Bankline success w/ pics
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loosegoose
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Been trying out a line of banklines for the first time this year. I set them out on my weekends and check them every morning. Baits used have been pork liver, bluegill heads, and nightcrawlers, with nightcrawlers having the most success. It's been going well, and the kids love it. We're checking in a kayak, so we get splashed plenty. It's been interesting seening how the river level changes every single day, I don't normally notice it. And I've lost a couple to bank cave ins, which was interesting. Thought I'd share some pictures
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Re: Bankline success w/ pics
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05/22/19 09:33 AM
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Aaron Proffitt
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I love limb lining . Not sure how much rain you've had , but crawlers are the ticket in areas that have had heavy rains . Well done !
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Re: Bankline success w/ pics
[Re: loosegoose]
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05/22/19 09:42 AM
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Allan Minear
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Congratulations on getting out after some fine eating fish ! I remember when both my daughter's were great helpers when they were that age ! Now it's grandkids for me that I hopefully will get them excited about spending more time in the outdoors. Keep up the good work ! Allan
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Re: Bankline success w/ pics
[Re: loosegoose]
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05/22/19 09:50 AM
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. . . And I've lost a couple to bank cave ins, which was interesting. . . . Drill a hole a couple feet up from the bottom of the bank pole through the PVC and tie a loop of trotline cord onto that. I half hitch a 2" loop in the middle of this cord so it sticks out when I tie this cord tight to the pole. Now you can take another piece of cord and bowline to that loop and tie off to a tree or whatever behind your bank pole so in case the bank does cave in or Moby Dick takes off with your pole it's still attached and you can retrieve it. Nice job with the little one. Frame that bottom pic and hang it in your office. Time goes by too quickly.
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Re: Bankline success w/ pics
[Re: loosegoose]
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05/22/19 10:56 AM
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Great family photo. Looks like a great place to raise a family.......jk
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Re: Bankline success w/ pics
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05/22/19 03:32 PM
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Ah the Big Blue! Try some live sunfish 2-3" long. This!! And good job!
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Re: Bankline success w/ pics
[Re: loosegoose]
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05/22/19 03:53 PM
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Thanks for posting. That story reminds me of my pre-teen years when I was running bank lines in the White River about 4 miles down river from Clarendon Arkansas. Best baits for me in those days were crawfish, baby 'grinnel' (bowfin), and chunks of white P&G soap. There were no flood control dams on the river then and my dad's quarter section of bottom land would become completely submerged in the Spring floods some years. Our house was elevated about 5 feet above ground on cypress blocks. Checking a trotline in our yard one Spring day I had caught two cottonmouth moccasins. They were about 3-1/2 feet long and with hooks in their mouths both had drowned in the currents. I cut off those two drop hooks without removing them from the snakes.
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Re: Bankline success w/ pics
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05/22/19 04:54 PM
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Gary Benson
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Used to be, fish could only get up the Big Blue out of Tuttlecreek as far as Marysville, but that dam washed out a couple years ago. Now they can get to the Barneston dam, and to Fairbury up the Little Blue.
Life ain't supposed to be easy.
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