Marker buoys

[A-Jay]

29 minutes ago, Catt said:

They got claim jumpers around here!

 

I don't put reflective tape on nuthin, I don't even use orange buoys, mine are all painted black.

 

Perhaps carry a few extras.   Make sure they are brightly colored and deploy one or two well away from any area you plan on actually fishing but and this is important, well within site of curious eyes.  Make a cast or two on them move on.  I call these markers my "bunchers" as they usually seem to attract a crowd; especially when I can manage to get snagged a little and put a good bend in my rod while next to a marker.

#findyourownfish

A-Jay 

[WRB]

Back in the 80's we used styrofoam cups with line and a tire weight for markers and nobody bothered them thinking it was trash. Today nobody knows or seems to cares what a buoy is or maybe they think you are old and stupid.

Tom

 

[ohboyitsrobby]

2 hours ago, scaleface said:

I tried that last year . The glow sticks were a little to long and  the line kept getting caught . Back to the drawing board .

They make some glowsticks that are just right size for a marker buoy. It's definitely not a one size fits all thing.

 

2 hours ago, Catt said:

They got claim jumpers around here!

 

I don't put reflective tape on nuthin, I don't even use orange buoys, mine are all painted black.

 

We have those here too. Don't matter if you have a reflective buoy or not. All they gotta do is see certain boats in an area and guarantee they'll be there the next night.

[NHBull]

2 hours ago, Catt said:

They got claim jumpers around here!

 

I don't put reflective tape on nuthin, I don't even use orange buoys, mine are all painted black.

 

I must be using mine differently than others as I am never more than 50 yards away and never for long.  When I double back, a handful of cast then decide if it makes it on plotter.  My markers aren't in the water for more than 30 minutes 

[bagofdonuts]

There's a couple of guys on a metro water supply lake here that use them to stake out their territory on well known community holes. They'll pull up, throw down three bouys over a wide area and expect everyone to stay away from "their" spot. 

[WRB]

Before sonar units with GPS became commonplace marker bouys were very popular like making a way point, just toss over a bouy. In the late 80's to early 90's during the big bass boom in SoCal if you stopped for any reason off shore, boats were watching. In fact people watched using 200 power spotting scopes from the roads around the lakes.

I remember stopping in the middle of the lake to tie down my rods to make a longer run then planned when I started. Tieing down the rods I decided to retie my jig and looked to see 2 bass boat circling me trying to figure out what structure I was fishing in 200' of water. It was nuts! Things have calmed down a lot.

Tom

[gim]

The last time I threw one out, another boater came along and picked it up.  Evidently once you toss them in the lake they are public property?  I just use GPS and mark waypoints now instead.

[scaleface]

In a tournament I marked a ledge with buoys about fifty yards a part . This was around 10 o'clock in the morning and there was nobody on it. The lake was fairly new and I never seen anyone there .Within 15 minutes there was a boat on each buoy .  

[A-Jay]

2 minutes ago, scaleface said:

In a tournament I marked a ledge with buoys about fifty yards a part . This was around 10 o'clock in the morning and there was nobody on it. The lake was fairly new and I never seen anyone there .Within 15 minutes there was a boat on each buoy .  

See That ~ 

You "Bunched" Them.

Nicely Done.

A-Jay

 

 

 

[scaleface]

1 minute ago, A-Jay said:

See That ~ 

You "Bunched" Them.

Nicely Done.

A-Jay

 

 

 

I'm not that clever .☺️

[Rip_lipz]

Love my buoys, worth the money.

[boostr]

Got them, but haven't used them yet.

[tracker01]

Another “tool” in my boat. And I’m not talking about my fishing buddy in the back seat.?