Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Spring Shellcrackers 2011

I am home recovering from an operation right now so I fiqured I would post this spring trip I never got a chance to post.  I think the date on this was May 22, 2011.  Shellcrackers caught on the longrod in a local lake in the piedmont of North Carolina .  All caught by using a yellow popper and then an ant trailer tied to the bend in the hook aprox 1 ft behind the popper.  Most caught on Ant trailer but quite a few on the popper. Caught probaly 20-25 nice Shellcrackers

Rundown on gear

Reel- Daiwa SF 706
Line- WF-4-F
Rod- 8'
Flies- Yellow Popper w/Black Ant trailer

Avg size caught



















These Crackers were a blast on the flyrod. 

Mack

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4 comments:

  1. Feather ChuckerAugust 2, 2011 at 2:30 PM

    Sorry I never called you over the weekend. I hung pretty close to home. To fish where you guys were getting those stripers I'd need more lead time. To get the OK from my better half.

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  2. UnknownAugust 2, 2011 at 9:11 PM

    Hope you recover quickly Mack. Those were some nice shell crackers you caught.

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  3. MackAugust 2, 2011 at 10:57 PM

    Thanks Jon, Hope to be fishing in a few weeks.
    Also, for some reason I can't post comments on your blog now. I dont know if it is my computer or something else wrong????

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  4. South Georgia Kayak FishingSeptember 4, 2011 at 7:17 PM

    I gotta try the popper with the ant trailer trick! Great idea!

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