ncstatefisher

Thanks for the advice jace I'll def pick one up and give that a shot - the half turn speed retrieve is what fooled one fish mc, deadsticking is tough because of all the snot grass, if I let it sink that much it's curtains. Last night just went and sat by the water and watched, saw two wolf packs of good sized bass blitz the hell out of baitfish up on top. Gonna be fun to learn this one!

6 followers last night, most 4-6lb class. Got a little frustrated and started throwing the duel hardcore glide with a really erratic aggressive return and sent a 2.5lber flying through the air when he bit right at the bank, so one swimbait fish down just not the one I wanted haha!

It's pretty choppy on a regular basis haven't night fished yet but plan to soon! Heading to the blue water tomorrow to fill the freezer but will be back after these aggravating feesh in the lake Monday

Yeah I've used that method in the past especially with topwater throwing a wacky senko or fluke right behind it, works great but man I want one of these hogs on a big bait now that I know they're in there!! Been only taking the one rod but if I see too many more big fish taunting me I might cave lol

Good job bud! I need to start going out and throwing some nighttime wake baits

What's up y'all, haven't been on in a while. Got a promotion at work and moved towards the NC Coast. The place I'm living has a 50 acre sandpit "lake" that is absolutely full of fish. I've lived here about a month and can go out with a ned rig and stick a fish pretty much whenever I want. Average 1.5-2lb footballs with a few 3-4lb class mixed in and I've caught one right at 5. A couple weeks back my girl hooked in to a fish that legitimately could have been low DD class on a chatterbait and she threw the bait on a "jump" (If you can call it that, the fat thing barely could get it's pectoral things out of the water, I was gutted when I saw the bait fly away from the fish) Needless to say this instantly had me digging through the big baits so I can get to work sticking a hammer. The problem is, I'm traditionally used to swimbait fishing fairly stained/dingy water and this is extremely clear. There's a distinct weedline maybe 8-10' from the bank where you lose visability but it's close enough for me to see a follower taunting me. I've thrown a hudd 68 a good bit with little to no noticable interest, switched over to a gantarel and have had at least one follower a night for the past 4-5 days. Have done everything I know to do, switched up retrieves - turned it on a dime right at the weedline trying to get a reaction, etc. And have literally watched fish swim right up to it and bump it on the nose and swim away. So something is just not quite right with my color or presentation. I switched over to a giron to see if it was a size issue and last night about stroked out when I had a 7.5-8lb class fish follow aggressively three casts in a row shortly before dark but no sign of commitment. These fish are extremely well fed and as far as I can tell baitfish wise there are bream, crappie, and big schools of 3-4" shiners. There's a loooot of snot grass forming on the bottom so I'm pretty well stuck to topwater/suspending baits. Any and all advice on how you would approach this situation is appreciated. The challenge has been fun but I'm ready to figure out the missing link on these followers... Half tempted to make the depps plunge as I haven't found many snags yet. Conditions: Clear visibility, snot grass Baitfish: Bream, Crappie, Shiners Fish Health: Extremely Fat Baits thrown: Hudd 68, MS Slammer, Gantarel, Giron

haven't thrown it yet but played with it for a while at iCast and it looked sweet

Great post, Gantarel is my favorite bait to throw, haven't ever tried deadsticking so I'll break out that technique next time im on the water!

nice tiger wraps!

randleman is another good option but it's been raped and pillaged the last couple years from what friends in the area have told me, not nearly as good as it used to be but still some nice fish hangin out in there for sure

High point city lake is largely overlooked and holds some toads

Thanks I'll try to go a little easier on the cast

Looks great man that will get hammered. Know of any way to keep these baits from helicoptering so badly? Picked up a couple last week and that's my only concern (though for $20 they swim awesome)

Try the jackall gantarel or if you want to go budget friendly to try it out and see how you like fishing them get a savage shine glide - they'll both get bit just about anywhere

Keowee or Hartwell? I live in anderson near 6&20

Thanks for the info I'll get a couple 8s and 10s and try them out this spring when they start stocking trout in the river

That's awesome!!! What are y'alls thoughts on those savage line thru's? been thinking about grabbing a couple as cheaper alternatives to hudds when there are stripers around