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The Guntersville Frog Fishing Craze |
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Written by Captain Mike Gerry
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Sunday, 24 July 2011 08:20 |
The Guntersville Frog Fishing Craze
As the summer rolls on, Guntersville becomes the frog fishing capitol of the bass fishing world. The grass is lying on top of the water on the ledges and over the backs of creeks and we are just about ready to pass around the fun of frog fishing. Folks will come from all over the country to get a shot at the big Guntersville explosion of a largemouth bass eating a frog on top of the water.
There is probably no other time of year that compares to the fall fishing on Guntersville, watching a 5 lb. bass explode out of the grass is a site that all fisherman love to see. It’s a bite that can be so powerful that I have seen many fishermen set the hook and the rod pop completely out of their hand because of the pure power of the strike. Nothing in bass fishing compares to the adrenaline rush when the explosion occurs. The pure fact that the frog bite time of year is upon us is an adrenaline rush in itself.
The frog bite goes back to the days of a gentleman that lived in Guntersville by the name of Lloyd Talent; he invented or discovered the presentation by producing what he called a “rat.” The rat has changed, improved and been reinvented in many ways by many other manufactures and now is referred to as a “frog.” Not a whole lot of difference, they have added weight to help it throw farther, added some legs to make it look more like a frog, but essentially it is much like the original Lloyd Talent invention.
Fishing it much like we did in the early 80’s when Lloyd Talent showed many of us old timers personally how to fish it and how much fun it can be. When Lloyd belonged to the North Alabama Bass Club he took care of many of the original members by giving them all the lures they needed to have fun and show to the others. We would go to his house and in his garage he would show us how he made them and give us different colors and sizes to fish with. A great time, a great experience dating back many years and the experience has just gotten better.
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The Ethanol Problem Will Soon get Worse |
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Written by Captain Mike Gerry
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Sunday, 10 July 2011 09:57 |
The Ethanol Problem Soon to Get Worse
Starting very shortly ethanol content will go to 15% of a gallon mixture of gasoline; that’s right the government federal regulations are moving to increase the ethanol from 10% to 15% and there appears to be no good reason. The statistics have proving that the reason the government started insisting that gas be part ethanol have completely broken down. We were told it would lower the price per gallon we are paying at the pump; that has not happened and the facts actually say that the cost of ethanol is actually higher than that of gasoline. Since the onset of the mixture of gasoline and ethanol there have been tons of problems popping up all over the country. Injector issues, motors running rough, gas breaking down and more that have plagued the out board motor owner, and these problems will now get worse.
The government was under the impression that farmers could produce corn and other ethanol base agricultural plants and produce ethanol gas cheaper than we could buy fuel. It may have started out that way, but farmers have raised prices for their produce ever since causing the process of producing ethanol to go up. It has also found that the actual processing or making of ethanol fuel is also very expensive. Coupled with the farmers need to be paid a reasonable price for their ethanol producing plants like corn the cost of the products has gone up as many farmers found weather and natural disasters continue to hinder their production.
The four major issues with what will now be termed E-15 base gasoline will now get worse as the engineering behind marine motors have yet to find a solution. There have been four major problems caused by E-10 or now E-15 ethanol fuel debris in the fuel, the collection of moisture, the breaking down of ethanol over short periods of time and fuel economy actually getting worse and now with E-15 fuel will continue to plague the entire fuel issue not only with marine motors but also with automobiles.
The expensive problem of changing filters in marine motors will now be more important than ever and the gumming up of injectors could once again get worse. Moisture will collect, motors will gum up and we will see more problems than ever.
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Its Time to Change some Tournament Stragies |
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Written by Captain Mike Gerry
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Sunday, 26 June 2011 09:42 |
It’s Time for the Tournament to Make Some Common Sense Decisions
As we get into the hottest part of the summer, it is time for the tournaments coming to our great lake to make some common sense decisions about their tournament. The lake water is not warm, it’s hot and the bass will easily die if not treated correctly; there is very little oxygen in the water and the bass suffer easily when they are caught. So I have some advice for the good folks putting on tournaments and enjoying our great lake.
