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Post by outdoorjoe on Jan 21, 2017 15:38:19 GMT -5
Summit lake is an awesome bluegill lake. Always done great catching slab gills once I learned the secret  You can share that "secret" with me. I'll not tell another soul!  Just post on gere dave. We wont tell anyone. |
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Post by trapperdave on Jan 21, 2017 20:57:34 GMT -5
What the heck, I'll share all but location Single split shot two foot above a cricket just off the bottom drifting.....twenty feet of water. Found em on accident once taking a break drifting with line in the water. Every pass we were picking up 2-4 or more |
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Post by greghopper on Jan 21, 2017 21:50:51 GMT -5
How you run the hook though the cricket...from bottom to the top or top to bottom? What size hook?
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Post by nfalls116 on Jan 21, 2017 22:13:57 GMT -5
How you run the hook though the cricket...from bottom to the top or top to bottom? What size hook? What weight split shot and color/material of hook also would help |
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jan 21, 2017 23:12:33 GMT -5
might as well tell us the location.
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Post by trapperdave on Jan 22, 2017 0:07:14 GMT -5
Ok...location is summit lake Light wire hook, don't know size, hooked just under shell behind head and back out just behind shell(top to bottom) on crickets back. Just enough split shot to sink it...4-6# test |
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Post by nfalls116 on Jan 22, 2017 6:11:30 GMT -5
Ok...location is summit lake Light wire hook, don't know size, hooked just under shell behind head and back out just behind shell(top to bottom) on crickets back. Just enough split shot to sink it...4-6# test steel or lead split shot? |
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Post by duff on Jan 22, 2017 6:32:05 GMT -5
What the heck, I'll share all but location Single split shot two foot above a cricket just off the bottom drifting.....twenty feet of water. Found em on accident once taking a break drifting with line in the water. Every pass we were picking up 2-4 or more Works with worms too  Hot summer days this works well. Watch for catfish too! Prarie Creek near Muncie is a good crappie and white bass lake. Get a boat where you can enjoy them all! |
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Post by parson on Jan 22, 2017 9:17:03 GMT -5
Got my eye on a small Bass Hound boat. They have some pretty good reviews.
On a happy note: my wife, while looking in some of her "secret places", following our move, found $800.!! Remembered that I'd given it to her to stash away after selling a guitar last year! So, I may just get a new rod & reel too!!
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Post by esshup on Jan 22, 2017 12:08:14 GMT -5
Ok...location is summit lake Light wire hook, don't know size, hooked just under shell behind head and back out just behind shell(top to bottom) on crickets back. Just enough split shot to sink it...4-6# test Used the same technique on a few lakes in Southern Michigan to get some big 'gills. Side scan Hummingbird, we were anchored and could see schools of fish swimming past in deeper water. Small 'gills were shallow, bulls were deeper. No fish on side scan, no bites. |
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Post by steiny on Jan 23, 2017 10:41:36 GMT -5
I've owned lots of boats, and currently have four plus a canoe and two kayaks.
For an all around, good, safe, 2 man fishing boat it is hard to beat a 14' aluminum vee bottom with a 10-15 hp outboard.
Only accessories necessary are; a fish finder, some decent seats, anchors and oars. A big mistake I see guys trying to customize these small aluminum boats adding carpeted decks, additional batteries and trolling motors, rod holders and all kinds of junk. All of this stuff adds too much weight and negatively impacts the boats performance and safety.
Jon boat of the same size would be OK, but Summit will get some decent waves, and the vee bottom will handle them much better and safer.
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Post by featherduster on Jan 23, 2017 13:49:59 GMT -5
Boats and boat motors are like pole barns you should always get one bigger than what you think you can get by with.
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Post by jackryan on Jan 23, 2017 14:36:49 GMT -5
Boats and boat motors are like pole barns you should always get one bigger than what you think you can get by with. That tag inside the boat that says Max HP .... That's Latin for "you want this" |
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Post by duff on Jan 23, 2017 17:44:49 GMT -5
Boats and boat motors are like pole barns you should always get one bigger than what you think you can get by with. That is sooooooooo true. |
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Post by steiny on Jan 23, 2017 18:44:30 GMT -5
The nice thing about 14' and smaller aluminum boats is you can manhandle them; load and unload trailer on marginal boat ramps, flip it upside down on the trailer for winter storage, drag it up on the bank, etc. Can't do that with a bass or walleye boat.
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