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Road Beds and Crank Baits are a Good Match |
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Written by Captain Mike Gerry
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Sunday, 09 May 2010 09:27 |
Roadbeds and Crank Baits are a Good Match
We all know the common spots to use a crank bait on, like points and ledges, but we often forget the importance of cranking a roadbed. With today’s technology all the old road beds are very clearly seen on our Lowrance units mapping. We run over the top of them and generally forget that a roadbed acts as a highway for bass to feed on. Bass run up and down them constantly, often those of us who do fish roadbeds, fish them with a worm or jig something that entices a bass to eat. Pulling a Carolina rig is definitely a technique that catches feeding fish on roadbeds.
Often though the fish are not active and you need to create a bite, by getting them to hit as a reaction bite, a crank bait is the ideal reaction bait especially if you run a deep 20 plus foot runner and make it bounce and twitch off the bottom. When the bass are running the road bed not feeding reaction baits are just the ticket, parallel the area with your deep running crank bait and you will catch those big bass using it as a highway. Remember roadbeds are often silted in and have structure on both sides so fish thoroughly hitting the area from both sides and from different angles.
Often you will see that the bass are stacked in one small area or twist, or edge on the roadbed so when you get a bite fish that area hard until you find the other bass stacked there with them. Roadbeds very often hold big schools of fish, so be prepared to catch plenty of fish from a small area. Sometimes you can even see them on your Lowrance unit stacked in that little corner, near some change in the bottom structure. So next time you pull out your crank bait, find a roadbed and have some fun!
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Keeping Your Boat Looking new |
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Written by Captain Mike Gerry
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Saturday, 01 May 2010 15:47 |
Keeping Your Boat Looking New
With the change in the economy over the past couple of years more and more people who have been flipping their boat year after a year or so have to keep it longer and taking care of it is extremely important. Those of you who have fished with me understand how picky I have been with my boat, so I thought I would pass on some tips I use to keep it looking like new.
First of all I become very insistent that my customers do not step on my seats, regardless of how good the boat company does building your boat the seats do not hold up to you or anyone else using the seat as a step to get up on. The seats also cannot take hooks being stuck in them, so keep your floors and seats free of hooks, pliers and your best friend sticking a hook in your seat.
Next I wipe my boat down after every fishing trip, the stain from the lake water sets up very quickly and if you wipe it down immediately after fishing you can save a lot of work and eliminate the nasty grit that comes off the water. I also keep a spray on furniture polish like Pledge in my truck, you will be surprised how much of a shine and how easy your boats wipes down with a Pledge coating on it.
Lastly the carpet can be really tough to keep looking new, but there are a few things that help. Water is a great cleaner for boat carpet, when something is spilled on your carpet immediately pour and brush in some fresh water from the lake. Clear water removes most of the stain and allows blood and or other items like coffee to break down and become easily cleaned once you pull your boat out of the water. Clean it with carpet cleaner after that, and your carpet will remain healthy and looking like new!
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Guntersville Lake needs Management & Control |
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Written by Captain Mike Gerry
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Saturday, 24 April 2010 11:01 |
Guntersville Lake needs Management & Control
With all the pressure our lake is getting it’s time that the local communities and state agencies get serious about lake control and management. I have said this before and will continue to nag at our local governments to put the controls in place to make our lake even better than it is today. To me this says our two surrounding communities must get involved from the highest levels to manage this great resource. We need a group formed to communicate and make recommendation to the state and local agencies that fit the needs of our lake and enhance the fishing, a group that has access to the local mayors, city fathers that are dedicated to the good, and will be guaranteed the positive ear of the of our leaders.
The only tax revenue these communities can count on is the fishing industry producing visitors, hence producing tax revenue from hotels, restaurants, and the like. If the lake goes downhill it will affect this tax income and the result will be more revenue loss to these communities. What I believe is this:
1. We need a restocking program that puts a minimum of 250,000 fingerling bass in the lake every year.
2. A fully dedicated DNR resource that for at least 10 months a year checks creel levels, licenses, and proper size enforcement of the keeper bass limits.
3. We need to change the limit per boat to no more than 10 bass being kept in any one day regardless of the number of people in the boat.
4. The size limit needs to be moved to a slot limit that enhances the spawning process, and produces better and healthier bass.
