After a two month break for hunting season, I decided to fill the fuel and oil tanks and go in search of the Stripers and Hybrids. I finally was able to locate them and started with two Urigs. I had a hunch that the fish might hit shallower Urigs than they did earlier in the year so I grabbed a couple of 1 1/2 oz. Urig frames.
On the starboard side of the boat, the 3 oz. Urig was running at 15 feet deep. The 1 1/2 oz. Urig on the port side was running 8 feet deep. I was able to verify the running depth with the Smart Troll system. I had placed a depth probe on each of the Urigs. The probes relayed depth and temp data back to the receiver which was in turn relayed to an Android device in the boat providing real time depth data.
The first fish hit the shallow Urig and it was a double. Two 8 pounders on one Urig is a good way to start the trip. I then added two more Urig rods running the 1 1/2 oz. frames.
Then I trolled over an nice school.
This is what the fish looked like on the Downscan ...
As I trolled through this school, all four rods were hit and I landed a total of five fish. One of the Urigs had two fish, 13 and 9 pounders ...
Here is a better photo of the larger fish ...
One of the benefits of being able to observe bait depth in real time is that if you pick up debris on the Urig, usually the depth reading will change. I noticed that the deep Urig had raised about five feet. When I reeled it in, there was a walleye on one of the jigs.
Fish count for the afternoon was seven Striper/Hybrids and one Walleye, not bad for the first trip after hunting!
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Tims Ford on Friday
