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Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy
Posted By: romeroxl1200
Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/07/23 09:34 PM
Posted By: mwfishin
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/07/23 10:33 PM
At least you had some action. Last Friday, 12/30, my son and me went to lake Granbury for some deadsticking. We caught lots of sandies, 1 small striped, and 2 nice largemouth bass. 50 to 60’ of water, fish were stacked at 25 to 35’.
Posted By: romeroxl1200
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/08/23 12:04 AM
Nice LM !
Posted By: T Bird
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/08/23 12:49 PM
I'd take that action any day.
Posted By: T Bird
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/08/23 02:18 PM
What was the water temp. on Decker?
Nice post and fish.
Posted By: romeroxl1200
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/08/23 07:06 PM
The water temp on the Decker was 57 according to the lowrance....everything was deep, only time I saw any surface critters was around the boat when everything was joining the party!
Posted By: T Bird
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/09/23 11:18 AM
The water temp on the Decker was 57 according to the lowrance....everything was deep, only time I saw any surface critters was around the boat when everything was joining the party!
Thanks.
Posted By: SeaPro-Todd
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/09/23 02:41 PM
That's a special lake (with lotta green trash fish LOL). Thanks for sharing.
Posted By: Uncle Zeek
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/09/23 03:05 PM
I sure would enjoy pulling some green fish up while deadsticking for sandbass. They're tasty!!
Posted By: T Bird
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/10/23 10:17 PM
Fished Decker today. Beautiful day but fishing was brutal. We got 5 early and that was the whole deal. Got off the water at 2:30.
Posted By: romeroxl1200
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/11/23 01:29 AM
Another crazy day on by 9 and off at 1. Water temp 58 and windy...everything was deep, Started bouncing slabs and It was another LM morning, first 10 in 38 FOW, Hybrids started getting into the mix around 1030. I moved out at times to 48 FOW, Double minnow crank bait was a blast, with 5 hybrids. 7in spoon was a shocker!....4 hybrids loved it flopping off the bottom. Anything you could jig with was producing, Lowrance showed fish under the boat, kept the fish under the boat all day, real heavy at times with constant back to back fish, allowed to open the tackle boxes and start throwing anything that would dive 5 feet and beyond....left them biting, as I trolled to the dock staying 48 FOW the fish stayed under the boat.....they loved the slab again today.
Posted By: romeroxl1200
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/14/23 02:58 PM
Last 3 days out on Walter E Long, Jigging is getting big fish to bite...seems to be what it is producing fish. Water temp 57, trolled around and found fish 38 FOW, very aggressive.
No Hybrids again, only largemouth everywhere I marked fish seemed to be what was biting....decent size fish for a Friday the 13th!
Posted By: T Bird
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/14/23 03:53 PM
Last 3 days out on Walter E Long, Jigging is getting big fish to bite...seems to be what it is producing fish. Water temp 57, trolled around and found fish 38 FOW, very aggressive.
No Hybrids again, only largemouth everywhere I marked fish seemed to be what was biting....decent size fish for a Friday the 13th!
Man, those are quality fish!
Posted By: gborg
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/14/23 04:22 PM
Nice BB. Ever tried jig heads with flukes ?
Posted By: Cvillemudcat
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/14/23 06:35 PM
Last 3 days out on Walter E Long, Jigging is getting big fish to bite...seems to be what it is producing fish. Water temp 57, trolled around and found fish 38 FOW, very aggressive.
No Hybrids again, only largemouth everywhere I marked fish seemed to be what was biting....decent size fish for a Friday the 13th!
You catch those on slabs again? I’m on decker right now and only one small hybrid so far bouncing a chart slab off the bottom. Tried DS with flukes and sassy shad but no luck. I’ve caught them b4 out here DS with flukes so I don’t know what I’m doing wrong this time. Question for you are you spot locked or doing a controlled drift?
Posted By: romeroxl1200
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/14/23 07:07 PM
I tried the kitchen sink them days, jig heads with white flukes, pearl, pink, sassy shad, 3 inch, 4 inch...
Posted By: romeroxl1200
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/14/23 07:11 PM
slabs.....bounced off bottom spot locked and slow troll/drift until the fish are gone and stop biting....I do turn my slabs upside down
Posted By: Cvillemudcat
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/14/23 07:38 PM
Cool thanks for the info.
Posted By: romeroxl1200
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/15/23 05:50 PM
Any luck yesterday?
Posted By: Cvillemudcat
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/15/23 07:10 PM
Nah we got DECKERED yesterday! 1 short hybrid and 1 bass each came on a slab. We tried DS'ing flukes, sassies and other paddle tail plastics as well. We even trolled up half the lake with umbrella rigs, hell pet and a heavy MAL with no takers. Had the thumper going too.
Posted By: Scoundrel
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/15/23 08:05 PM
WTH is going on down there?
Definitely starting the year off the right way, thanks for sharing.
Posted By: jbobo
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/15/23 08:35 PM
I have a customer in Tennessee who sent me a video of his livescope loaded with crappie while he was using his Bobo thumper. He said all he could catch was crappie. Another one in Arkansas uses his for blue cats. Many species will respond to thumping.
