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southern151 · #1 08-31-2009, 07:04 PM

Alright guys, I made my first trip to Lak De Allemes(SP?) today. I really didn't know what I was gonna get into. I soon learned that the reds were boiling, EVERYWHERE!!!!! The problem is, I couldn't get them to take to anything! I saw they were chasin shad and finger mullet. I caught some shad and mullet, via my cast net. Still nothing! I threw sand eels, bombers, spinners, rattle traps, plastic worms, top waters, etc... Basically, I threw everything in there but the kitchen sink and my tackle box although, the tacle box got REAL close!!!!

What did I do wrong? I tried all different speeds and techs on retreival and presentations. I really believe that the only thing that would have gotten them in the boat would have been a bow, although, I did have one hit my transom while I was clippin along pretty good! I got some pics of the scales on my transom he left behind and I'll email em to somebody if they'd like. Pretty cool cuz another couple of inches and it woulda been my leg!

Anyway, what could I have done differently? Who wants to go out there with me? The volume of reds was unbelievable!

Jay · #2 08-31-2009, 07:08 PM

"W" will be along shortly to tell you how.

Reel Bender · #3 08-31-2009, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Jay

"W" will be along shortly to tell you how.

Probably be no help he says red fishing is for suckers that don't know how to fish.

But then again..................................

yak'em-n-stack'em · #4 08-31-2009, 07:15 PM

id like the pics

wlangl1@tigers.lsu.edu

as for the fish, ive found sometimes its hard to get them to bite your bait with that much bait in the water

and the day after a front they get really lock jawed

Salty · #5 08-31-2009, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by southern151

Alright guys, I made my first trip to Lak De Allemes(SP?) today. I really didn't know what I was gonna get into. I soon learned that the reds were boiling, EVERYWHERE!!!!! The problem is, I couldn't get them to take to anything! I saw they were chasin shad and finger mullet. I caught some shad and mullet, via my cast net. Still nothing! I threw sand eels, bombers, spinners, rattle traps, plastic worms, top waters, etc... Basically, I threw everything in there but the kitchen sink and my tackle box although, the tacle box got REAL close!!!!

What did I do wrong? I tried all different speeds and techs on retreival and presentations. I really believe that the only thing that would have gotten them in the boat would have been a bow, although, I did have one hit my transom while I was clippin along pretty good! I got some pics of the scales on my transom he left behind and I'll email em to somebody if they'd like. Pretty cool cuz another couple of inches and it woulda been my leg!

Anyway, what could I have done differently? Who wants to go out there with me? The volume of reds was unbelievable!

I saw a couple of texts on my phone a few minutes ago. Soooo, it was you?

southern151 · #6 08-31-2009, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Salty

I saw a couple of texts on my phone a few minutes ago. Soooo, it was you?

Yeah! Thanks for the help!!!?

huntin fool · #7 08-31-2009, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by southern151

Yeah! Thanks for the help!!!?

By the time he texted back you'd been off the water..he types 1 word per 5 minutes!

did you try free lining the mullet/shad?

Salty · #8 08-31-2009, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by southern151

Yeah! Thanks for the help!!!?

Sorry...didn't see the texts 'til almost 7:00.

southern151 · #9 08-31-2009, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by huntin fool

By the time he texted back you'd been off the water..he types 1 word per 5 minutes!

Correction! He typed ZERO in 5 HOURS!!!!

In his defense, he likely didn't remember that it was me with that weirdo number!

Salty · #10 08-31-2009, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by huntin fool

By the time he texted back you'd been off the water..he types 1 word per 5 minutes!

Salty · #11 08-31-2009, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by southern151

Correction! He typed ZERO in 5 HOURS!!!!

In his defense, he likely didn't remember that it was me with that weirdo number!

I would'a said, "Throw a sand eel."

huntin fool · #12 08-31-2009, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Salty

stick that finger back in your pocket, before i tell meagan how mean you are to me!

southern151 · #13 08-31-2009, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by huntin fool

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did you try free lining the mullet/shad?

Oh yeah! I let them suckers roll as far as they wanted. I had less than a quarter oz weight above them and they were both of decent size. I watched em swim all over the place... no response.

huntin fool · #14 08-31-2009, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by southern151

Oh yeah! I let them suckers roll as far as they wanted. I had less than a quarter oz weight above them and they were both of decent size. I watched em swim all over the place... no response.

Would they have swam with the schools of mullet if you had them weightless?

southern151 · #15 08-31-2009, 07:39 PM

Yak-em, check yo email.

southern151 · #16 08-31-2009, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by huntin fool

Would they have swam with the schools of mullet if you had them weightless?

I had em on a cork about a foot deep sometimes deeper. I say I watched em swim all over but what I really meant was that I watched em pull that cork all over the place.

yak'em-n-stack'em · #17 08-31-2009, 07:44 PM

i dont have an email from ya

"W" · #18 08-31-2009, 08:35 PM

You sure that wasn't big schools of mullet

southern151 · #19 08-31-2009, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by "W"

You sure that wasn't big schools of mullet

Unless mullet started weighin 10+ lbs, turned brownish red and developed a black dot on their tail, I'm reasonably sure that they weren't mullet, although there were a good number of them amongst the reds.

W, it was amazing how many of them there was. A few were the illegal, mullet size but, most were 20+ inches. They were all up in that shallow water with a REAL deep muddy bottom.