had a 5.5 this afternoon

[Links r Us]

-had a 5.5 this afternoon on the Zebco spring scale, but sadly it was just one of two fish I caught on a wet rainy troll today ... where did all the IL fish go to??

PS .. sorry George - a saugeye ~ too old to cast for Bass anymore, so I just drop the boat n' troll. Also to old for the Run n' Gun stuff, so I putt putt here & there with a line in the water whenever mother nature isn't blownin' like a Bat outta He!!:)

-da old fart
Bebob da I-Bobray

[george tinkham]

what kind?

[Links r Us]

sorry George ... a-gettin' old n' drifty

[george tinkham]

ok,nice feesh,i didnt know you could aa to a post

[Toad]

does it again. The 5.5 beats anything I have caught so far this year, even out of Erie (and thats like comparing apples & oranges)
How are you getting most of your fish this year, on PB's or straight lineing?

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Fred most of my fish came in March with bank castin' jigs. I've only had one good day trollin' in April for numbers & that was usin' a flatline Trap, S-in' a break at the bottom with the gulls - I posted about it.

The humps & flats were dead yesterday after tryin' the better areas with traps & then SSR7s for a couple of hours. I picked up the 2 fish above channel trollin' docks with one rod/SSR7 on the way back home by takin' a shortcut channel .... every squirrel gets a nut once in awhile:)

[Toad]

Thanks Ray, Hey I even remenber the post your talking about! I may hit buckeye with the boy this afternoon if it ain't raining so the poor baby don't get wet. If I get him out on the lake and it starts raining I'll just tell him to walk back to the car. :D

[katfish]

Way to go Ray!

[Orlando]

Nice fish Ray. I thought I was nuts for hunting mushrooms in the pouring rain all day Saturday. Good to see I'm not the only crazy out there in the good ole outdoors. I used to chase largemouth on IL and wondered do you ever get any trolling those humps? Thanks

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yes, on & off from the main humps, No no#s -- now the pad line in A-Bay is another story when the Eyes n' Bass are hangin' on the edge & also when trollin' snake slot from A-Hole to Bubba's channel in front conditions. Big V gives up a few also around the two outter islands & along with the Island View/lil' V shoreline, but for size, 3-5lbs it would be 3 fingers slot off of old field on top, but not no#s... 5 or 6 every year.

PS .. Orlando, your a sportsman, so if you have a x15mt send me a pm with your addy --

[Orlando]

Clear as mud, Ha. No I understand what your saying. Must be trollers lingo. Thanks Ray