Can you feel the “Love” in the room…

isn’t it amazing not one negative comment on other fishing sites but if you are really that bored guys feel free to browse my 1493 posts and there might be few in there…OH and by the way Bmiller… “Yes we took a picture … no it isn’t ready to post yet … … digital had moisture on lense so we won’t post the pic I until the disposables roll is full.” was specifically posted for your viewing pleasure after you reponse to a previous post.. thanks for not letting me down…

Pretty much live minnows of some kind for channels,… whatever I want for flats… but usually smelly crawlers, and have never used much cutbait.. althought several guys have me net some shad for them that they use as cut bait.

I was scolded on another site to remind yah not to keep all the cats you catch…

The same reason the Federal Government does everything else…their tinker toy sets are wearing out and they need to buy new ones.

YESTERDAY THE TEMP WAS 42 TODAY THE TEMP WAS 38.. There is no more water from melt so the little flow yesterday was to run the hyrdro in the afternoon… about 5 miles north/above the dam at Nekoosa you can already can see the tops of the rock piles so no rain … very little flow..and a little tougher bite than usual… really the only reason it will be tougher is more flow more congregation of fish out of or on the current edge and a bigger push towards the dam, low or no flow they spread out more and many will probably lay eggs farther south. But right now the fish are in many of the spots where they are supposed to be… but you have to spend time finding out which they are at and which they aren’t . By Friday, (I have meetings off the water Mon-Weds), I will have the 30 or so spots narrowed down to about 5-7 so our reports should get much better for the weekend. Did you enter your 28″ fish in Nekoosa days???

Whiskey…. it could be ugly

Fish the flooded grass.

Ecnook what am I gonna do I’m all out of Gill Pills, I’m a gonner for sure..

In general when the water comes up and stays… so that eggs don’t end up on stranded on dry land we have a good spawn… 2001… and the fish especially walleye actually all most always move towards the dam and and then towards the shoreline or behind obstructions as water levels rise.

The biggest thing that seems to be important regarding making for a hard bite is the amount of irritation that the flood water can cause… some floods seem to all grit in the water and some just seem to be milky… but the walleye definitely do not bite well after getting hundreds of gallons of the gritty stuff through their gills.
As a general statement I can not remember the time that high water in spring did not increase my success… mostly because of it’s tending to concentrate large numbers of fish and forage. But often I had to run in search of the areas where the water was cleanest, and that makes little bays and backwater lakes such a blast in high flood water.

Although this coming weekend is usually “THE” weekend , unless thinks have changed in the last couple days you are probably dreaming. Fishing pool 4 this week so I haven’t been down sorry.

Thanks for all the offers guys, I have found someone to come up and donate with. See yah on Friday… is there a special prize for last place???

FLW BASS HANDS DOWN… I HATE GOLF , FOOTBALL HURTS, I DON’T HAVE A TIARA AND A GOWN FOR MISS AMERICA, I’VE ALREADY DONE THE WRESTLING THING AND IT HURTS MORE THAN FOOTBALL, BASEBALL IS TOO BORING, AND THE WALLEYE SIDE OF THINGS STILL IS AAA AS FAR AS PRESTIGE AND INCOME… BUT THE ONE YOU LEFT OUT THAT WOULD BEAT THEM ALL IS SPRINT CUP SEASON CHAMPION

48 inches seems about right

Great bunch of fish

That’s the time on the water thing… and yes I am Lucky.. lucky to be blessed with time to fish… lucky to blessed with a wife that doesn’t mind , lucky to blessed with being born in the US, lucky to be blessed with being born around so many fishing maniacs, that continually keep my desire to keep fishing burning… let’s face it we live right in the middle of many Fisherman’s dream destinations… and last and foremost I am blessed with a God that has put us all in the most blessed Country in the world, with the promise that eternity will be even more Heavenly.

Oh yeah and those of you that know me… know I work my but off.. when I’m working and play my but off… when I’m playing. I just thank God that I can still do both.

Don’t know where you are right now, bUt Tim over on Norfolk Lake at 101 Grocery and Baits said they were doing the best in Bull Shoals area north of the dam way up by Branson, and that the walleye were prespawn and spawn… either staging by creeks or already moving up in the creeks to spawn. Crankbaits and casting jigs and a minnow have been most effective. Of the two the live bait is apparently best right now. But he said the walleye are probably up in any feeder creek along the way. Hope this helps.. I TALKED TO HIM LESS THAN 2 HOURS AGO

Many anglers use “black lights” and fluorescent line when night fishing. Under the illumination of the black light, fluorescent line glows like neon and makes subtle strikes easy to detect. I wish some of the sturgeon guys would speak up about what line they use.. because I can see it glowing from quite a distance at night.

For myself when I’m trolling for or anchored for walleye or casting for Musky I just use a 12 volt spot light , like you would use for shining deer pointed in the direction I am fishing … I personally dislike jigging in anything less than daylight or with out a clip-on led lights on my hat, and I almost always have Stren High Vis on so I can actually watch it realitively well. The other thing I also do at night is use a heavier jig when jiggin so that I can feel more than see that I am keeping in touch with the bottom.

But as with almost any other subject Googling it also give you a bunch of ideas.

