Reply With QuoteSounds like a once in a lifetime adventure, but I hope not.
Great pics, thanks.
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Caught an INSANE number of gills this morning ….. 88 total in just over 3 hours ! And the crazy part is I caught 77 of them in about an hour !! Probably my best morning EVER !
Tied on a 1/32 oz jig head tipped with my latest favorite bait, salted shrimp, slung under a new Slip Lock bobber, with a Smart Stop bobber stop set at 4 feet, and a Bad Bead I recently ordered from someone on here ..... The name escapes me now, but I will report back, and do a separate review of these items in the near future.
Anyway, was usin a 8 foot BP Crappie Max rod, spooled with 4 pound Hi-Vis Slimeline, bobber, swivel, and 4 pound mono leader.
Left the dock at 6:25 am, stiff breeze from the north west, showers and a bit of thunder ..... Killed an hour on some shallow haunts with very limited success, only 3 or 4 dinks. Moved on to a shady, deep channel cut bank when the sky cleared. Fished about 3/4 of the way up the bank, adding 6 or 7 more "keepers" to the total, after I reset the stop at about 12 feet.
At about 8:30 am, dreaming of breakfast, I was almost to the end of the run, where the dam cuts the channel off, and BAM, it was like a switch was flipped ….. One after another, after another ….. I spot locked, and jogged this one small area, maybe 30 or 40 yards long, over 25 to 30 FOW, on both sides of a floating dock.
I counted to the best of my math abilities, and I came up with 77 just in this spot alone, between 8:30, and 9:40, when I had to quit cause I couldn't feel my hand anymore !!! What a predicament !!!
The salted shrimp came through once again, and loaded onto a jig head instead of a circle, or Aberdeen hook, virtually eliminated any swallowin of the hook. Thank you deathb4disco for that tip !!!
If it wasn't for stopping to take pics, I could have had MANY more ! All fish were released unharmed this time, as I didn't have the time to deal with cleanin em today.
Speakin of pics, here's a gallery of some of the participants in this mornings excursion.
Thanks for lookin.
Last edited by svh; 08-07-2019 at 12:41 AM.
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Sounds like a once in a lifetime adventure, but I hope not.
Great pics, thanks.
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Congrats on some fine catches for sure...
I read your thread the other day and decided to try it. Went and bought some frozen pre cooked salad shrimp, put them in water, in the bag to thaw. Cut them in small pieces as suggested, when thawed, placed in a zip lock with just enough water to expose just the top of the top ones. Drained the water into a bowl and put a lot, like 10 soup spoons, of salt into the water and attempted to dissolve the salt. After 45 min. of mixing , I gave up and poured the mixture over the shrimp and placed in the cold box sealed up. In the morning drained the water, This was about 23 hrs time, and went fishing at a usual spot known to have a lot of gills. Well, after about 2 hours I didn't have no gills, but had plenty of snapping turtles caught and released, or they snapped of...
Upon returning home, they went back into the refridge to try another day in another spot...maybe next time.
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Good looking Gills, that Shrimp is really working for you. I may give it a try this Fall.
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I don't know if it would make much difference, but the way I did it was, first drain the liquid, cut the shrimp up, put it in a ziplock, and added a tablespoon of garlic powder with a couple of handfuls of salt, mixed and let it marinate overnight.Originally Posted by Jamesdean
The consistency was very "grainy", almost like a sandy slurry, and the salt seems to pull the juices out, and I had to drain it a couple more times. It's amazing how much liquid comes out.
Then I split the pound of nuggets into 5 different snack sized ziplock baggies, and popped them in the freezer for future use.
Also, I accidentally left a bag out in the sun ALL DAY, and to my surprise, they actually cooked slightly, turning pink and much harder than before, makin them stay on the hook MUCH better. In fact, they were so much firmer, that it was hard to push the small hook through the meat. It worked so good, I did this with the remaining bags this past weekend, but they are almost gone !
I cut up and made a new batch this morning, and plan to pop em in the microwave for a minute or two to try and duplicate the "solar cooking".
Hope this helps, and good luck.
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Awesome day! I’m going to have to try the shrimp trip out also.
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that sure was a good day of catching. Thanks for the tip on the shrimp.
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I would like to hear more about the bobber.
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