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Location: NE PA | hey all,
I've booked a trip for the end of march with Tony Grant at the cave. I wanted to hear thoughts on baits and colors that work well early season at the cave. I already have the rattle bait portion taken care of, but what other baits are necessities in your box for this time of year. I have a decent selection of lures but am guessing that the early season will require me to downsize.. small cranks, clothes pin spinners, ect.. PM me if you would like and thanks in advance. |
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Location: Dixon, IL | Ask Tony Grant! I am sure many lures would work very well! |
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Location: NE PA | ILmuskie - 1/17/2014 8:47 AM
Ask Tony Grant! I am sure many lures would work very well!
I will definitely be picking Tony's brain, as well as reporting back on what was productive for me, but wanted board members thoughts/opinions as well. |
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Location: Planet Meltdown | I'll be fishing with Tony the first weekend of March. Hopefully the weather corporates. I plan on picking Tony's brain as well bit I'm pretty sure he will have everything you need to put some fish in the boat. This will be my first trip to Cave Run and I'm stoked! |
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Location: NE PA | brianT - 1/17/2014 12:01 PM
I'll be fishing with Tony the first weekend of March. Hopefully the weather corporates. I plan on picking Tony's brain as well bit I'm pretty sure he will have everything you need to put some fish in the boat. This will be my first trip to Cave Run and I'm stoked!
I'm going the last week of March. This will be my first trip as well. I am going to fish with tony the first 2 days and spend the following 5 days without a guide. I normally don't get cabin fever that bad because I can fish the river most of the winter However it has either been iced up or a muddy mess for nearly 2 months now and I am anxious to get out and wet a line. |
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Location: South-Central VA | 6-8" gliders and jerks in white and chartreuse.
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Location: Sycamore, IL | Shallow Invaders or Sledges in bright colors twitched and worked tight to shore/ cover have worked when the fish haven't been reacting to rattle traps. Have fun! |
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Location: St Paul, Minnesota | Me and my father did pretty well last Spring on Cave Run by jigging Bondy Baits down along the flooded trees that you'll see sticking out of the water in 15-20+ feet of water. You'll need some form of lure retrieval system as your lure can get stuck in the submerged tree branches and the webs of crappie line. It takes patience and you might even feel dumb at first if you've never tried it, but it's a unique and ideal situation to test your jigging skills and there will be good fish holding tight to those trees. |
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| ---- very bright colored rattle-trap type baits ,,,,, Tony Grant sells his 6" long "Super Rattlin' Shad" and a 4" long "Fat Belly Rattler" ,, Tony will set you up ,,, call/e-mail/text him ----- jim |
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| Not sure when this was filmed but it was a 40 lb cave run fish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK6LmezFofw |
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Location: NE PA | Thanks for all the replies guys! 8 weeks to go and I'm climbing the walls here with the river being frozen... Really looking forward to fishing with tony. Have heard a lot of good things about him. |
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Location: Planet Meltdown |
And where might these bright colored Bondy baits be available?  |
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Location: South-Central VA | Lennyg3, what dates are you heading down? I'm coming down with three buddies from PA on March 27-30.
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Location: NE PA | Leaving the night of the 22nd, and staying the week... Heading back on the 29th |
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Location: South-Central VA | Sweet, I'll see you down there!
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| Brian...cave run pro shop has them. Works down there for some reason. |
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Location: Planet Meltdown | Bondy - 1/30/2014 7:19 PM
Brian...cave run pro shop has them. Works down there for some reason.
Cool! Thanks for the reply |
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Must haves for early season Cave