Frogman Ladue
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I was out fishing with few young bucks yesterday, and I got a "WTH?" look at the end of the evening. Does anyone else salt a freeze left over minnows at the end of the day? I dunno if this is a lost trade or what... I can remember back to when I was just old/big enough to carry the minnow bucket, and at the end of the day, we took the left over minnows, put them in a plastic bag, dumped a ton of salt on them, and put them in the freezer for the next trip--it was just what we all did. I did this yesterday evening, and the guys from work were looking at me like I was some kind of alien.
There's an abundance of Perch up here. The universally known, best way to catch them is drop anchor in the mud, and drop hooks to the bottom. Two rigs were used, Perch spreaders and Crappie rigs. Three hook sizes were used, #2,4, and 6. Three baits were used. Worms, live shinners, salted left overs. Everyone on the boat dropped lines with a different set up. If the spreaders were hitting, everyone abandon the crappie rigs and swithced to spreaders--vis versa. Hooks getting cleaned, drop down a size. Hooks getting swallowed, go up a size. Worms hitting, everyone switched to worms, minnows, salted minnows, so-on. By the time of an hour out, the whole boat was dialed-in on set up, and we all hit the bag limit by lunch time.
Old dog teaching old tricks?
There's an abundance of Perch up here. The universally known, best way to catch them is drop anchor in the mud, and drop hooks to the bottom. Two rigs were used, Perch spreaders and Crappie rigs. Three hook sizes were used, #2,4, and 6. Three baits were used. Worms, live shinners, salted left overs. Everyone on the boat dropped lines with a different set up. If the spreaders were hitting, everyone abandon the crappie rigs and swithced to spreaders--vis versa. Hooks getting cleaned, drop down a size. Hooks getting swallowed, go up a size. Worms hitting, everyone switched to worms, minnows, salted minnows, so-on. By the time of an hour out, the whole boat was dialed-in on set up, and we all hit the bag limit by lunch time.
Old dog teaching old tricks?