Fishing for Hybrids on JPP

[aero320]

Went to JPP on Sunday afternoon to fish for hybrids. Created a video with GoPro and uploaded to YouTube. The link is:

http://youtu.be/sEV146xbzoc

Some of the video has a green cast to it (must have been something I did wrong with the camera).

Total for the afternoon was nine hybrids (ten pounds was largest), one Rockfish, two channel cats, one drum, and a bunch of white bass.

[XxthejuicexX]

Nice fish sir, that's a nice way to spend the afternoon. I was out there bass fishing the weather was fantastic. You fish upper, mid, or lower end?

[FloatNFish]

Way to go aero! Looks like you had a good day out there! How big are those weights you're using for your down lines?

-Alex

[aero320]

Way to go aero! Looks like you had a good day out there! How big are those weights you're using for your down lines?

-Alex

Alex, they are a couple of ounces. I have six down rods with live shad that like to swim together. The heavy sinkers keep them from tangling. The boat is moving at 1.0 mph and the heavier weights keep the baits down better.

[Adrian]

Is there anyone watching this that doesn't want to go with you?

[TNtroller]

is there anyone watching this that doesn't want to go with you?


x2 :)

[ThrillSeeker]

Great video Aero. How deep were you catching them?

[Alphahawk]

Congrats on a good day.


Regards

[TNBronzeback]

great fish and great video!
its always fun watching you guys that make videos and post them on here of what your catching and when!
There have been some really good ones in the past!

[creekcrappie]

Fun video to watch. Thanks for posting.

[aero320]

Great video Aero. How deep were you catching them?

Sinker was 18 feet deep.

[nomad60]

Cool video, and nice fish.

[MNfisher]

Sweet stuff!


Mike

[jad2t]

That's an awesome video! I'm anxious to figure out these fish this time of year when they're deep. I've only been able to catch them in April when they're shallow and very active. I'm always in my kayak but no stranger to trolling from it. I thought you said you had shad but in the video it showed paddletail jigs, were you using some of both?

I was marking some schools in 20 feet of water the other day at Hamilton Creek that I think were Hybrids. I trolled over with a deep diving crank and lost it :(

I may give this a shot next time I'm out. Double rigged 1/4oz jigheads with paddletail grubs? I use 10lb mono with a 20lb flouro leader so I should be set. Will you tell me what kind of paddletails you were using? I'll go pick some up this week.

[Transplanted Sportsman]

great video Aero!!! thanks for sharing!! have you hit Tims this year yet for hybrids or striped bass??, I'm thinking about giving it a try soon

[aero320]

That's an awesome video! I'm anxious to figure out these fish this time of year when they're deep. I've only been able to catch them in April when they're shallow and very active. I'm always in my kayak but no stranger to trolling from it. I thought you said you had shad but in the video it showed paddletail jigs, were you using some of both?

I was marking some schools in 20 feet of water the other day at Hamilton Creek that I think were Hybrids. I trolled over with a deep diving crank and lost it :(

I may give this a shot next time I'm out. Double rigged 1/4oz jigheads with paddletail grubs? I use 10lb mono with a 20lb flouro leader so I should be set. Will you tell me what kind of paddletails you were using? I'll go pick some up this week.

The side rods have live shad that were caught earlier in the day with a cast net, the back rods had the the jigs. This time of year the hybrids will be schooled on points and on humps in the main lake. The paddle tail lures I was using are the Charlie Brewer Sliders (3") for Bass/Walleye/Stripers. My favorite color is the white with chartreuse tail and the chartreuse with black specs. A photo of the packages is attached.

http://i60.tinypic.com/2daingj.jpg

My favorite trolling bait for hybrids is a 1/2oz. white jig (get the saltwater ones at Bass Pro) with a 4" Chartreuse Sassy Shad pulled with down riggers. If you don't have down riggers, you can use a snap weight system to get them at the correct depth. If I am trolling with the outboard, about 2.5 MPH is as slow as it will go. I let 50 feet of line out, add a 3 oz. snap weight, then let out another 75 feet of line. This will get your bait at the correct depth. You can use a heavy sinker and rubber band for the snap weight if you don't have the snap weight system.

[aero320]

great video Aero!!! thanks for sharing!! have you hit Tims this year yet for hybrids or striped bass??, I'm thinking about giving it a try soon

I got on the hybrids two different afternoons in March on live shad but have not been back to Tims Ford since. I will troll there later in the summer in the dam area with my Great Lakes planer board setup. If I could consistently net shad at Tims Ford, I would prefer that lake over JPP.

[aero320]

Went back out at daylight this morning and went through three dozen live shad!

[FloatNFish]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing all the info! I can't wait to get back out there.

Any good ones this morning?

-Alex

[Dakota]

Really an awesome video, nice job.


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[agelesssone]

Where did you catch your bait and how big a bait do you use?

[StriperFan]

That is a great video, fun to watch.