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I’m sure it’s been done before and it may end up being a dumb idea but this is a rig I’m going to start trying in the lake for those fish that seem to be really good at shaking hooks. It’s just a 3/8 oz bullet weight with a peg about 2” from the knot. Hoping this gives them less leverage to throw the hook. We shall see.

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Did you try anything on top when you made it to New Harbor?

Great job with that big girl!

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Great trip and excellent job at putting a pattern together

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Did they fix the other backdown? I can only imagine what kind of circus that was this morning if not lol

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Go get em boys!

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Would get a good run of fish on the east side as the fresh water consolidates things and then you can write off the lake once it hits. Obviously that’s dependent on how long it’s open and how much river water gets through. SE part of the lake could still hold some fish. All that’s coming from my buddy Ty who knows the lake really well.

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Having a hard time making a decision. I’d love to go recreate my day from yesterday in Lake P but I can’t be around that many boats without going crazy.

I may run to the Chandys if the wind holds up but we will see on that. If that doesn’t work I may check the long rocks and some of my old stomping grounds in Coquille and Two Trees

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I’m very curious how it falls through the water. One thing I worried about is it not getting down fast enough in stronger currents with it potentially having more drag. I was hoping the peg may help with that but I’ll keep experimenting with pegs at various distances from the hook to see. Losing these rigs would suck too lol.

I may try to attach a stinger hook to this thing and we can call it the “never fricking getting off again” rig.

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I stayed with topwater for all but about 10 casts. I have some kind of disease when it comes to that. There was a decent amount of floating grass midway up where we were fishing so that kept me away from hard baits with trebles. You have me curious now on what some hard baits would have done.

How deep were your bigger fish?

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I had the same problem last Tuesday. There is just something about Lake P trout when the water warms up that makes them magicians when it comes to staying buttoned up.

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That was by far the most I’ve seen. Only my 3rd trip so not the biggest sample size, though. I’ll still take that over the mass hysteria at the trestles or bievenue lol

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What’s the over/under on boats at the tracks on Saturday?

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23rd meaning yesterday or in March?

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I’ve told myself to never pass up an opportunity to go out there. Gotta put eyes on it as many times as possible while it’s still here

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Slightly stained but 2-2.5ftish visibility.