I was thinking of heading to Ovid maybe tommorrow was just wondering how the fishing pressure is out there and if there are a lot of boaters out there. And any other tips if you got em. Havent seen a lot about fish catches in the forum so didnt know if it sucked or not. just let me know what you know. Thanks
well its a no wake lake so the boating pressure wont be anything. Not like murray lol. I havent fished it that much but there are tons of weeds in that lake. Most of it is pretty shallow and weedy with a deeper (16') trench through the middle of the lake. Bucktails, jerkbaits, twitchbaits and topwaters. Again, I havent fished it that much so hopefully someone else will add in here but that is what I have seen from the couple times fishing it.
The shallow/slop fish aren't showing this year (for me/us).
My advice would be…
– Pick some good looking structure.
– Find the weedline (refer to the structure fishing forum for definition) and work it with baits that will spend time in their strike zone (Bulldawg, suspending crank, 3oz spinnerbait)
– If that doesn't work find another good looking structure and repeat.
"Will Schultz" said:
The shallow/slop fish aren't showing this year (for me/us).
My advice would be…
– Pick some good looking structure.
– Find the weedline (refer to the structure fishing forum for definition) and work it with baits that will spend time in their strike zone (Bulldawg, suspending crank, 3oz spinnerbait)
– If that doesn't work find another good looking structure and repeat.
<sigh> I've tried that, but I'd guess I'm doing it too fast… how much should I slow down?
"hemichemi" said:
[quote="Will Schultz"]The shallow/slop fish aren't showing this year (for me/us).
My advice would be…
– Pick some good looking structure.
– Find the weedline (refer to the structure fishing forum for definition) and work it with baits that will spend time in their strike zone (Bulldawg, suspending crank, 3oz spinnerbait)
– If that doesn't work find another good looking structure and repeat.
<sigh> I've tried that, but I'd guess I'm doing it too fast… how much should I slow down?
Too fast? Probably not. How you fish a bait and how I fish a bait could be totally different but we might be covering water at the same speed. However, I might be using long pulls and you might be using short snaps or maybe we're opposite. Suicks are a great example of how differently people can work a bait, I like my suicks to walk and have tons of side to side movement. Other people like to give them long pulls with no side to side movement. With any bait I might have my preferred way to fish it and you have yours both will work but some days fish prefer one over the other.
I think this is a common mistake people make. They find a way that works for a certain lure but never experiment with how that lure behaves with other retrieves. Pull, snap, rip, twitch, tap, etc. they will all do something different to most lures the trick is knowing how the lure reacts. Sometimes what looks great to us the fish hate and what looks bad to us makes them eat. I would tell anyone to go out on some clear water and go through every lure in your box and play with it. Don't go fishing go out and play with lures just to see what you can make it do.
That is great advice Will, Ill add that doing that will give you added confidence in many of those glides and twitch /jerk baits . Clear water is really your friend. I know most us us like stain but for me I have taken many fish in clear water by using long casts and working sub surface twitchers like Little Claws and Cranes. I find that being able to see the lure as I work it helps me have confidence in that lure. Mike
"Will Schultz" said:
[quote="swanezy"]yea ive reeled in a super D that was hung up on itself reeling it in sideways and i had a musky follow it to the boat haha.
Probably would have chewed it if it was a bulldawg… [smilie=laugh2.gif]
HAHAHAHA that's hilarious. Fish love the infamous 'dawg ball'. Who can blame them though, the water displacement when that happens has to be off the charts.
"jasonvkop" said:
HAHAHAHA that's hilarious. Fish love the infamous 'dawg ball'. Who can blame them though, the water displacement when that happens has to be off the charts.
I've always thought about that, but have never had a fish behind it. Kind of surprised me. Maybe that's because when I do get the "dawg ball", I get frustrated and try to get it to the top and crank it in as fast as possible.
it will happen after awhile hemi; just put a dawg/super D on one rod and don't take it off for the rest of the season. Well, you will probably need to take it off sooner or later as it will get chewed up 😀
What will really get ya mad is when they hit on a 'dawg ball' and you don't get hooked up because the hooks are all tangled up on themselves and the leader.
The ultimate dawg ball insult: As soon as the bait hit the water had a big musky drill the dawg, kink it in half creating the dawg ball without getting hooked. Jigged the dawg ball in its face for a mintue, then burned the ball back in only to see the fish hot on its heels after I pulled the ball from the water. Straightened it out and pitched right back to her… only to have a pike steal it first! I was… bummed
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