banjo minnow

[Biz-R-OWorld]

speaking of Lakers in Lake George....my guide there told me that a client once caught a nice laker there 30"+ and when he went to filet it, found a small baby muskrat in the belly!

[KenH]

I'm actually not surprised. Trout/Char in general are serious predators and Lakers
are real gluttons. In Mongolia they have a trout called the Taimen that grows to
5-7ft in length and the locals use gophers for bait.

[Biz-R-OWorld]

thats crazy, yea the guide said sometimes he even found small squirrels, mice, etc...

[Roman G]

Bass will feed on small ducks, snakes, rats, baby racoons, anything small or large. I once witnessed a bass bust through the lilypads to snap off a flying crane. She failed ofcorse but goes to show how fierce they are. She was at least an 8 pounder, easy! what a sight.

[Biz-R-OWorld]

yeaa, I love catching bass on live sunnies....its funny when you catch a 14" Bass on a 7" live sunny.....crazy how big they will attempt to eat something.

[Roman G]

that aint nothing yet, i caught a 15 inch bass on an 8in swimbait lol i have a video somewhere. or a 6 inch bass on a 5in senco

if i find it i'll upload it.

[Cny]

yeaa, I love catching bass on live sunnies....its funny when you catch a 14" Bass on a 7" live sunny.....crazy how big they will attempt to eat something.

How do you rig the sunnies?

[Biz-R-OWorld]

I have only fished live sunnies from shore.  When I rig them live, I hook them through the upper back.  Set the bobber at like 3-4 feet deep and cast them out and leave the bail open.  I make sure to use a big enough bobber that the sunny can't get the bobber under the water...I sit back and watch the bobber move around as the sunny swims, usually the bobber starts going crazy and then goes under...I wait for it to be under for a while so I know the Bass swallowed the sunny, then I set the hook as hard as I can.  Sometime I have to stop the sunny from swimming into logs, etc....then I just cast it back out.

When I use cut up pieces of sunny, I usually catch bass or catfish.

[Cny]

Thanks for the tips Biz, I'm definitely gonna give it a try.

[Biz-R-OWorld]

yea just dont set the hook too soon....lots of times I used to set the hook too soon and didnt get the bass...I think they toy with the sunny or only put 1/2 in their mouth, wait a little then swallow the other 1/2

[KenH]

Fish often grab a baitfish then swim off with it to get it away from others
who might try to take it away, then stop and swallow it. With spiny finned fish like
sunfish they'll flip the fish around so that the sharp dorsal flattens out going down
to avoid getting stuck. Some old time bait fishermen make it a habit of waiting for
the second run before setting the hook.

[striperman13]

A friend and myself were fishing from a boat on chadwick lake a few years back and we kept seeing this splashing at the top of the water about 30yds away.We rowed over and it turned out to be 2 lmb.One was about 14 inches and the other was about 12 inches.The 14 inch had the 12 about halfway in its throat and it was stuck there.My buddy grabbed them and after about 5 minutes of trying finally got them apart.When he put them back in the water the 14 went right back after the 12 so he netted it and we rowed away and let it go about 50 yds away.Talk about being hungry.

[Coldstorage5]

My dad gave me a Banjo 600 kit. I rigged 3 weighted minnows. I will give it a shot in the next wk.

[Cny]

I have tried the banjo minnow on countless occasions since April in all the sizes/colors and the only bass i hooked up was when I used one of the med. sized minnows as a trailer for an old chatterbait I have. Lol it might be just me but I do not like them.