First off, here's some info.
Fished Cland 1 Oct. Put in at Jamestown, and fished Lilly, Wolfe, Greasy, and even a long pull from Lilly to Jamestown. Picked up one striper, 29 inches, when the outside board ran into the point on the walls at the first cut one the left side coming out of Jametown on the main lake walls. Shiners on down poles and planer boards with 1 oz weights run 20 to 40 feet back. Lake was very clear, only one log floater seen. Tried Humpy Hole with down poles to no avail. Pulled boards up the walls heading on main lake to Governors cove with inside board on the walls, next board in 20 foot out, free lines out the back of the boat, and outside boards way out. Still not a lick. Top water silver and black Zora spooks were killing the small mouth off points. Pearl or white didn't draw a lick.
Fished darn hard from 0600 to 1900 hours for just one good hit. So what am I doing wrong? Anybody got a better pattern? Besides Indian, is anybody seeing jumps in the G-Cove up to Wolfe area?
I was using sinker slides ahead of the swivel on some of the live bait rigs. Makes it easy to swap weight, or go heavy to bottom fish. Noticing that lines with egg sinkers seem to keep the shiners alive longer. Sinker slide rigs seem somehow to be causing the shiners to kick sooner. How can that be? Anybody else seen such a thing?