BradF
12/3/2019 9:31:59 AMI’m wondering how you turn the small fish back if they are brought up from that deep?
My experience is that sometimes over 60 feet and for sure at 90 and 100 feet their stomach expands out theIr mouth until many fish can’t swim off the surface. I know they make devices to drop the fish back to depth that are used by bottom fishers in salt water and some mackinaw fisheries. Wondering how you have addressed that problem.
I enjoy your reports.
I haven’t winter fished Walleyes for several years. I just have to get of my duff and stop trolling for the Bows and jig up some of those winter Walleyes.
My experience is that sometimes over 60 feet and for sure at 90 and 100 feet their stomach expands out theIr mouth until many fish can’t swim off the surface. I know they make devices to drop the fish back to depth that are used by bottom fishers in salt water and some mackinaw fisheries. Wondering how you have addressed that problem.
I enjoy your reports.
I haven’t winter fished Walleyes for several years. I just have to get of my duff and stop trolling for the Bows and jig up some of those winter Walleyes.
lake Rsvlt chrtrs
12/3/2019 9:10:16 PMyou can tell when you have the smaller fish on you just do not sped reel them up or there blatter's will pop. If you take it easy on them on the way up they go back down. Another thing you can also do is pop a small hole in the bladder with a sharp hook and they also go back down. Yes I know what devise you are talking About we have used them for Lake Trout on Flathead lake when you used to jig them deep. Always ended up hooking a protected Bull Trout. No we do not have a problem getting the fish to go back down!