Please consider changing some of the ways you always act, some of the times you always fish and some of the treatment you always give the fish. We want our lake to stay healthy and the bass need some consideration. The first thing that comes to mind is the number of fish caught by each angler, just because you have always had a 5 fish catch doesn’t mean you can’t change it to a 3 fish per angler catch to help keep more fish from dying. The live wells are small and with 2 anglers each trying to put 5 fish in a boat is just not healthy for the fish.
The hottest part of the day is from noon to 3pm and can easily be changed and every angler still get a fair shot at winning the tournament , it only makes sense to reduce the hours to maybe be off the water at 1pm. Not only is it easier on the bass in the hot live wells but it is easier on the health of the fisherman.
Make sure every angler in your tournament has working live wells, if they don’t work, those individuals should not be allowed to fish, this criteria occurs at all pro tournaments why not for your club or organization. Make each angler carry enough ice to continue to add ice to the live wells in this extreme heat, the cooler the water in the live well the better chance the bass have in living. Lastly treat the weigh in with the intent that all fish will live, if you do that you will take good care of the fish I know it. Keep them in water, keep them aerated and work at keeping them alive.
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Written by Captain Mike Gerry
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Saturday, 18 June 2011 12:00 |
A high Rod Tip
There is probably no time of the year where the worm fishing is better than from June through mid August, and I am finding as I put fishermen in the boat that most worm fishermen just don’t want to keep their rod tip in a 12 o’clock position while the worm works itself to the bottom. As good a time of year as it is for worm fishing, you just don’t want to be missing fish because you can’t get a good hook set off your worm rig.
You see; there are 2 keys to worm fishing right now, the first is getting the bite and the second is getting a good hook set so you put the fish in the boat. Getting the bite in this heat generally means you’re fishing the worm slow and letting it slowly sink to the bottom, this requires patience and technique. You have to let the worm slowly sink to the bottom but when you’re doing this, the rod tip must be kept high so the worms drops in a vertical fall allowing the slightest movement to be detected. Many times also, you just see the line move in direction opposite of what you might expect. A high rod tip allows you to see the line and detect the visual movement as well.
Lastly a high rod tip allows you to drop the nose of the rod, point it at the fish and give a good yank when you set the hook. The problem is that most fisherman just believe that if you drop the rod tip the bass will let it go, quite frankly the only way a bass will let it go is if he or she feels you and that comes from pressure on the rod tip. Key is drop it, tighten it to where the bass won’t feel you, and point the tip of the rod at the bite and set the hook. This will allow you to feel the bass, but yet the bass not feel you and hence catch the fish.
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Structure Scan What am I looking at? |
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Written by Captain Mike Gerry
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Saturday, 04 June 2011 10:40 |
Structure Scan: What am I Looking At?
As the Lowrance Structure Scan becomes more of each fisherman’s tool bag, I seem to be getting more questions on how to read what you are looking at on your screen. Every day I put fisherman in my boat that have newly acquired an HDS Lowrance unit and have it equipped with Structure Scan or down scan; the problem is the first time they take it to the water, it seems to just add confusion instead of clarity.
I must tell you I was no different, my first look at the bottom was also confusing to me so here is what I suggest and also a few ideas on how to clarify the bottom. The first thing you must remember is this is a tool that you have to learn to use and if you have never seen this type of screen or read the bottom before in this format it will for awhile be confusing. The key to clearing it up is to understand a few concepts. The 1st being that if you take a lake and let’s say it 50,000 acres there is a good chance that 40,000 of the acres is just bottom with nothing to see. Meaning’ that most of the time there is going to be nothing to view on the bottom, so it takes time using the unit to find structure. I bet I have spent 25 hours just riding and looking in areas where I believe the bottom has something to show me.
This helps in a couple of ways; one your adjusting your eyes to pick up things on the bottom and second learning what you’re looking at as you ease over the top of it. The next thing is to use your zoom in capability of the unit, when you see an object, hit the arrow button move the cross axes over it and zoom in it will clarify what you are seeing. This magnifies the object and clears it so the shapes of the objects quickly improve to your eyes. Now you can tell what it is, is there fish on it, and is it structure I should fish? You will be surprised how clear and how quickly you will pick this up.
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