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 Post subject: Live bait and small fish
PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2022 5:04 pm 
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We do a yearly spring trip which we just wrapped up this weekend, just wondering if anyone has solution to dealing with the regular silver bass and perch stealing worms, I usually run an inline sinker and a harness but at times you could hardly keep the line in the water for 5 minutes before the little fish would clean the hooks off, we have 4 young anglers 7-10 that were with us and I would switch them to rubber worms just so we didn’t have to bring there lines in and out as much.

I was planning on running some planer boards and snap on weights before the trip but didn’t want to deal with the hassle of bringing them in and out with the small fish picking the lines clean.

I was trolling around 1.3-1.4 usually not sure if that matters, I really only fish walleye once a year for the family trip. I did okay walleye wise but the others in the group really struggled to catch any fish bigger then panfish. Just wondering if there is something we are could be doing different, we usually stay in the haybay area most of the trip


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PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2022 1:16 pm 
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You could try leeches.


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PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2022 2:12 pm 
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You could also use minnows behind the spinner, they get less nuisance bites.

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PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2022 3:53 pm 
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I run harnesses on boards but only in certain areas as you're right the perch and silver bass will demolish them. I generally dont have a problem with them in long reach, cement plant, thompsons pt and shermans pt.

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PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2022 3:58 pm 
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I run spinner rigs with Gulp minnows. It helps to reduce the number of small nibblers and time wasted resetting.


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PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2022 6:01 pm 
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Thanks for the feedback, we always stay shallow maybe next year we will venture out into the long reach and some deeper water where the smaller fish won’t be a nuisance


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PostPosted: Wed May 25, 2022 7:02 am 
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I've found gulp worms help with this issue but I add a small piece of real worm as well.

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PostPosted: Wed May 25, 2022 7:34 am 
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I run a single long shank hook and thread about 2-3 inches of worm up the shaft and a bit on the line the rest stays on shaft of hook. . I then add my Berkley power grub in the colour of the day. Works well


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