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My buddy Steve came in from NC once again to fish. This year he brought his brother Ray. They arrived on Tuesday so we were able to pre-fish Wednesday - Friday.
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| Ready to start the day! |
Wednesday we put in at Little Hall and fished north up to the mouth of the Chestatee. No luck there. We ran Bluebacks and Shinners out the back on corks and planers with small slip weights and 5-foot fluorocarbon leaders on small hooks. We kept one rod rigged with heavier weight and a larger hook. We did catch a couple small Spots (Bass).
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| Ray's thumb is bigger than my Bass :( |
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| Um, who took this? |
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| Ray with a long and skinny! |
We used this setup pre-fishing as well as tournament day. On tournament day (Saturday), we did run one planner with an artificial Perch (see video) in addition to the live bait. We only used bluebacks on Saturday, no Shinners.
Thursday we put in at East Bank and fished the coves, around Lanier Islands and over to Six Mile. Again, no Stripers found. In fact no fish at all. We did stop for lunch at Pig Tails so it was not a total loss.
Friday (13th) we put in at Little Hall once again to try our luck. We trolled from the boat ramp North and picked up a couple striper and some bass along the way. Overall it was a great day of fishing, just not what we needed to win a tournament. We could only hope to locate a school of Striper tournament day!
On the ride home Friday, we caught the elusive Barreled Bellied Orange Safety Fish! Someone had knocked it down and it rolled out of nowhere. We plowed over it and it lodged up under the truck! My trusty Ram has 4 corner air so I had to raise that to full height to get it out!
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| Steve with the trophy! |
We had intended to put in at East Bank or Charleston tournament day but the weather called for wind and we did not want to have to make that trip to Little Hall via boat for check-in. There was also a good possibility of evening storms. We decided to go back to Little Hall and launch.
We picked up bait the evening before so we headed straight to the ramp. After getting the boat ready and snapping a couple bad pics holding our Team Maggie sign, we were able to be in the water just after 6AM. They sent out the identifier around 6:40AM and we were off.
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| Can tell we are still half asleep! |
We ran the same path as the previous day without any luck. From there we ran the channel for a while as well as a few other places that looked like they may hold fish. Other than a couple take-downs we came up empty-handed. :(
We did manage to get a parking spot. It is hard to see my camo boat with all the nice fiberglass boats!
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| Can ya find mine? |
As always it was a fun time for a good cause and we can not wait to do it again next year!
Here are the results... Some sponsors ... & Pics!
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| Congrats! |
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| Thanks!! |
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