Spent the weekend rigging up my new boat. I'm in heaven boys ... at least til July (that's when the payments start, LoL). Been putting in lots of hours at work, as well, but should be getting her wet tomorrow morning. One of the things I did was I put a HDS-5x up at the bow and connected it to my HDS-5 at the console by ethernet ... so if you fish with me ... you'll be able to see what I see on the graph. Mainly it was to keep my girlfriend quiet. She's constantly asking how deep we are and if we are going up hill or down hill.Hey limit of 3 ... don't be too hard on yourself. You can't figure it all out instantly ... believe me. I've been fishing that lake for over 20 years, and I'll guarantee that I have logged in many more fishless days than not. Don't over-think things. Walleyes are more-or-less just big perch. Their brain is the size of a pea. In the beginning, I drifted nightcrawlers on a #4 hook and 3 way rig. From there I started pulling spinners (harnesses). By covering lots of water, I started to learn where walleyes hang out at different times of the year. You will see guys lift the jig hard and some guys lift soft. It all works at different times. Sometimes it matters ... sometimes it doesn't. You gotta find out what they want. Usually, in Oneida, if you find structure (humps, shoals, dumping grounds) in 18 to maybe 26 feet of water, there will be a walleye or two there. Find them with your depth finder. They should be starting to school up soon. Jig hard, jig soft, jig a bucktail, jig a sonar ... or just drift a worm with the wind til you figure them out. Good luck.
Had another great late afternoon and evening on the far west end of the lake . Only issue was that those pesky walleyes kept interfering with our white bass and crappie fishing ! I'd catagorize them on the dumb fish list with largemouth bass right now based on the number we caught on anything that hit the water. The late afternoon white bass bite was hectic for a short time. We got our fill of nice ones before moving down river a bit to some deep water submerged structure. Just like my buddy predicted, the big white crappies were hanging just over the top of it ! What a blast ! Especially knowing that with the totally snagless drop shot rig that my buddy showed me how to make and fish, I'd never get stuck in the trees and stumps below us. Had a great time with the kids again ! A few pictures but not the best quality due to my inability to adjust the camera on my cell phone.
You are such a non-conformist. KEEP CATCHING THEM WHITES...PLEASE, BECAUSE THEY ARE SUCH SMART FISH, IT TAKES A PIECE OF POOP AND A #2 HOOK TO CATCH EM. NOW TRY TO TARGET SOME REAL GAME FISH, THEN SHOW PICS PLEASE. FUNNY THAT I'VE NEVER MET A PERSON WITH THAT MUCH SUCCESS ON THE WHITE CRAPS ON ONEIDA. ESPECIALLY MY STOMPING GROUNDS....HMMM. SOUNDS LIKKE SENECA RIVER FISH TO ME...........THOSE PESKY WALLEYE......GIVE IT A BREAK PAL, THAT IS A FIRST FOR ME, TO HEAR SUCH NONSENSE. EITHER WAY, LOOKS LIKE FUN WAS HAD, CONGRATS ON THAT. BTH, HOW ABOUT SOME PICS OF THEM "PESKY" WALLEYE"
Forgot my sport cam last nigh fishing with Sul, and coach on the west end out of Sul's boat. Took pics with my cell phone, but that's where I have a hard time remembering how to get them forwarded to photobucket. But here is the pics of them walters on the block, before the knife found them. We had a fun night with easy catching on the sonars. I had 2 fish in the bucket in 3 casts, then dropped a bunch, meanwhile Sully and Coach played catch up in short time. By the way Coach.....stop putting my productive jigs in your tackle box! Yup, I'm on to your antics now. Here is a pic or two.
nice job on the white bass munson , and white crappies , and don't worry about the eyes we will try and help out with that nice eyes FM and when are you going to test your self on day time eyes when they aren't so easy , i was told all you need is a stick and a net to get them at night i'll have to get you out in the boat and show me how easy it is :blink: and coach told me that the only way your lures work is if he uses them