I also posted this above in the other thread where info about three-way cranks was asked… it’s from my webite.. and two pictures from James

THREE WAY CRANKS

THREE WAY CRANKS For those of you not familiar with this technique, I will try to explain it. First it is a very accurate form of trolling. By that I mean a person can very easily position their lure in the walleye-sauger strike zone, again and again. Heres how you do it. First the equipment I most often use with this technique: A bait casting or trolling rod and an Abu Garcia 6500 C3 reel, Trilene 10# XT, and 1-5 oz bell,or pencil sinker, Rapala Original floaters, or husky jerks. Attach one eye of the threeway swivel to the line coming from you rod. Then to one eye of the three way tie about a 24(about 18 inches after tieing and cutting) inch piece of line to a snap swivel and put the sinker on it. This seems to be the universal drop length. (18inches) I’ll explain why later. Then to the third and last eye of the threeway swivel attach about 45 inches of line(40 inches when tied and cut). then attach another snap swivel to this 40 inches of line and place your crank bait on it. Now drop your rig into the water with your boat going the speed you intend to be moving and in the depth you intend to use as your goal,(more about speed and depth latter). Let the line free spool backward until you see the line (sinker) hit bottom. NOW COMES THE SECRET TO BEING RIGHT WHERE YOU WANT TO BE!!!!!! AFTER THE SINKER touched the bottom it almost immediately is lifted off the bottom by hydraulics and forward momentum. You must continue letting more line out again and again until you can drop the tip of your pole backwards three times and see the sinker put slack in the line all three times.(consecutively..in a row-WITH THE BAIL CLOSED). Trust me two times is not enough. Now if you put your rod in the rod holder or hold it in your hand when you come over little bumps or over shallower depths you will see the sinker bumping the bottom. There are several reasons why I say that a 18″ drop and 40″ leader are the universal depth and lenghth. With thousands of hours using this technique I have found that the 18 inch drop and 40inch length puts the bait where the walleye will see it and it will still snag less often than a lesser drop does. My snag up over the same area on the same day seems to almost double when I drop to 12 inches or less(the distance from the threeway swivel to the sinker),even when I adjust the leader lenghth, and the 12 -16 inch lenghth seems to snag more also. Remember we have two things that can snag here. The crankbait and the sinker. Now I know somebody out there is saying why not use a bottom bouncer to avoid snags. I have found that the bulk of the bottom bouncer and it’s design snag almost as much and collect weeds,many times faster, on rivers.. One thing I should point out right now is that with a three way you actually have direct connection to the lure(bait). With a bottom bouncer you don’t. This becomes very evident when the rod is held in your hand while trolling or the second you lift the Bottom bouncer out of the water with a fish on. With regards to speed (slooooow), and depth 11-20 ft. I try to barely make any progress upstream. A football field on most days would take me 45 minutes. Although a lot of people speed up as the weather warms I don’t. Even on lakes and flowages with little current. The rare ocassion is when I’ve lost track of the herd for a while and speed up till I find the fish back. Even then I rarely move much faster than 3/4 miles per hour. When Tony and I won the Mississippi North Regional Championship on Pepin in JUNE we STILL MOVED SLOWLY. When we wanted to move faster we went to Leadcore or longlining cranks. Depth is a deep subject LOL. When I was a young squirt I remember being told that the first major drop from shore holds the most Eyes on the river. Darn it seems like it is almost always 12-18 feet. In our second place finish At the 1999 National Championship on the Rainey River,(Lake of the Woods), we rarely left the 16 -18 foot range. If we moved up off that break it was all No. Pike, and if we when out to the next drop it was all sturgeon. Sinkers are the last item I should cover here. Any day anything from 2-5 ounces will catch fish. In general the shallower you are the lighter you go. Also I usually rig the poles straight out the back of the boat one ounce lighter to get it back a little farther, from the motor. To start I would suggest you just buy 2 0z and 3 0z bell sinkers. They are my most often used weights and a bell sinker forces you to set the depth right. Until you get used to a pencil sinker you may be dragging it on its side rather that just bouncing it on it’s tip, like you need to. Yes that 3-4 inches makes a difference. Now here’s where a lot of people are gonna say WHAAAT??? Forget trying to achieve a 45 degree line angle from your rod tip to the water. It never seems to make a bit of difference with this technique or as far as I have ever been able to figure out with any technique. Still use it as a guide if you like, but don’t drive yourself buggy trying to maintain it.

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Lawrence Ecklor

“It’s all about time on the water”

t posts on three-way cranks:

Precision Trolling google it and it’s a place to start… I sure hope none of the rest of you have this chest infection that is going arouund it is kicking my butt.

Close in age and they would have tons in common???? Not like he would if he talked to an old goat like me ???? I paid Cade a compliment… gave the young man good advice and its still a problem Hilarious.

It appears from your profile that you are 20 years old… so I would suggest that you take Cade Laufenberg out to dinner,”(at a very nice place)”, and have him tell you his story….

Perch are still biting on channelsides,(close to shores) by the dams and also in many of the backwaters….I’m still having the best luck on channel shores with tiny silver jigging rapala and in back waters and over on Petenwell with a tiny slitshot, & a tiny treble with a minnow hooked by the fin like you would for tip ups only on a dead stick… it seems like they want to come and get it themselves and when I’m using either the treble or the rap in my hand instead of a dead stick I hardly move it at all… also catching crappies and bass at the same time, but I’m not targeting them.

Go to your local electrical supply house and buy a pre-made 12 volt light or string of lights… they are used on construction sites and outdoor events all the time… once you have them red to red and black to black

We all get surprised from time to time…. Glad your okay…

SHEEEEBA

Unless things changed over night I will be standing on top of ice at Genoa in about an hour….

For walleye in current … one-eyed shiner.. perch or Purple hues.. they seem to get painted a little different each time so in both colors pick out the ones with the most orange on the belly…

For walleye under ice with little or light current:.. Pimples or terminaters (slightly different pimple copy).. soild silver silver and silver… and if they don’t have silver at the bait shop … again purple and also pink hues although I think you still have to go to the terminator to get the pink. I am starting to use forage minnows more… but still not ready to leave pimples

For Spotted bass… 2 1/2 inch to 3 inch Down Deep Spoons… with the large Chartreusse insert they are kind of half spoon half blade bait.