C1bigocarp is a friend of mine from Manchester TN. A friend you can trust with the keys to your house kind of friend. We fished together a good bit when I lived there and made a few excellent trips catching lots of fish. The man knew his stuff
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You need more than just crankbaits when it comes to trolling for crappie. Most serious crappie anglers trolling for crappie will even have special gear. This list has everything and more for an angler that wants to be successful at trolling for crappie.
One thing you can either do with or without is a fishing buddy. Most trolling motors on boats have some type of autopilot mode allowing an angler to steer without physically driving the
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To fish hair, or not to fish hair, that is the question
The question is do you fish a hair jig in the summer months? It’s hot and the majority of crappie have migrated to offshore, deep water habitat feeding on schools of shad that are aimlessly moving from place to place. It might surprise you what we learned about fishing hair jigs in the summertime.
Fishing gets a little sweeter with time.**Time on the water, that is…. Said it numbers of time in the past.**You can have all those bells and whistles out there on your boat but nothing is more valuable than time.**
Started out on one big lake, moved along the bank probing brush and ended w 10 good ones in about 40 minutes. Then buddyfrom mark twain called who wanted to fish her lake between us so went to ramp to meet him and a neighbor. Now these r two
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May 20-21 grandfather and dad came to fish. Weather was a high of 83 mostly cloudy with water being 78 degrees. We pulled crankbaits bomber fat free fingerlings and bandit 300s about 1.7-2.0 mph with slab sauce and it worked well!!!
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Hit the water at first light and was casting out lines shortly afterwards. Only had a few lines out longlining before rods were bouncing. Was a good morning of fishing with limited boats for a Saturday. I met several boats headed to Lake Russell
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Earlier this week Nino was out and called me all excited, and rightly so. While he’s an experienced fisherman his time in fresh water is relatively new. He and I had found some fish last weekend and he returned to the scene. Others were fishing
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Water temp at 8:30 am was 69.2. Lake great lookiinng blue green. Wind about 4-5 mph out of the east. Trolling cranks speed was 1.6 mph to 1.9, if you went any slower the fish would swallow entire crank bait. Fishing 10-13’ of water running
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When cooking dried beans I like to wash then soak the beans overnight. To build extra layer of flavor I first sear the seasoning meat in bacon grease till a nice glaze is crusted on the bottom of the pot.
great trip to Reelfoot with some friends over the weekend. Caught big bull bluegill all weekend, jigged trees and pads with grizzly’s and crickets. The lake was devoid of fisherman
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Every once in a while in the fishing world everything lines up perfectly and you experience success beyond belief. Today was one of those days. First off, the weather was amazing, high 70's, light wind and not a cloud in the sky. Secondly,
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Our camp is a wrap for 2023. Good food, many laughs and good times on the water. Friday nights Liar's club kicked off the weekend. Spartannation smoked a great pork shoulder and everyone brought a dish to pass. A few stories were told and
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Had a chance to go fishing yesterday and my Dad was able to join me. We don’t get to fish together as often as we once did so I cherish those trips. I haven’t posted many reports but I’ve been catching a few when I’ve had the chance to go.
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