Here’s the top official top 10 from the Straight Up Fishing Classic in May.
Here’s the top official top 10 from the Straight Up Fishing Classic in May.
What's up SUF Fam! I'll be at St. George Island FL the last week of June. Wanting to kayak fish the flats for reds and freshwater fish the Apalachicola river and the Tates hell area. Any tips or tricks I need to know. Or if anyone wanted to link up and show my son and I the ropes one day that would be awesome too. We will be fishing out of a Perception Outlaw and Pelican model 110 with no motors or pedals. Brian Latimer if no one takes ya up on your offer we can meet halfway and rip some lips. 😜😜😜
To follow up from Brian Barde post…This old beast was called “Meat & Toys”. 1978 Sylvan 19’. But had 2007 Mercury 115hp. Bought it for $2,800 from a guy that was getting divorced. He had 4 boats at the time… My buddy and I split the cost of the boat and bought it together. We had just got out of college and were poor. But we had new jobs, he was an engineer for Fisher Price Toys and I was in sales for a meat packing company. So we came up with the boat name, “Meat & Toys”. Solid aluminum boat. Survived some big water days on Lake Erie. Wish I had some better pictures of it though.
I'll be in Florida June 23-27 filming for the school and tv. Anyone in here from the Kissimmee chain of lakes?
What knots are you using for your frog fishing? This is the one I use...
Guess what.... BOBBY BARRACK IS DOING LIVE WITH US THURSDAY. 8pm you better be there or driver's licenses could be iin jeopardy... I'm just saying
someone asked a really good question that I didn't have the answer for today. At least I didn't immediately have the answer. " How can you tell fish are in a summer pattern?" What are you guys thinking?
Here's what I look for..
Most of the time I notice most of the bass vacate bank structure and isolated cover. (generally speaking)
fish seem to be in groups near main lake intersections. ex. Main lake points, humps , grass lines brush etc.
Water temps over 80 ( I don't like this metric because there's so many metrics to consider)
The way the fish looks. This could be beat up tails. The fish can be a little skinnier, and sometimes if we're further into the season the fish can actually be fatter.
schooling activity on the main lake
The hard part about this is that often time depending on the species these "triggers" could be any time of the year. Namely spotted bass and smallmouth. THATS WHERE IT GETS HARD TO EXPLAIN.
If you're fishing isolated cover in creeks and all of a sudden you notice it hard to get bit, most likely your fishery has transitioned to a "summer" stage. Move to the main lake or river and look for schools of fish near any main lake intersection. A intersection would be somewhere a creek meets the main river. Anywhere a a hump or high spot, or ledge is near or on the main river. It may take longer to get bit but once you do there's usually more fish in those areas.
This part one of my blueback herring workshop. If you're from the Carolina's or Georgia this should really give some insight. Also I've noticed that some shad lakes, and alewives from northern fisheries behave very similar. There's something in there for you too.
Do you know what stage the fish are in where you are fishing?
Post spawn
Spawn
Summer Patterns
