3/21 report - Launched at Cawtaba

We headed up to the lake yesterday on a whim. Without being able to see a recent satellite image and fishing in the fog till afternoon it was a bit slow going in the morning. We started out fishing around Green with one pull back and no hook up. We started out pulling a mix of bandits and p10's, with varied weights and distances back. Moved over to E can after a while, didn't fish real long there as the water just looked too dirty. So after moving between S. Bass and Cawtaba fishing the chocolate there for a bit (Lots of marks) we headed out for North of Kellys just as soon as the fog broke. Setup North of kelly's and pulled 3 fish in about an hour and a half while the sun was shining. As the sun went back and the lake got a bit more choppy we never caught another fish. Back at the ramp at 5:00 we were the last rig in the parking lot. Fish were caught on Bandits 125 back no weights, trolling at 1.5 mph. Khaki color bandit caught all of the fish.
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Tater, nice detailed report and way to go tracking those fish down.

looks like you got one on your board.. lol

Nice catch and thanks for the report.

nice to see a report thanks

Very nice
Thanks for sharing

Thank you for the thorough report. Did you trying going slower at all? Seems like most are going .8 - 1.0. I ask cause I'm concerned I can't go slow enough.

Was there a fish on that other board when you took that picture? The flag is down and it's going back towards the center of the boat...:)

Nice job that day working them out!

We started out going slower, but our kicker died and wouldn't run right. So we had one trolling bag and was able to get 1.5 into the wind and waves with the main motor.

The board with the flag down was due to me losing one of the springs over the side of the boat, Good eye though. With that being said is there a standard size spring for those flags? I can't quite justify paying the higher prices for the flag kit just for a new spring. We also have several others that need worked on, I would like to just get a handful of those springs and keep them on the boat. Probably should just take one into the hardware and match up something close.

Always lookin at those boards Juls:D

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We started out going slower, but our kicker died and wouldn't run right. So we had one trolling bag and was able to get 1.5 into the wind and waves with the main motor.

The board with the flag down was due to me losing one of the springs over the side of the boat, Good eye though. With that being said is there a standard size spring for those flags? I can't quite justify paying the higher prices for the flag kit just for a new spring. We also have several others that need worked on, I would like to just get a handful of those springs and keep them on the boat. Probably should just take one into the hardware and match up something close.

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At the hardware store, you want a C-39 spring.

I just use rubber bands instead of the springs run from the metal hook that holds the flag to around the front of the board and around the front line release. it is easy to adjust the tension by controlling the flex of the rubber band on the flag side. I use a medium one from staples that work great. I know many of my buddies do the same the springs just didn't do it for me. if i run something that pulls harder i make the rubber band tighter between the flag and front of the board. these photos were from a site that i followed the directions to making mine.

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Thanks for the advice from both Juls and JeepDude. I may pickup a handful of springs as well as give the rubber bands a shot. The whole spring and flag system just seems to fall apart and or not work every time I look at it. Maybe i'm just too clumsy.

We use 2 #16 bands tied together to get enough length to lighten the tension. Loop one end over the the tow arm 1 over the flag. When I pull 40tt I use just 1 #16, to get the tension up

We have been using the rubber bands on the board just as illustrated on the picture.We use size #33 at OfficeMax.Have also bag #19 that are thinner and can add that rubber band to the #33 to get more tension if running a rig that pulls harder.You can even put some #33 on car dash in sun to weaken the pull.

You got good eyes juls!!!! Sure looks like there's one on that board. Was to busy looking at the walleye. LOL