Its springtime and the two things you can count on is crappie will be biting and the wind blowing. Crappie fishing guides Mike Meeks and Anthony Owens from Oklahoma knows all too well how strong winds can affect fishing trips in the springtime. Unfortunately having a busy guide schedule there is always days when the wind is blowing and they have to deal with it and still put clients on fish.
I got to go to Norman last weekend and again today. Today the weather was misty rain until 10 am then pretty windy, water temp 55-56. The fishing was slow, catching one here and there on deeper water docks. Most of the fish today were on
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After our day Wednesday, I figured I might as well go again this morning and try to beat the wind.
Forecast was for light winds this morning with a wind shift between 1 and 2pm. Launched the boat at about 8:30 and made our way back to
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When I was younger, I would love to watch WWE. It had everything from heroes to villains; including Andre the Giant to Hulk Hogan, but tag team matches were the best. The winning wrestling team also had something special that allowed them to win and much like today’s professional crappie tournament circuits fishing teams.
Before we dive into the subject of pro crappie teams lets apply the team theory to any two anglers
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Air temp was 40 at 0800 when I started fishing yesterday.water temp was 49. By the end of the day air temp was almost 70 and water temp was 57. Been catch fish from 4 to 14 FOW. Bigger fish suspended away from brush pile or on standing timber
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Life has been super busy and I had yet to get the new kayak to the water. Was able to get out yesterday and fish the ponds a Ditto and had an absolute blast! Caught tons of shorts but ended up keeping 13. Also dipped back into my bass fishing
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Windy today in central Ohio but with sunshine and 60 degree high the fish are thinking of spring and so was I. Fished my two 5ft aji do rods, one the 1G and the other the 5G. Reels were daiwa presso 1000s and abu garcia zenon 1000s. Two pound
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Decided to fish Da Bayou Lacombe Louisiana on Saturday.
This time of year when fish are in transition. Some finishing up their spawn, some starting to spawn and others getting ready to spawn. One must be ready to change plans
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and heart shakers , some of these here crappie sure enough take your breath away when they surface and make the ole thumper get busy during the final episode of would you like to hold hands with me please .....
one large
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My first ever solo trip to Diascund. I fished it once with Horseshoer many years ago. Arrived at 9:30 to find the parking lot full. Some kind of bass tournament going on a Thursday. Didn’t catch a fish until after 1pm.
I think I found my bluegill jig pattern and wanted to share how I make them since little bluegill are the main bait fish in many of the lakes that I fish. It's a four color pattern. First base coat is silver crinkle followed by pearl pepper.
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We went down to Naples/ft Myers area for week as I had house for us to stay at with his wife as planner. We hit every park, swamp and nature area there along with Edison and Fords winter homes. Short stop of Marco islands beach.
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I have given a limit to a couple different neighbors that are able to clean them.. Cleaned another limit for a old fishing friend with cancer. Took ladies at the fast food joint a several vacumn packed bags of fillets. One neighbor 82 but never
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Took my fishing buddy on a beat down yesterday. We caught 113 and kept a double limit . Swung them with Huckabee rods. I was using Takeum hand ties and he was using Southern Pro tube jigs . Fished sunken wood and artificial fish structures.
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