"Lots of places to catch them...........but NO ONE who catches them will TELL you how, or WHERE.........I know this from trying myself to get info.[/QUOTE]"
I'll break the code of silence......court martial me. I use a real simple rig. 14 lb test, at the end, tie on a 2 foot leader, then a #2 Gamakatsu hook. On that hook, I hang 2 night crawlers, both hooked thru the head, about 1 inch on the hook with the first run clean up the line to give room for the second to go on. Then to the last of the 3 way swivel eyes, I tie a 1 foot leader, and then add onto that 3 good sized slip shots.
I head to C-land. I ramp at Jamestown. I putt putt straight across the lake to the flats that run from the visible point, clean down to Govenors Cove. I get in 20 to 25 foot of water, and set the trolling motor as slow as it will go. I chuck the baited rig out a good throw, set the rod in a rod holder cocked up 45 degrees, then keep paying out line till I see the rod tip tell me the rig's split shots are touching ground about half the time. I keep the trolling motor slow, and about every 2 minutes, kill it, drift to a near stop, then turn it back on dead slow. What that does for me is it causes the bait to run from 6 to 12 inches from bottom while moving, and then for a short spell lets it drop to the bottom or near bottom and crawl along there real slow like. Don't be surprized if you hook up with some killer flathead cats doing this.
I don't fish for these things to much anymore. Partially cause the pace gets too slow for me and I fidget alot, and partially cause the minor fight, occassional snags, and just plain ugly fish achieved just don't do a lot for me. Course, I drive a Ford and married a KY woman too, so go figure. She's got bug eyes, but I'd never get away with calling her "Wall-eye".
So since their eyes bug out, and are not flat like the side of a wall, why aren't they called "Bug-eyes", instead of Wall-eyes"?
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