That's great stuff JT! Been so long since I seen one of your vids, I lost track of how professionally you lay them out. Love the credits with all the equipment details.
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That's great stuff JT! Been so long since I seen one of your vids, I lost track of how professionally you lay them out. Love the credits with all the equipment details.
Made it out to the river Saturday mid-morning for a few hours. Started off throwing a green cone head woolly bugger. Had a couple bites, but failed to bring one to hand. I switched to a grey/cream lead eye streamer. I made my way to a known pool, that is the perfect smallie habitat, but I've never caught one out of it. Saturday changed all that. I was swinging the streamer through the pool and I was pulling one right after another out of the pool. I caught 6 smallies in about 30 minutes. None were huge, but averaged around 14". I just love the fight that the smallies give. Anyway, I moved up river and didn't catch anything else, except for a crappie as I made my way back to my truck.
All in all, it was a great day. I caught fish out of the pool that I've been skunked on numerous times, and I gained confidence in my streamer fishing. Plus, I was out on the river on a beautiful day.
All in all, it was a great day. I caught fish out of the pool that I've been skunked on numerous times, and I gained confidence in my streamer fishing. Plus, I was out on the river on a beautiful day.
So, stupid logistics question, never having owned a boat (my brother has but he is in FL). It appears I would not need to title/register a kayak based on this
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But is there anything I would need to do from a licensing, etc standpoint at all on a kayak of this nature, or just buy it, toss it in the truck and be able to take it fishing?
So anyone kayak fish out on Eagle Creek reservoir? That is one of the places close to me that would be interesting, as well as other places folks my recommend on west side, Avon/Plainfield, etc area. Additional shore fishing suggestions welcome as well.
There was a kayak fishing tournament on Eagle Creek 2 weeks ago, and I believe there are several guys around Indy that fish it semi-regularly. Check out Central Indiana Kayak Anglers on Facebook, if you're on there. They're out fishing quite a bit and I'm sure they'd be glad to help ya along.
Cool. I'll check it out. Taking baby steps, so I know what I am getting myself into on cost, etc. My son is potentially interested in this as well. His first car may need to be a truck so we can pull this off.
I want to kayak on racoon lake but I refuse to disarm myself to do so. I fished the big blue river all last year and was unimpressed. I caught a few, but I stuck out more than anything.
Ive been looking for a good place to go that isnt 2 hours away from Indy.
Ive been looking for a good place to go that isnt 2 hours away from Indy.
White River?
heh, I just found them the other day
Good group of guys. There's another group of us northern guys (Northeast Indiana Kayak Anglers) but we're not quite as organized, lol.
Can I have one?? PLLLLLEEEEAAASSSSEEEE
Actually that might not need to be in purple if you have any fly blanks.
How do you fish those in moving water? Maybe its just I fish in too fast of water(900+cfs).
I have also been fishing riverside park around 24th till i moved last week and caught a bunch of gills.
You might be surprised at how many folks don't give up their self defense just because of some foolish "rule."
I actually prefer to use sliders/divers to poppers for smallies. For some reason I have better luck with them. Anyway, to answer your question, it's actually pretty easy and my favorite way to catch smallies.
I just toss the fly close to the bank/cover and strip it in. More often than not, they will hit it within a strip or two. It's more of a reactionary strike. You may have to throw an upstream mend to keep it in place longer, but usually the strikes come very quick. If they don't hit it within two or three strips, I reset a few feet up (or down) from the previous cast. If you've never caught a smallie on top, please give it a shot.
My favorite (and most productive) top water smallie fly is the "Sneaky Pete" in chartreuse.
EDIT: You could also "swing" the fly in the current, imitating a dying minnow. I prefer the bank shots, but they both will produce.
I am mainly a bass fisherman.
This year so far I've caught a few 12" bass. Not real impressive, but they were caught from a heavily-fished, non-producing lake. The lake was very productive, especially for panfish, when I was a teenager. Then people found it and overfished it.
I've been playing with new tactics and they've been mostly successful.
It's pre-spawn moving to spawn in that lake, so the bass have moved shallow. I need to get the boat going for when it starts getting hot this summer as I'll have to go deep.
Josh
This year so far I've caught a few 12" bass. Not real impressive, but they were caught from a heavily-fished, non-producing lake. The lake was very productive, especially for panfish, when I was a teenager. Then people found it and overfished it.
I've been playing with new tactics and they've been mostly successful.
It's pre-spawn moving to spawn in that lake, so the bass have moved shallow. I need to get the boat going for when it starts getting hot this summer as I'll have to go deep.
Josh
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