Skinner 7-15-11

[El Weirdo]

have Fridays off for the summer and had the bug to hit up skinner and do a bit of experimenting with a drift sock for my boat..Dude!! I do not know how I fished with out one!!!
water was from 77 to 80 temp..clear but not clear as skinner goes...
overcast skies..tried lots of top water ..but found not love..
did quite well on the drop shot..used my favorite 3 colors..
first thing in am was dink fest. added one pic reference now multiply by bunches..
then bigger versions wanted to play dig this
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found cove to have lunch in..saw lots of gills swimming by...hooked my gill killer
with a bait a buddy had sent me..
then boom! bigger ones wanted in on the action.
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/6-1.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/8.jpg
best part as I was fishing got serenaded by a pair of flying snakes..
there as two cobras flying around doing what looked like dog fighting..man that was cool
to hear all the sweet racket..while chowing down and nabbing some bluegills...
cheers !!

EL..

P.S TO ALL TRACKER OWNERS GET A DRIFT SOCK!! AND BE DONE WITH WINDY DAYS!!

[tagg27]

What size tracker do you have? I have a 16' and thought about a drift sock. Wind + light boat = crappy day.

[El Weirdo]

I have a 19'..and bought the 36" what a difference it makes..now only minor taps on trolling motor..and all is gravy!!

[bassmeister]

Nice BG'S And very nice bass. Yeah I've been wanting to pick up a drift sock for my Crestliner. Did you get one that you can adjust with the drawstring? Or is it a standard sock? There are days at DVL that I would of loved to have had a sock, hard to work finesse in the Liner on even mid wind days let alone when the wind is movin pretty good. I have used the old 5 gal bucket before when drift or slow trolling, I've even landed a few slab crappies with the bucket instead of the net kinda by accident but it worked LOL.

[tagg27]

Thanks, I think I will pick one up

[El Weirdo]

draw string helps pulling it back in..i bought the Lindy sock and drift sock harness which included a 20' dump line..
http://www.basspro.com/Lindy-Drift-Control-Original-Series-Drift-Socks/product/7523/-999891
http://www.basspro.com/Lindy-Drift-Control&-x00ae;-Drift-Sock-Harness-Buoy/product/67588/-999895?cmCat=CROSSSELL_PRODUCT

[CALFISHER4EVR]

I have a drift sock for my 16 ft alum. It works well drifting cut or lead head style baits. Works well drifting carolina rigged bass worm too. A good investment!

[Lightning]

Looks like you had another great day out there.Those gills are toads! Nice!

[whopperstopper]

I would consider that an almost a slay those are some really nice bass....can you store your bass in the sock like a livewell lol...

[El Weirdo]

LOLs...well you could but there is a hole at the end...but if they are really big bass..they are not going to get out

[30lber]

Trophy gills.... Very nice!