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The next 5-7 weeks are 1 of the best times on the South Shore + Cape to score a PB GIANT, I got a 7.4 along with 7.1 and a 6.11 in the last few weeks so keep at it and you will be rewarded. BTW my 7.4 was on a Real-Prey that LM pick up the RP as it was sitting still on the bottom in a Sea run herring feed Lake.

57.2 on Sunday, got a Cape PIG Sat! Also found a sick RI Lake last week.LOL.

7.2

Open water till Jan 1st is OK with me.

Louisville Slugger MS Slammer gets my Wake-bait vote, Go Big or Go Home.

That sucks hopefully she fully recovers, I lost my best fishing friend a few years ago he loved the ice and open water fishing. He hated pulling my ice fishing sled around.

Awesome video…… I’ve had a few LM jump ship…. adding the live-well access lid to the live-well is an awesome idea doctor.

I caught a mid 6lb class LM from a RI herring feed pond a few days after ice out back in the beginning of April 2015 that’s the biggest LM I’ve caught on the 3:16 herring…. it’s a bait I should crank more often in herring feed lakes right before and as the herring runs begin in the spring time. I’ve also C+R a few big NP speed cranking the herring in Aug, awesome bait.

Chuck the one I used last year worked great as both a wake-bait worked slowly on top along with deep cranking, super buoyant material Joeys using so they rises quickly on a pause. That’s a great thing having the ability to plow into weeds and wood and pause then keep cranking. Joeys Trout’s also look nice, hoping to add 1 of them to my ice out cranking arsenal this spring.

Lanciotti lures is another great crank down bait, I picked 1 up last spring and was extremely impressed with how it swims along with the depth it dives. The color I bought was Pearl White + Chartreuse, what bait ended up landing me the biggest LM in the C+R category in Mass for 2019 along with a tie for the biggest Pickerel C+R in Mass in 2019 so it’s a proved winner in my crank down book.

Megabass Big M 7.5 along with Strike King Pro Model 8XD was my go to fall deep crank-baits, C+R a lot of schooled up good fall LM along with a handful of good size crappies like this 1.

Baby Possum gets my vote + CL8 Clayton is an awesome guy to deal with he’s made me a # of custom piss them off crazy colors over the years along with heavier weighted ones that will get 6-10’ down depending on the line used and the rate of speed retrieved. I prefer slow cranking at ice out a few feet below the surface, ice out lakes that have shallow water with lay-downs are the places I target 1st. Stable weather patterns with sunny conditions warm shallows up quickly are the places I target 1st. Think ice out.LOL.

Stay out of my Lake this is your last warning, that’s a Dep’s 250 Glide-Bait Lake not broom-stick Lake. My most heart breaking SB lost was a 3:16 1-UP, lost that bait a week after landing a 7.13 CT LM. 1-UP got snagged on a deep rope that was floating up 5-6’ from the bottom in 25’ of water. I pulled it up to around 4’ from the surface before my line snapped, went back a few days later and the rope was gone. Ended up buying a replacement for $375 but that bait didn’t swim ½ as good as the 1 I lost, I have a feeling it was a knockoff 3:16 so basically I through $375 away.

Nice I was in a tie for the leading Mass Gold Pin C+R LM that LM was 24” her weight was only 7.10, also got a 28” Pickerel a ish fish in my book but that was also leading going into the last week of 2019. Mass DEP should up-date next Monday so I will see if my LM held up, I could care less about the pic.LOL.

Rock Star I miss fish with you Brain in New England someday I will visit you and the family in Fla. LM looks 26” plus did you get a measurement?

Secret Santa score.

MS Snakes are awesome baits; MS Mike should consider making more guys would pay good money for them. No For Sale so don’t ask.

Yup new winner weighted Dave A basswood deep diver with a DOA tail it gets down 10-12’. I score 6 before Dave decided to not make any more I think the P Police scared him away.LOL. The other walk the dog bait in the middle is a Musky bait call The Bandit, nice loud rattling walk the dog bait SM love that thing.

Yup winner again. 1st generation Big Eye WT is on top bet you can’t identified the other 2 peacock bass customs painted baits?

Winner you know your baits. Winner you know your baits. 1 More.

Orso bait, ebay junk.LOL. You’re the guy that has everything do you recognize this bait?

How rare is this bait?

Yup Billy also made a few soft-tails that Rob painted.

Nice its not over till the ice comes, still lots of time with water temps in the mid to high 50s. Most years we are already around 50 or lower come Nov 1st.