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Went out at 10:30, checked out Ebay on my way to the Hill. Caught a couple in the working birds 16-18 inchers. Got out to the Hill and marked a bunch around some trollers. 17-18 inchers again.
Worked back into ebay about 1:30 and the birds were working hard, nicer fish in the 35ft depth 26-29. Ended up working these fish for a couple of hours. My hands are tore up! Ended up catching 15-20 of these fish. I wanted to go in because I was wet and chivering, but everytime I got close to birds the finder would lite up and it was catching again.
One thing that worked good for me today, I would mark the bird activity and catching on my charts. After 1/2 or so when I could find no birds I would slip back to my previous catching place and just drift. Most of the time the screen would come alive and I would start catching again. I also drifted up on the birds just hanging around and there was action under them.
Opening night and chartruse were the lure colors and I was using 1-2 oz jig heads. Water temp 55.6. Sorry for the long post but I had one of the best days ltj this year as far as quanity and quality fish! All in all Id say about 35 or so fish.
Didnt break the 30 mark but some of those were peeling some drag.
Worked back into ebay about 1:30 and the birds were working hard, nicer fish in the 35ft depth 26-29. Ended up working these fish for a couple of hours. My hands are tore up! Ended up catching 15-20 of these fish. I wanted to go in because I was wet and chivering, but everytime I got close to birds the finder would lite up and it was catching again.
One thing that worked good for me today, I would mark the bird activity and catching on my charts. After 1/2 or so when I could find no birds I would slip back to my previous catching place and just drift. Most of the time the screen would come alive and I would start catching again. I also drifted up on the birds just hanging around and there was action under them.
Opening night and chartruse were the lure colors and I was using 1-2 oz jig heads. Water temp 55.6. Sorry for the long post but I had one of the best days ltj this year as far as quanity and quality fish! All in all Id say about 35 or so fish.
Didnt break the 30 mark but some of those were peeling some drag.