I Took My PUPPY Fishing

[@jeffdicks]

Note to self: Don't let Abby lick every single fish next time. Let's just say the slime went right through her... for a few days..

[@Paddleheads]

😆😆😆That sounds rough.

[@warford]

Haha what a good girl she is! Too bad about the slimey situation afterwords 😂

[@deannicholle]

Awesome video. Abby is definitely a good luck charm. Nice pike you got too.

[@jeffdicks]

Thanks! Yea she certainly is! For a 28" pike, he faught pretty good! We had him for dinner the next night too!

[@deannicholle]

@@jeffdicks I’m trying to catch one to try. Just not having much luck at finding one.

[@lightningstryke100]

Great way to spend time! Good to see you posting again!

[@jeffdicks]

Haha Thanks so much! I have a pretty decent backlog if videos I'm working on right now, so more to come! (They're all kayak fishing related!)

[@evankilburn9954]

Really enjoyed the video! Im a new fisherman in the Kawartha region who just got their first boat. I have no idea how to troll diving cranks for pickerel. When I put them behind the boat like 20ft back they keep popping up to the the surface.

[@jeffdicks]

Hey Evan! Thanks for the kind words!! Truthfully, trolling is still not something I'm very confident in, simply because like you, I'm fairly new to it, but I have picked up a few things from other KZbin videos and my friend, Joe Spence, Captain of Blue Rock Charters here in the Kingston area. The key is the amount of line out, and the speed of your boat. Every crankbait will dive differently depending on those two main things. There are other factors too like line type, diameter, leader type, etc, but speed and line out are the main two. 20ft back is most definately not enough line out for pretty much any deep diving crankbait. You mentioned your baits are popping up to the surface, it sounds like you're moving waaaay to fast. Most diving crankbaits work their best between 1.4ish - 2.2ish miles per hour. For reference, when I'm trolling crankbaits, I have anywhere between 60-130 feet of line out depending on the gear and type of lure i'm trolling, and I'm generally in the 1.5 - 1.8mph speed range. The best thing you can invest in for trolling is a line-counter reel. They will tell you exactly how much line you have let out and makes it super easy to replicate what is working. Example, if they are only biting a Berkley Flicker Minnow 9D when you have out 80ish feet of line and moving at 1.7mph. If you can figure that out, you can easily replicate it over and over again. There is another way of judging your line out, but it works best if you're using a bright color of braided line. I have, in the past before I got a couple of line counter reels, just measured out my line and marked it at 10ft increments with a sharpie. That way you can just count the amount of 10ft lines that you've let out and get, at the very least, an idea of how much line you have let out. There are also apps out there you can download to your phone that will give you a pretty good idea of how many of the most popular crankbaits will behave at different speeds and line lengths. The one I use the most is called Troll Master Depth Calculator, but another one called Precision Trolling is good too. They are both paid apps, but do their jobs pretty good.

[@Paddleheads]

haha Fun video dude. I wanna know how you're so good at calculating the percentage of catch chance xD. you definitely need Abby on some more trips!

[@jeffdicks]

hahaha I've had lots of practice calculating catch percentages. I've learned over the years that it's almost always 0 percent. 😂

[@myintuition2011]

What size garage are you putting your 1625 in?

[@jeffdicks]

Mines a 20ft long garage, but my boat lives in the driveway most of the summer.