Catch 22 Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 I was doing my usual routine on a local pond with hair jigs ,LC`s and the likes for about an hour with the usual results of pickerel and yellow perch. So I went shopping in the jerk box and put on a virgin Diawa prism bait. Big mistake leaving it "on the bench" since it was new. Within the the next hour& half I bagged 5 lmb that would go about 22 pounds. Two honest 5`s were landed along with two pickerel about 24" liked the looks of it too. There was a strong SW wind,heavy cloud overcast with clear water temps @ 46 deg.. Apparently it all came together between noon & one . Iv`e seen it happen there before but not with such good weight. Of course now the Bait Monkey had a choke hold on me so I went home and placed a $50. order. Wow ,what a day! C22 7 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted December 22, 2015 Super User Posted December 22, 2015 Sweet. It's always fun to discover that an Old / New lure is a fish catcher. Congrats A-Jay Quote
Super User Jigfishn10 Posted December 23, 2015 Super User Posted December 23, 2015 8 hours ago, Catch 22 said: I was doing my usual routine on a local pond with hair jigs ,LC`s and the likes for about an hour with the usual results of pickerel and yellow perch. So I went shopping in the jerk box and put on a virgin Diawa prism bait. Big mistake leaving it "on the bench" since it was new. Within the the next hour& half I bagged 5 lmb that would go about 22 pounds. Two honest 5`s were landed along with two pickerel about 24" liked the looks of it too. There was a strong SW wind,heavy cloud overcast with clear water temps @ 46 deg.. Apparently it all came together between noon & one . Iv`e seen it happen there before but not with such good weight. Of course now the Bait Monkey had a choke hold on me so I went home and placed a $50. order. Wow ,what a day! C22 NIce...2-5's, 2-Jackson's and a Hamilton....can't get more productive than that! Seriously, congrats...sounds like a day to remember for sure! 2 Quote
fisherrw Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 wow great job! winter fishing is tough Quote
Catch 22 Posted December 29, 2015 Author Posted December 29, 2015 The jerks cooled off today because of the weather. I tormented several nice crappies[5] ,12" to 13"with a 65 pointer LC bluegill color. Coupla more slammed a 1/16 crawdaddy lookin hair jig .Don`t need braid to feel those hits. I did catch 3 lmb on jerks but they just came on as weight,no real hit.Also turned a nice one over that didn`t want to commit. Not bad for 2 hrs on the water. Lovin the cool breeze in my face. C22 Quote
Catch 22 Posted December 30, 2015 Author Posted December 30, 2015 (edited) Out today for about 3 hrs.1st hr was filled with technical difficulties. Return to ramp for boat repair,rod line probs,broken knots,short hits.I managed to shed the two extra thumbs I was sporting and things got better. Last two hrs turned stellar because of a mini front that rolled thru.About a dozen lmb nothing large,,several pickerel + numerous short hits [probably crappies] did catch 2 of them.I had 3 fish chase the lure to the surface right at the boat.They are feeding good when they do that. The 3.5" Diawa td jerk has been "the" lure lately. C22 Correction=Diawa DB====not TD,they are different Edited December 31, 2015 by Catch 22 Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted December 30, 2015 Super User Posted December 30, 2015 That's the way to make it all work, Good Job! Quote
Super User bowhunter63 Posted December 31, 2015 Super User Posted December 31, 2015 Congrats ,Great day there Quote
Catch 22 Posted January 1, 2016 Author Posted January 1, 2016 One last time. 2-1/2 hrs resulted in a quadfectra. Crappie,lmb,pickerel and yellow perch. Almost 20 fish on jerks.I have been thumping this water and the fish were tired of the larger jerks ,so I downsized to a Rap Huskey Jerk HJ 06 =2-1/2" silver. 2 lmb about 2-1/4 liked it as did the yellows. A pickerel took it from me and that ended the catching. The last hour realized dead calm and quiet. Nice end to the season. C22 Quote
Catch 22 Posted January 3, 2016 Author Posted January 3, 2016 1/2/16 I had to get out of the poor tide water catching to hit a local pond. Right move. I have become a jerk freak. Don`t want to do anything else. I used to jig most of the time,but no more. The cool change in the wx produced lots of bumps and short strikes,about 1/2 the action. 2 hrs saw 10 lmb,several pickerel with a coupla hogs there and a few yellows. Stained 49 deg water had them in a good mood. Coupla chasers= I have to learn to stop the bait just before it comes into sight. One pickerel had a noticeable gut bulge that equated to a bluegill or crappie and still feeding. I have seen that a lot Quote
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