a baitfish that’s went sailing just out of its reach. Tried top water and trolling crankbaits without a bite. Finally got a couple walleye on a jig, missed a few more smacking it at the top of the stroke. Also got one nice 20” smallmouth, and a couple gobies. The catch of the day was this Black Max combo

I’ll give the original premise another try sometime. I was fishing the weed edges slowly with 2 oz bouncers. Next time I might get out the 4 ouncers and go fast. Fish aren’t going to hold onto a piece of soft plastic if they just get the end of the tail and keep biting like with live bait. Probably need to go faster to hook anything that grabs it.

 

I once rigged a harness with a Wyandotte worm, caught one on it as soon as I dropped it down. Then it didn't catch anything as the natural crawlers were producing so i took it off.

 

going gaudy! Is that special paint?
speed kills
and nice catch on the black max!

 

I gave it an honest try for half an hour with no takers. The graph was all lit up with suspended fish with some busting the surface. I had enough when I saw a muskie come completely out of the water 20 feet from the boat chasing a baitfish that’s went sailing just out of its reach. Tried top water and trolling crankbaits without a bite. Finally got a couple walleye on a jig, missed a few more smacking it at the top of the stroke. Also got one nice 20” smallmouth, and a couple gobies. The catch of the day was this Black Max combo
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I’ll give the original premise another try sometime. I was fishing the weed edges slowly with 2 oz bouncers. Next time I might get out the 4 ouncers and go fast. Fish aren’t going to hold onto a piece of soft plastic if they just get the end of the tail and keep biting like with live bait. Probably need to go faster to hook anything that grabs it.

Looks like they don't know to hold the bail when snagged... Good score !

 

After we went thru 5 dozen crawlers on harnesses last week tried some plastic on the harnesses and even the perch wouldn’t go for it so we called it a day.

 

The rod & reel I caught made it’s way back to the prior owner this morning.

 

The rod & reel I caught made it’s way back to the prior owner this morning.

Very nice of you PT

 

I caught one of that exact same combo a few years back. It was spooled with about 80# braid.

 

Better alert the DNR. It might be the next invasive species.

 

I have to ask...lol what were you hoping to catch with those harness set ups?. have you ever tried one of the multi spread types..like yums flash mob?..i generally fish to light of set up for it...and i had nightmares..thinking..what happens when i run into a fish feeding frenzy...? 5 or 6 fish on at once//sheesh whose winning them or me?...lmao

 

I don’t know if anyone who bottom bounces with umbrella rigs. But there’s always a first time for everything. With the walleye hunkered down in the weed edges in the river, pulling harnesses in tight puts walleye in the boat, but also a ton of bait gets stollen by gobies and dink perch. With a plastic worm I almost never get any of the baitfish, and it’s harder to hook up with walleye because the plastic fills up more of the hook gap. So going with tiny plastics, it could provide a better hookup ratio is a walleye bites it, and the bitesized offerings would let me catch them too, again if they bite. The areas with more bait have a better chance of having predator fish feeding on that bait

 

The rod & reel I caught made it’s way back to the prior owner this morning.

Did you get your case of beer?

 

I got a portrait of Andy Jackson and there may or may not be some barley pops in the future.