5. The tournaments coming to our communities need to meet strict enforcement of how their tournaments are run; they should be paying a tournament fee to the local community where their event is being held. They should be forced to have available water tubs and aeration to make all best effort to keep fish alive during the weigh in process. Certain times of the year we should be controlling the event times and numbers of kept bass to help insure their safety during the hot months. With 5 bass per angler going to 3 per angler in the heat. The tournament fee should be used to help place this type of equipment where needed to help ensure the process. Tournament anglers should all have working live wells and have the best interest of our lake be forced upon their participants. They should also be managed for the number of hours and time limits with staggering weigh in times to accommodate more than one tournament using the same ramp and equipment to manage the health of the fish.
6. Out-of-state fishing licenses are extremely cheap compared to other states, we should raise these prices and use the money to better enhance our state wide fishing and game management. If the state won’t raise the prices then the 2 communities should charge and out-of-state license fee, so any outsider coming here pays to help us manage the cost of a great fishery. The fisherman coming here are good solid middle class and above, and another $50 dollar yearly fee to fish inside the local lake community area would not deter their coming to Guntersville. I believe if they knew the money was being used to improve fishing they would gladly pay it!
7. Lastly our communities should control the spraying of the grass on our lake to protect the fishing and boating industry. No company or group or individual should be allowed to destroy the bass environment like they just did in Roseberry Creek. This killing of the creek grass is as big a tragedy and destruction as those individuals keeping short fish to eat. This is the slaying of bass in a different light; they have just ruined the best spawning grounds on the lake. There should be laws and controls that never allow this to happen again, this is personal gain and politics at work and it is sickening!
It is my objective to make this the best lake in the country, these ideas are just a few of the ways we can start the process.
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Frog Fishing 12 Months a year |
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Written by Captain Mike Gerry
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Sunday, 18 April 2010 11:06 |
Frog Fishing Can be a 12 Month Technique
Over the years that I have been fishing Guntersville and other lakes I have found that frog fishing combined with the right set of circumstances can catch fish 12 months a year. I used to believe that we had a window of opportunity all set up around the grass growth, but have since realized that you can catch good fish anytime if you just use the natural surroundings to your advantage!
I spent a little time over the past week searching through all my now 18 years of fishing history, and have found that when I really wanted to work a frog there was an opportunity to catch fish every month of the year. In fact I had one January where I caught more big fish on a frog than any bait during that month. The key was just finding two things; that being active bait fish and the next being cover, any cover worked like boat houses, or lay down trees along edges, over hanging branches, or just grass that had not gotten blown away yet. It was just amazing to me to recall all the bass that would strike a frog when they just had a couple of elements right. That January I referred to was cold as my data showed the outside temperature in the low 40’s but the grass had not been totally eliminated and we caught 4 of the biggest fish for that year of fishing.
The fact is you don’t need grass only to produce a frog bite or a big fish, a frog is a very versatile bait and my data proves it; if you’re a dock fisherman I can tell you that a frog can be skipped up under a dock very easily and when bait is present it’s as deadly as fishing a jig under a dock. If you like fishing a frog, you can make a everyday bait with just a little thought and planning of your fishing day!
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My Thoughts onPeople Keeping Short Fish |
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Written by Captain Mike Gerry
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Sunday, 11 April 2010 09:52 |
My Thoughts on Folks Keeping Short Fish
Every year about this time I start to notice the numbers of fisherman on the water putting fish in their live wells. It never fails, as soon as I start observing others I get mad at what I see because most people keeping fish are also keeping short fish! Sure there is a ton of tournament anglers but they always measure what might be short and throw the short fish back.
I thought I would remind you all to observe the 15 inch minimum limit to keep a bass on this Guntersville Lake and that no person should have in their possession more than 10 each of any bass regardless of species of bass. Also I would like to call for your help as anglers who are working within the limits to observe and report any one you see putting short fish in their live wells. I recently spoke to a Marine Policeman on Guntersville about this issue he gave me their phone number to report fisherman keeping short fish or more the 10 allowed, so I am going to give the number to you my readers. 1 888-903-7659 please help me and when you see this going on call and report them so we stop the unnecessary slaughter of our bass.
I don’t know about you but I love this lake and I love that fact that people come from all over to fish it. I do however get very upset to see people keep fish, I personally believe there needs to be smaller allowed catch limits, and we should also be much tougher at the ramps and check points to stop anyone breaking our size or catch laws. The amount of pressure our lake is getting grows every year and the strictest enforcement of our catch and size laws must be held up or we are in danger of losing this great resource.
Join me and help me stop this recklessness on our lake!
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