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    It has been almost 2 months since Walt or I were able to hit the crappie together, due to medical situations. Seems to have settled down somewhat, so we decided to give it a whirl. We launched a bit after 8 am and started fishing at 8:15, with the air at 65 degrees and the water at a balmy 72 degrees. Breezy - with expected winds to kick up to 25 mph by noon. (No problem for us!)

    Here's what it looked like as we pulled away from the launch and headed out:

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    With the wind kicking, we elected to drift with 1/8 & 1/16 oz. ball heads dressed with a variety of plastics; including straight tails, paddle tails and marabou horseheads. The straight tails started out really kicking with 18 crappie in the first hour! The crappie were spread out in small groups:

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    And they suspended from 8' - 15' down. So we had our work cut out for us. By noon the "breeze" had morphed into 25 mph wind with white caps and tough going:

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    We gave up on the 1/16 oz. heads, sticking with the 1/8 oz. instead. This is about when I pulled out the Crappie Cranks that I won here in one our contests. Right off I got two nice black crappie. Problem was, with winds and cross winds, trying to keep the cranks from tangling with our other lines became a problem; so I didn't stick with them for too long. Enough blather.....here's some shots of the fish we landed and released, starting with one of mine:

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    And here's a close-up of that last picture in which, if you look closely, you can see a custom tied horsehead jig which "Skiptomylou" tied for me recently. He called it his "acid rain" color:

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    Boy, did the crappie like this one! Thanks Skip!

    All in all a great day to be out on the water. And here's a shot of our "tally sheet" for the day:

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    Like I said, 49 for 5 hours isn't bad.....but hardly great. We still enjoyed the outdoors today, along with fine companionship. Thanks Walt!
    "A voyage in search of knowledge need never abandon the spirit of adventure."

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    Congrats on a great day on the water! Glad to see that new color wiring!

    Thank you,

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    All right!! Glad to see you guys back out on the water!
    Thanks for the report, looks like a good way to get back in to the swing of things.
    Yes, I was talking to myself; sometimes even I have to ask for expert advice.

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