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Post by mrktbcwh on Oct 26, 2017 6:57:17 GMT -5
I've been a duck hunter for 10 years, always wanted to try longtails on Lake Michigan. Anyone with experience doing this? For example, is it best to go the last week of November. Also, if you have any recommendations on guides. I'm wanting to do a mid-week hunt, if I can get my normal hunting partner to do the same. Thanks, Jason!
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Post by mrktbcwh on Nov 21, 2017 20:27:15 GMT -5
Well, we head out in the morning, supposed to meet at Two Rivers at 5:15AM, I will try to report back how we did and what the experience was like for those considering. It's our first time to give this a try.
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Post by mrktbcwh on Nov 22, 2017 9:12:02 GMT -5
Well, tried this morning, but during the safety check at the dock found an issue with the boat steering. Had to cancel today's trip. Once fixed, it will get rescheduled.
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Post by fishoil on Nov 22, 2017 15:28:16 GMT -5
How do you hunt them, layout boats or some other way? It looks like the wind was decent today, hopefully the wind gods will smile at you when you're ready to go again.  |
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Post by mrktbcwh on Nov 28, 2017 7:06:10 GMT -5
It is our first time, from what I can see there is 2 general approaches.
1) Hunt out of a big boat, paint it grey, hope the birds get close enough before flaring away.
2) Bring out a big boat (grey) and layout boat(grey), sitting low in the water, wearing grey clothes (rain suit), you will get wet from layout boat and the waves.
The guide was telling us the birds at night are out in 300 feet of water feeding on some kind of little water thing (water fleas? insects?) - can't remember. The deepest recorded depth of the birds is something like 280 feet, but they are eating that little water thing at night because it doesn't like the Sunlight, so at night it rises from the bottoms and comes further up in the water column, so that's when they eat that. Then during the daytime, they need to switch food sources to mussels. So, they move into 60 to 100 feet, for that, after daylight. Sounds like the quagga mussels are what they eat. So, I found all of that very interesting - what the guide was telling us.
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Post by fishoil on Nov 28, 2017 9:42:26 GMT -5
Thanks for the info. I've never hunted ducks but am amazed by the guys I see out on Green Bay and LBDN in layout boats. You probably won't ever see me in one, they're a little small for my taste.
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