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Carted in at Terrapin early on Saturday and headed south. I didn't catch many, but the lesson learned a week ago Friday was reinforced: When you see them on the depth finder, get it down to them NOW. Here's a shot of a 24.5 incher and a few of his buddies still swimming below the kayak:
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The water temp was 86, compared to 80 a week ago. Most of the fish I marked were in the low 30's depths. I found several huge schools of bait fish, and foul hooked a big white perch in the chin. I am learning the difference between marking smaller bait fish, small rock or big white perch and fish like the one in the photo, or the ones I got last week. I may want to get a spinning rod going again for the jig n soft jerkbait, just for being able to let it free spool quicker when I do see them below me. I get the whole "thumb it to walk it down the drop" thing, but when it's got to go 26 feet as soon as possible without fear of a backlash, I think a spinning rod might do that better.
By the way, is there a consensus on how deep they will go in summer to stay cool, but avoid deep hypoxia?
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The water temp was 86, compared to 80 a week ago. Most of the fish I marked were in the low 30's depths. I found several huge schools of bait fish, and foul hooked a big white perch in the chin. I am learning the difference between marking smaller bait fish, small rock or big white perch and fish like the one in the photo, or the ones I got last week. I may want to get a spinning rod going again for the jig n soft jerkbait, just for being able to let it free spool quicker when I do see them below me. I get the whole "thumb it to walk it down the drop" thing, but when it's got to go 26 feet as soon as possible without fear of a backlash, I think a spinning rod might do that better.
By the way, is there a consensus on how deep they will go in summer to stay cool, but avoid deep hypoxia?
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