ANYWAY, I happy to report,,,,,,,
Bob & I had some fatheads & shiners left over,,,, so down we went.
We got there around 3:30 & there were 4 guys already below the 'Flags' fishing. They started fishing around 1 and only had one nice 2#-3# eye on the stringer. The eye was caught on a white twister & 1/8oz jig.
All but 2 gaits were open,,,, WV side wasn't looking good.
Water was down to the 5th tie-off, & color was just right. (as far as I'm concerned)
NO FLOATING GARBAGE!
Bob & i started with slip sinker rigs,,,, 10-12" leaders, plain hook & fatheads. We caught 3 keeper perch on our first 3 casts!!! lol,,, the other guys couldn't believe it! :>)
Then nothing for the next 1/2 hr.
Then I put my home-made straight shank orange & pink floaters on & started SLOW DRAGGING 6" at a time,,,,, and that's all it took! That extra color and slow movement worked! We ended up with 5-6 FAT Erie size 8"-11" perch, & 7 sauger/ saugeyes. 13"-15".
Enough for TWO BIG SAMMIES!!!
I missed 2 good hits on 4" shiners,,,,, Bob missed 3 or 4 more hits on fatheads.
We only had to throw 3 dinks back.
There were 10 guys fishing there just before dark,,,, & from what i seen,,,, WE KICKED their butt all together! (happy dance)
Like I said,,, from what i could see, THEY caught 3 or 4 perch and only 3 small sauger,,, besides that 1 nice keeper walleye.
All-in-all,,, it was a VERY Nice WARM afternoon on the River. Glad we went!
here's the floaters that I made. Way more hook-ups with the straight long shank hooks.
carefully push the floats over the small eye hooks,,, add a drop of gorilla glue to each side.
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