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fishingbuddy
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 Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 8:55 pm Post subject: rainbows in the east ? |
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| any One know of a good spot to jig some big rainbows in the eastern part of the state I am from Mansfield, chaplin area not looking to drive more then and hr out |
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eatsleepfish91
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| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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Local bait shop owner told me two weeks ago they dropped 700+ into Beach Pond. Went out and caught a few thursday on tilts with 9+ inches of ice on the Rhode Island side near Arcadia. Good luck if you go! Send a report my way if you do.
Also heard of people having good luck off the Amos Lake launch. |
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fishingbuddy
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| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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| thanks for the heads up what tackle was working best for u ? |
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eatsleepfish91
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 9:43 am Post subject: |
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| My best luck was on small shiners and powerbait 1-3' from the top. Magenta powerbait seemed to get the most attention. (Guy next to me was using green without a hit all day) |
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NorthEastFisherman
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:25 am Post subject: |
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How deep were you when you fished the powerbait under the ice? I'll give powerbait a try this weekend on a lake that just got a nice amount of stockies
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eatsleepfish91
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe 10' of water. I usually set them low in the sandy shallows and high when theres weed beds. This was my first year trying it and I will be taking a jar with me for now on. |
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NorthEastFisherman
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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Bought an orange yellow green mix so I have three colors or I could put them together for a mix. I'll go back to where I was hitting them pretty well last weekend and try two with powerbait and 4 with shiners. Powerbait and 1 shiner uptop and the other three shiners on bottom. Or I'll do 1 power on bottom one up top, three minnows down one up. Also bought a "walleye" Berkeley bait scent. I'm gonna try and get out really early since the storms coming and maybe I'll get in at the right moment.
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eatsleepfish91
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Either of you have any luck? |
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NorthEastFisherman
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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The powerbait worked really well. Had trouble hooking the fish though. The fish would clean the hook before I could get to the tipup. Maybe a treble would work better. Also check your line every 30mins because the bait fell apart a few times and left the hook baitless and wasted a good hour w/o any bait on the hook.
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eatsleepfish91
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| Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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| You want to use the smallest hook you can find for powerbait and put a ball on just big enough to cover the hook. You can also leave the lid off the jar and let it stiffen up a bit which makes it a little harder for the current and fish to strip the bait. I eat what I catch when it comes to trout, but if your just going after them for sport I wouldn't suggest it as you will get alot of gut hooks through the ice. |
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