buzzbaiter
05-16-2015, 07:25 AM
Out all day again - about ten hours fishing, 2 hrs driving. Caught a ton of pickerel once again along with some bass and panfish. Started with buzzbait but no real love. Switched to my go to lure - Panther Martin - and it was non-stop all day. I used a 6" steel leader as well as it proved to be invaluable. I would say 1/3 of the pickerel swallowed the entire spinner. I performed oral surgery quite a bit using forceps. Barbless made it easier but still had a few casualties. When pickerel weren't grabbing it, I caught 16 bass up to 17", a few crappies, bunch of yellow perch, redbreast sunnfish, pumpkinseed and a hybrid bluegill-pumpkinseed. I love spinners just for the fun of not knowing what will grab it next. All in all a fun but exhausting day.
No mosquitoes just blackflies which weren't terrible. Breeze kept them off me.
No mosquitoes just blackflies which weren't terrible. Breeze kept them off me.