Posted By: romeroxl1200
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/16/23 03:29 AM
I'm going back out there tomorrow morning and pull the Monday morning can of whoopass out on them!
Posted By: Cvillemudcat
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/16/23 03:52 PM
Looks like a perfect morning to be out there! The last 2 times we've been out there has been with bluebird skies.
Posted By: romeroxl1200
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/17/23 04:31 PM
Out on the water at 9am. Water temp 57, fish were scattered everywhere. The weather has them a little off.
Chatter bait working it from shallow to deep producing, CR also working well.
Started marking fish 38 FOW and decided to see if jigging slabs was still hot...Fresh drum decided to hit the slabs, first for me...
The slab continued to work well, until my 2 fluke teasers trailing behind the boat were cobbled up by 2 LM, what a tangled mess....after that seemed like swim baits started producing. A rig produced only LM. Not sure why the hybrids are being finicky....all in all. A good outing except for all the PANICKED fishermen going 60 MPH to where?....they'd go by 60, stop fish a few minutes and back to the throttle. Wouldn't care accept the A holes go by close even with 80% open water.....just saying, if catching fish is the goal, they obviously fail most of the time, otherwise they wouldn't be so PANICKED to get to the next spot.
Posted By: gborg
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/18/23 03:28 PM
Out on the water at 9am. Water temp 57, fish were scattered everywhere. The weather has them a little off.
Chatter bait working it from shallow to deep producing, CR also working well.
Started marking fish 38 FOW and decided to see if jigging slabs was still hot...Fresh drum decided to hit the slabs, first for me...
The slab continued to work well, until my 2 fluke teasers trailing behind the boat were cobbled up by 2 LM, what a tangled mess....after that seemed like swim baits started producing. A rig produced only LM. Not sure why the hybrids are being finicky....all in all. A good outing except for all the PANICKED fishermen going 60 MPH to where?....they'd go by 60, stop fish a few minutes and back to the throttle. Wouldn't care accept the A holes go by close even with 80% open water.....just saying, if catching fish is the goal, they obviously fail most of the time, otherwise they wouldn't be so PANICKED to get to the next spot.
BB fishermen , they own the lake just ask !
A suggestion with regard to the Hybrids, bloody chicken livers can put a lot of blood in the water column. Put a chunk on a jig head .
Posted By: romeroxl1200
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/18/23 04:04 PM
Thanks gborg, I'm gonna try the bloody chicken liver add it as trailers!..
Posted By: Cvillemudcat
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/18/23 04:54 PM
That 'ol chicken liver does work out there! The times I've tried it I put it on a regular bait hook and wrap sewing thread around it to keep it on the hook.
Posted By: romeroxl1200
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/18/23 08:03 PM
Tomorrow morning I will have go and try it...got some other shiny stuff to throw at them....Fishbraa
Posted By: FISHINGFOOL40
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/18/23 11:53 PM
Awesome report catch thanks for sharing you should do good down there with a weighted Hellbender/Petspoon rig, and/or 30' Jet-Divers with Petspoon or 2-3" curly-tail grub, for Whites+Hybrids
Posted By: romeroxl1200
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/19/23 12:34 AM
Funny, I just rigged up a chartreuse curly tail grub, huge chrome spoon with feathered hook and pulled out the Dipsy Diver..let y'all know. Looking for that +25lbs fish.
Posted By: FISHINGFOOL40
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/19/23 02:26 AM
Funny, I just rigged up a chartreuse curly tail grub, huge chrome spoon with feathered hook and pulled out the Dipsy Diver..let y'all know. Looking for that +25lbs fish.
Posted By: romeroxl1200
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/19/23 08:31 PM
Crazy!..fish or me, water temp about the same past few days. Started calm 9am decided to drink my coffee and look at graph, but then the wind kicked up and changed everything. started across from ramps to stay out of wind in 45 FOW still close enough to reach grass edges......game on! left them biting1230..crank bait and slab. Never changed since they kept biting.
Posted By: FISHINGFOOL40
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/19/23 09:08 PM
Beautiful hybrid nice catch great job thanks for sharing
Posted By: T Bird
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/19/23 09:11 PM
You on'em Dude!
Posted By: romeroxl1200
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan - 01/20/23 09:35 PM
Water temp 58, started nice enough.....with the most fish I ever lost due to SURFACE dancing in 15 to 25 FOW they'd hit start running towards the boat and the dancing would begin. Wind, cold, waves and sprinkles had me heading for the barn early....got maybe 2 hours in and Left the Hybrids biting swim baits in 40 FOW.
Posted By: Disinclined
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 01/27/23 08:47 PM
Guys, thanks for the postings about hybrid/striper fishing on Decker. I’m going out there tomorrow for the first time since summer, and hopefully catch a few.
Posted By: romeroxl1200
Re: Dead sticking at Walter E Long Jan 6 crazy - 02/02/23 03:28 PM
How was it?