I went with a friend(Tom) to Monticello Wednesday. I haven't posted because I only took one picture then got distracted with a device he had. He is a firm believer in using the technique of "Thumping" to call up White Perch and Stripers. That's when you pound on the bottom of the boat with a paddle or wooded rod. The Striper guides swear by it and Tom uses it a lot. He got tired of holding the rod in one hand and thumping with the other so he built a wooden box rigged with a car wiper motor, cam, lever arm, and heavy metal bar. I didn't know what the box was, maybe a tackle or tool box, sitting on the floor of the boat.He switched it on to see my reaction. I'm sitting there and all of a sudden I hear this rhythmic drum beat sound. I looked at him and he was jigging a spoon and grinning at me.
I made a video of it to show y'all but I cant get it to load even after compressing the file, do maybe one of the moderators can tell me how to do it or I can send to them and they can post it.
For all of us that like to tinker and rig up things on our boats, this is a must see. I think you can find some on U-tubem but his is unique and ingenious as heck.
Here's the only picture I took. That's a nice perch by the way. Over a pound. I realized how valuable the Ipilot spot lock feature is also. Tom's motor doesn't have it and we couldn't stay on the fish with the wind blowing. We kept 15 nice sized ones like this one, but if we could have stayed over them we could have caught quite a few more.
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Fish were on humps from 22 to 30 FOW. No minnows, just a Flex-it spoon for me and Tom uses a 3 jig rig. He is friends with Steve Comolander and we chatted with him at the ramp when we left. Tom uses a lot of Steve's tips. Steve said Tom found a way to keep people from crowding him on the lake. "I can't stand listening to that constant thumping" so he picks at Tom about why he really made the "Thumper Box".