Snagging Season Starts Tomorrow!

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BackyardBandit

Discussion Starter · 3 mo ago

Anybody going to snag dinosaurs this week/weekend? Going to be a beautiful day tomorrow. I'm going to wait a bit until the rain starts, followed by nasty cold weather.
There’s also a $10000 first place tournament Saturday.

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antlercrazed

· #21 · 3 mo ago

I went snagging before it was a good time. I caught one that prolly weighed around 60#s felt like reeling in a Volkswagen. I didn’t care for the meat though. The people I went with like it but it ain’t for me. Once I had Crappie there was no need for any other fried fish in my life

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Dafish

· #22 · 3 mo ago

talked to a guy yesterday, they were at Table Rock over the weekend and they had 2 in the mid 60's and 2 in the 50's

BackyardBandit

Discussion Starter · #23 · 3 mo ago

We went to LOZ last weekend and caught some spoonbill but my boat spent most of our time drifting for catfish. Got a 40# blue in the process. Spoonbill were scattered pretty good. Pretty sure the dipsy divers are taking their toll on the population compared to 5-10 years ago.

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ryanlowe02

· #24 · 3 mo ago

BackyardBandit said:
We went to LOZ last weekend and caught some spoonbill but my boat spent most of our time drifting for catfish. Got a 40# blue in the process. Spoonbill were scattered pretty good. Pretty sure the dipsy divers are taking their toll on the population compared to 5-10 years ago.

it's the live scope man. Guys are hunting specific fish. Find them, chart them, cast, watch the hook drop by the fish and pull hard. 5-10 years from now dipsy divers will be the old method

BackyardBandit

Discussion Starter · #25 · 3 mo ago

ryanlowe02 said:
it's the live scope man. Guys are hunting specific fish. Find them, chart them, cast, watch the hook drop by the fish and pull hard. 5-10 years from now dipsy divers will be the old method

For big fish, yes. For numbers, dipsys are filling boats like never before.

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Bloodtrail 1

· #26 · 3 mo ago

Anyone heard what won that tournament Saturday on LOZ?

BackyardBandit

Discussion Starter · #27 · 3 mo ago

Bloodtrail 1 said:
Anyone heard what won that tournament Saturday on LOZ?

84, 84, 82.
Guys in our group caught a 91 and 88 Thursday and Friday, but none of us put into the Saturday tournament with the cold weather.

Danimal

· #28 · 3 mo ago

BackyardBandit said:
We went to LOZ last weekend and caught some spoonbill but my boat spent most of our time drifting for catfish. Got a 40# blue in the process. Spoonbill were scattered pretty good. Pretty sure the dipsy divers are taking their toll on the population compared to 5-10 years ago.

Some friends of mine said the same thing about LOZ.

DonJuan

· #29 · 3 mo ago

Livescope killing walleye in rivers! 100% FACT

archer66

· #30 · 3 mo ago

Snagging was good this year. My best was 64. Biggest for our boat was 88.

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seth_turner_04

· #31 · 3 mo ago

421sd said:
Your main boat is a jet?

My only boat is a jet.

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seth_turner_04

· #32 · 3 mo ago

archer66 said:
Snagging was good this year. My best was 64. Biggest for our boat was 88. View attachment 238605

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That 88 pounder would have won you 10k that Saturday if you had been in the tournament. 84.28 won it.

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20'

· #33 · 3 mo ago

question, on a good day how many "hook-ups" (if that is the right term) do you have or what is good action, how many per hour? Or is the action determined by the sonar and the chase to snag them???

421sd

· #34 · 3 mo ago

seth_turner_04 said:
My only boat is a jet.

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Sweet rig!! I hope to get a jet on my Jon boat later this year so I can do some river running.

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trapperBR549

· #35 · 3 mo ago

archer66 said:
Snagging was good this year. My best was 64. Biggest for our boat was 88. View attachment 238605

I know that guy. Fish can't be over 12lbs.

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seth_turner_04

· #36 · 3 mo ago (Edited)

20' said:
question, on a good day how many "hook-ups" (if that is the right term) do you have or what is good action, how many per hour? Or is the action determined by the sonar and the chase to snag them???

If you're running forward-facing sonar and know how to read the graph, it's a pretty well-guaranteed fish and doesn't take long. For the more traditional methods (graphing at the console and trolling around), I'd say 1/2-2 fish per hour is "average". A lot of it depends if the fish are schooled up or scattered. The more schooled up they are, the easier it is to hit them.

For example on opening day this year, we graphed and snagged the usual way for a few hours and caught four fish. That's about average for us. We ended up talking to another angler who had Livescope on his boat and asked if we could hop in and try to snag a few spoonbill. In less than 20 minutes out of the same hole we'd been blind casting, I boated an 82 and a 65 pounder. Livescoping paddlefish is stupidly easy.

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20'

· #37 · 3 mo ago

seth_turner_04 said:
If you're running forward-facing sonar and know how to read the graph, it's a pretty well-guaranteed fish and doesn't take long. For the more traditional methods (graphing at the console and trolling around), I'd say 1/2-2 fish per hour is "average". A lot of it depends if the fish are schooled up or scattered. The more schooled up they are, the easier it is to hit them.

For example on opening day this year, we graphed and snagged the usual way for a few hours and caught four fish. That's about average for us. We ended up talking to another angler who had Livescope on his boat and asked if we could hop in and try to snag a few spoonbill. In less than 20 minutes out of the same hole we'd been blind casting, I boated an 82 and a 65 pounder. Livescoping paddlefish is stupidly easy.

Thanks for sharing!

bulletman

· #38 · 3 mo ago

20' said:
Thanks for sharing!

There are some "guides" that are taking 3 trips per day and limiting for all clients, It is taking longer to drive to and from the dock to the "fishing" spot than it is to catch the fish.

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20'

· #39 · 3 mo ago

bulletman said:
There are some "guides" that are taking 3 trips per day and limiting for all clients, It is taking longer to drive to and from the dock to the "fishing" spot than it is to catch the fish.

WOW, that pretty awesome.

trapperBR549

· #40 · 3 mo ago

20' said:
WOW, that pretty awesome.

until all the fish are gone.

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