Thread: Yo Yo's

I'm bored so I'm going to run off at the mouth and maybe even a helpful hint in yo yo'ing.
To be honest I miss yo yo'ing,I see people enjoying the sport even tho they do not know what the heck they are doing.
I'm bored,last year seen four people in a boat setting out yo yo's in front of me.As I trolled up to their first yoyo a fish hit it wow what a show then another throwed and another goood show and number three throwedanother good show.
I'm bored,as I trolled on I finally meet them coming back checking their yoyo's.I say having any luck"we're catching a few was the reply",I say you had three fish on the first three yoyo's but they got off and your hooks are staighten out.They say yeah we have had some more staighten out and figure it was big Bass.I say yeah they are some pretty big bass in here but they are hard to catch most of the time they'll staighten your hook out.They seemed to be enjoying them selfs so I kept my mouth shut as to the way they had their yoyo's hanging.
When I yoyo'ed the first thing I did was cut the tie string off and put on atleast 3ft. of tie string.The other thing I done was either losen or tighten the spring.
I'm bored,as I trolled on I enjoyed watching their yoyo's,sometimes even the wind would throw their yoyo's,sometimes with the wind and a little help from their minner would make for a throwed yoyo.
When I set out yoyo's I try to keep it about 4in. and not more then a foot off surface plus losen or tighten the spring for surface distance.
I'm bored,they had some of their yoyo's three and four feet off water surface.By time they set them down into the water the spring had to be pretty tight.I could hear one throw and a loud snap of the hook hitting the yoyo,,to tight and to far from water surface was the cause for most of them throwing with no fish.
Just maybe one of the guys in that boat will read this and learn how to hang yoyo's as to not lose those big bass.The higher you hang them the more the wind will spin them,the higher the faster the yoyo will spin in the wind,Atleast the minner gets a good spin before he dies.
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They seemed to enjoy the thought it was big bass straighten out their hooks,it was the reason I kept my mouth shut.
I just wish I could hook into a bowfin as big as one of their three yoyo's had that day.Seeing a big bowfin on a yoyo hanging four feet from surface is a show to be hold.These guys was ok in my book b/c they kept a eye on them and took all of them up when done fishing.
Just saying learning a few tricks when setting yoyo's they could have enjoyed it even more by landing some of those big bass.How is the time to hang yoyo's.

I have never caught many fish running yo yos but I have always enjoyed doin it. I went the other night with two good friends. It was one of theirs birthday and he wanted to go. I enjoy sitting around a fire more than anything but we run yo yos so we can tell our wives what we are doin lol. I am still using my pa pas yo yos and he passed away 21 years ago. Grand total for the night was one crappie one catfish and one white bass.