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 Re: Where do the bigger sandies hide?
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08/04/16 04:05 AM
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toofy
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Slightly unrelated, but how do you guys find these schools to begin with? Do you just idle around while watching the graph?
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Re: Where do the bigger sandies hide?
[Re: ou.sooner]
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08/04/16 10:18 PM
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Rudy Lackey
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Like winter just flop it, leave it touching bottom .
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Re: Where do the bigger sandies hide?
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08/05/16 12:46 AM
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SeaPro-Todd
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You will see guides trolling when in triple digit temps. Or you can down size your lures, or use spinners like mepps. Read Dennis Christian link regarding smaller online spinners to simulate trolling. So we went out Monday evening and had the same issue as ou sooner. I had fish all over the graph and on top. But I couldn't get one to bite on a slab with a jig above it. Is there just sometime when they don't bite slabs like they do in spring. I thought I would have been catching doubles with all the fish under us but I could only catch them by chunk a hellbender out to the schooling fish. Just curious about everyones thoughts.
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Re: Where do the bigger sandies hide?
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08/07/16 03:17 AM
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fergy1
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How small are you catching? Are they keepers? When I am fishing to fry I like smaller ones. Less toxin. If you have them located on graph on a point or hump ffish the deeper side of them slab only. Hope it helps.
fergy
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Re: Where do the bigger sandies hide?
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08/08/16 10:31 PM
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Dennis Christian
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Here are my thoughts:
1. If you are catching smallish whites on structure, sometimes the bigger fish are together ona different part of the structure - even within casting distance. SO, cast around to different parts and see if part of it is holding bigger fish.
2. If you are catching smallish fish schooling on the surface, then is the time to use a slab or whatever and fish the bottom under them to catch bigger fish.
3. If you can't find bigger fish on the structure you are on, go looking on other structures.
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