Caught ten today, hit four spots and caught fish in three of them. Even though one was a catfish. Still don't have any scales so just measurements again. Three biggest were over 34 inches. Best day by far for me, not big fish but my best. Hit the middle of the lake and then went south to try an find a little less traffic, big mistake. It started out quiet but after the first good run and marking some fish the ski parade began. They were really getting close today within twenty-five feet at one point. I stood my ground, and then it happened. The clicker started slow then took off screaming until I stopped it, good fish. While I was bringing this one in another rods starts screaming so I grab it set the hook and immediately know it's a much smaller fish. I put the rod with the smaller fish between my legs so I could get back to fighting the other, when a third rod starts screaming. If it's not to late to make a long story short, I got all three in the boat. It was'nt pretty, fish floppin everywhere tangling lines while I rush around trying to get them all released. They all seemed deeper today, maybe just because I was somewhere new to me . I got a pic of the last fish of the day (thanks to some guys in a red & white ranger cc)but can't figure out how to post it yet.

Shep, Take this tag and browse your folder and click on the pic then download. There will be 3 different tags as it comes back click on the center one the IMG file for message boards and forum, it will turn blue then right click on it and copy go back to your post and make sure your cursor line is where you want it.

Then click and right click paste, then preview your post and scroll down and it should be there simple as that. Hope this helps. It has to be hosted from a website!
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Thanks Dan, I had a feeling I was making it to hard. And yeah, I know I'm ugly.

Nice job Shep "Way to go big guy" and you got it figured out very quick.
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What a report! Congratulations on your best day yet!! Fish flopping everywhere and tangling lines is a problem I would love to have.

I guess the fish ain't never gonna leave that spot! Good going Shep. 34 inchers ain't bad at all. Having that fish on and having to leave it on the end of the line to reel the other one in may have triggered the 3 fish on at once problem. Sometimes that gets them woke up good to bite (but don't tell anybody I told you that - it's a secret). Nice going.

Shep & Corey,

I think you guys are up to something good. My fishing buddies, when fishing over a large school and having some difficulty getting them to bite, use the method you are talking about, Corey. We call this method: The Decoy. Not only does it sometimes produce an additional strike/bite, it can help convince the school that it should follow the decoy. If you are in shallow water less than sixty feet, we sometimes drop over the side some cut-up frozen BBHs. Last Friday I put out a decoy because it was tough getting them to bite. Bam! Another fish on. Released it and rolled up my decoy to release him. Guess what was swimming with my decoy? That's right, a fish twice the size of the decoy. So, this method can result in some positive outcomes. The only negative thing is that the decoy may be weak and oxygen deprived. Of course, we all know what to do in this example.

tom

Tom, was that you I saw last Friday giving mouth-to-mouth to a decoy?

Mouth-to-mouth and during the process I got a little upchuck of a partially digested BBH - ummmmm Sushi!?

tom

Lately most of what I catch has a couple of other fish with it up till they get close to the boat then the chasers haul tail.