As always, good report. Keep it up.

I also fished Sunday. My day sounded a lot like yours but I had to stop fishing around 9 am. We hit Wine early for a nice topwater bite and then North to Little Misale for some school trout on top. We left them biting. Ended up with 30 mixed size trout, all on topwater. Fun day.

nah, i've been too busy with saltwater in my new boat to fish much freshwater this summer. Going to the new hunting camp in Concordia parish this weekend to bring hunting gear, set cameras and may do a little bass/socalait fishing and toss out the jug lines in Lake Cocodrie and cross bayou if we get some time. My ol' boston whaler is up there but needs some hull repairs before fishing, so i hope i can get it done. My huntin buddy went this weekend and caught a few nice bass up there.

I always enjoy your reports, at least you tell where you are catching and add a little color to your report. Can you tell me what a suspension rig is? Thanks, Bob

Bob, here's the basics of the suspension rig, I have several different ones and the knots are complex so i'll do a video soon and post it explaining all the details.

The basic version is to take a t-shape 3 way swivel or a basic small 2 way swivel for the top. If you use the 2 way connect the main line to the same hole as the weight line knot. I use about 8-10' on the hook line. Too long and it'll hug the bottom.

For different species of fish i use different size hooks and mono leaders. For normal trout 1/0 & 2/0 silver khale hooks with 25lb test green big game mono. I only tie Palomar knots to both ends of the hook leader because its the strongest. Then i connect a 4-6 foot weight leader to the other side of the top swivel. Keep in mind the further you cast the more of an angle the bait is so the longer the weight line the higher the bait is suspended. You'll need a good long medium heavy pole to throw that long weight leader far along with smooth low diameter powerpro. The whole point is to keep from getting stuck and have your bait swimming in the strike zone instead of hiding at the bottom in the debris. If your weight line is too short the suspension effect is nullified. Next don't just connect a weight. Tie on a small clip swivel. This way you can change weights at different spots as needed. Also using a small cheap swivel will allow the clip to straighten if the weight gets stuck. Your line won't pop and you can reattach a new weight. If your hook gets popped from a big fish you can tie on another premade hook and string but you'll need to use my secret knot which i'm about to discuss or lose knot strength from a less quality knot like a fisherman knot...cough, cough.

For the bigger picky trout i don't use a top swivel at all so the trout never see a thing, just my thinner 20lb trilene big game. I have to attach my hook line to the main line using a special slip loop knot on the main line and my own creation, an inverted palomar knot which i call the apex knot! The bottom weight clip swivel will keep the line from twisting up. I'll have more details in the video on how to tie the knots so you can fool big trout everytime. Usually the top swivel rigs don't spook trout if the swivel is small and black and you can premake plenty before fishing, good luck.

get your baits off the bottom and watch how quick you get hook ups while you outfish that carolina rig!

So how soon can we get this video for the Apex Predator Special? I'm curious to see what kind of rig you got. Did you try using that shrimp oil that you mentioned in your other post for trout? As always, nice report man.

I've been doing research on knot strength using a fish scale to see which ones work the best and pop along the string and not on the knot itself. Its surprising how by adding or not adding an extra twist a knot it becomes greatly weaker or stronger. Also the diameter of the hook's wire plays a big factor as to which knots hold better. The difference between mono and fluorocarbon is huge with knots too. Hopefully i can get all this info into an article/video on the suspension rigs soon, but I’ve been really busy with my normal job. Maybe i can get to it next week.

yes i tried the homemade sauce everytime i go, which I’ve been using on my topwater baits too. The fish oil keeps the baits from rusting and when the fish come in a get a whiff of that all in one garlic/salt/shrimp/pogey scent they can't resist. Still need to do some more field research but so far its working to get extra strikes. I usually fish solo so its harder to try nonscented lures and sauced lures while fishing because i can only make fair evaluations when fishing the same conditions with the same exact bait, otherwise there are too many variables at play.

Send some Sauce here I'll give a report if its help me catch more Fish

if it were easy to make and i had plenty i would, but i'm still designing a way to dry my pogeys and shrimp more effeciently because i don't have enough jars and now i need a new blender because i wouldn't want to eat anything out of our current blender, even had to get a new microwave because i had a few experiements go a-rye, lol!

Ohhhhh Micro wave went Boom!!!!!!!!....Lmao

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