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| Fishing Forum > Georgian Bay & Lake Huron > ZMAN GRAPH SHADZ FOR MONSTER WALLEYE |
| Posted by: InformativeAngling Nov 15, 2024 - 04:58 pm |
| Got out on the water with the brand-new Z-Man Graph Shadz, and let me tell you…it delivered. This bait hooked some absolute giants, and I couldn’t be more impressed with its action in the water. Check out my latest video where I break down how this game-changing bait gets it done! [YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/oCoF71eDiHw[/YOUTUBE] |
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| Posted by: iplaay Nov 16, 2024 - 09:32 am |
| Wow! I can watch you all day long. Whoops, i'm drooling again. |
| Posted by: InformativeAngling Nov 16, 2024 - 10:43 am | ||
I am flattered  Thank you!! |
| Posted by: crappeeeman Nov 18, 2024 - 05:17 pm |
| Just got back from another four nights in the Kawarthas. Wanted to watch the video on the T.V. to get a sense of the size of those walleye. Beautiful trophy walleye, now you will be searching for even bigger. The addiction/adventure continues. |
| Posted by: Flukes Nov 19, 2024 - 12:05 am |
| Those are some huge walleyes. Those would be BOQ-szied walleyes. Very nice and cool looking bait....maybe good for ice fishing too. |
| Posted by: InformativeAngling Nov 20, 2024 - 10:31 pm | ||
Yep always looking for that new PB! How was your trip to the kawarthas?? |
| Posted by: InformativeAngling Nov 20, 2024 - 10:32 pm | ||
Yep Georgian Bay is a trophy fish factory for sure!! Its funny you say ice fishing because I meant to try and see how this bait would work vertically but never did! I too suspect it might be killer on the ice!! |
| Posted by: crappeeeman Nov 20, 2024 - 11:37 pm | ||||
Had a blast, each night was different from the last. First night was cold and windy, I mean just freezing with walleye. Second night was crazy walleye, lots of small and medium walleye. Third night was, where are the fish night. Fourth night was all about fat crappie. It's all on the Kawartha board. |
| Posted by: InformativeAngling Nov 20, 2024 - 11:41 pm | ||||||
Thats awesome, sounds like you had a great time!!! |
| Posted by: crappeeeman Nov 21, 2024 - 10:09 am | ||
Yes, anytime on the water is great. The second night was amazing with walleye everywhere, fishing from the shore. And the fourth night just as exciting with big crappie everywhere, fishing from the boat. Not bad for an old guy, in an old boat, with an old but reliable motor. Oh ya, and no electronics ever in my fishing, from the boat or from shore. LOL. |
| Posted by: crappeeeman Nov 21, 2024 - 11:18 am |
| Just to clarify so nobody yells at me. Sonar is a great tool for safety and mapping on all lakes. I think electronics are an asset for big water lakes, or small deep lakes. It can be difficult to locate fish on these types of lakes. Is sonar needed on lakes similar to Sturgeon, Cameron or Balsam to find fish? I don't think so. I have always thought that it takes the mystery out of fishing these types of lakes. For me the anticipation (waiting) for that bobber to go down is the essence of the adventure. Or retrieving a cast, and not knowing exactly when the fish will attack my lure. The unknown outcome of that moment is why I fish. Seeing into the future on a sonar screen and knowing the fish is about to strike doesn't interest me. I could be wrong but old school fishing, is still the best school of fishing. For me anyways. |
| Posted by: InformativeAngling Nov 21, 2024 - 12:36 pm | ||
I completely agree, this is how I grew up fishing and it was the best! The one thing electronics will do now that is impossible to do without them is select for big fish! I have caught many many fish in my short life and after you reach a certain point its the big fish that interest you! With these electronics, it allows me to skip hundreds of fish a day that i know are good quality fish, but are not the potential trophy I am looking for! To your point about shallower lakes, you 100% do not need electronics, but like you said when it comes to things like targeting suspended fish over deep water which are often above average sized, it is the biggest game changing piece of equipment ever released to the public. The fact that you dont have to troll to somewhat effectively target these fish which have remained virtually unpressured for many many years, is just unbelievable. But yes not seeing the bite before it happens definitely gets the heart pumping!!! |
| Posted by: crappeeeman Nov 21, 2024 - 04:37 pm |
| At the rate you are catching monster walleye and taking your age into consideration, the inevitable will happen. You will either come very close, or break the Ontario walleye record. I am still trying to break the Ontario crappie record, coming very close once. Good luck chasing the Monsters. |
| Posted by: InformativeAngling Nov 21, 2024 - 05:26 pm | ||
I mean that would be incredible, time will tell! Will be very difficult to beat 36.5!! Sure would be fitting to have someone with the username crappeeeman be the crappie record holder, go get em!!!!! |
| Posted by: Flukes Nov 21, 2024 - 11:07 pm |
| ...then you may have to change your handle to "walleyeman". Would be cool to see it happen in one of your videos. |
| Posted by: Flukes Nov 21, 2024 - 11:15 pm |
BTW, also love old school fishing for panfish and shallow water species esp. in areas I know well and have fished alot...in those cases, there is absolutely no need for sonar (so almost always leave he extra weight at home). Some species (like what I have been targeting, WF), without a sonar, there is far too much water to cover (they can be quite shallow at times (my shallowest was in less than 10' of water) and can get into water over 100' but I generally don't try to fish in water too much deeper than about 60-70' - just takes too long to get the lure down to them). And the other thing with this species, seeing how they are react to your lure can help to increase interest in biting....I am still learning alot about how to get non-commital fish to commit. And it seems what works changes frequently too. At some point, I will have a pretty decent idea where to target them when and with what presentation. Then I think I will depend much less on the sonar...weeellll....maybe not for WF  |
| Posted by: Flukes Nov 21, 2024 - 11:18 pm | ||||
Let us know if you try it ice fishing. The ice fishing came to mind when you were showing in your video how that thing moves in the water. If they have smaller ones, I would think they should do quite well with ice fishing perch on Simcoe too. |
| Posted by: InformativeAngling Nov 22, 2024 - 12:30 pm | ||
Hahah I would change it to walleyeman but although my content is currently more walleye focused, I do plan on releasing more content targeting other species! I love whitefish, perch, lake trout,bass and pretty much everything that swims!If i could be out there everyday I would make videos targeting a much broader range of species! If I ever catch a record walleye on camera that will probably be the highlight of my life and if that happens it will definitely be something I make a video on without a doubt!! |
| Posted by: InformativeAngling Nov 22, 2024 - 12:35 pm | ||
Well said, I completely agree! |
| Posted by: InformativeAngling Nov 22, 2024 - 12:35 pm | ||||||
I will definitely let you know! I know the lake trout wont resist! |
| Posted by: Longshank Nov 28, 2024 - 03:51 pm |
| Finally had a chance to watch this. Wow is an understatement......you got tanks and more tanks....I don;t have live scope and never will, but certainly see the advantages of watching how the fish react to the presentation. I was drinking a beer while watching and saying ya.......fish on e every time finally......been useing Z man for years and just love them.for the next open water season I'm going to try Northland eye candy though cause I love the flotation and durability on them  |
| Posted by: InformativeAngling Nov 29, 2024 - 06:04 pm | ||
Hahaha thanks for watching Longshank!! Im glad you enjoyed it! Zman makes some great stuff and so does northland, I really like their deep vee jigs its what I mainly use on my flukes! |