[Colella]

Went out on Lake Glenida in Carmel yesterday. It was slow all morning. Nothing on top. After a while I just wanted to try something out. I put on a 1 1/2 once slide weight on and dropped the sawbelly to right around 100 ft or so. Heard of big lakers being pulled outta there so why not right. Wouldn't you know it, strike guard popped with in 5 minutes. 8 lb laker. Turned into a good morning.

The smaller one is one from Kensico I caught on Sunday. About 5 to 6 lbs.

 

[flukerr]

Nice fish !

You have to love it when a plan comes together.....

Teach me, what is a " strike guard " ?

 

[DandJfish]

Nice Lakers

Plenty of Lakers in Glenida

. Some real big ones

. Mostly taken while trolling with lead core line as you need "as you just found out" to get deep. Some friends of mine "at certain times of the year" catch as many as 12-15 Lakers per day on Glenida. But you mut fish deep. Great catch. A strike guard is a device that clips onto your rod, when you get a strike, line pulls off of the open spool and a small flag goes up signalling the strike.

 

[Colella]

http://www.seafishingsupplies.co.uk...co.uk=Strike_Guard_Line_Guide&products_id=463

Copy and paste entire link above to view one.

A strike guard is a must have for trout fishing with sawbellies. It attaches to your rod right above where you mount your reel. You leave your bail open and snap the line into the strike guard. When a fish hits your bait it releases your line so the fish doesnt feel the tension. With trout fishing I usually count to 25 or 30 after the strike guard pops and let them swallow it. You can set it to different strengths so that even the lightest tap will trigger it or if your fishing in some current, heavy winds or something you can make it tougher. I dont fish with out them. I hear people us them for alot of other fish and I was thinking of using them for stripers.

 

[flukerr]

Thanks...

Thats what i thought. I have one, except when the line pops out a little red lite comes on with a beeping sound. I use it for cats at night......

 

[Colella]

Yeah thats the "high tech" version. I guess you dont mess around huh. hahaha Ill upgrade eventually.

 

[morning dew]

I use the low tech version - rubberband- strike guard is much better though - i like that you can fine tune the setting on them to a light tap or good hit- really helps if there are smallish perch around.

 

[CHEVY1]