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    Default Public waters /Public "fishing" dock .....a hair over 17 inches


    Never say never and always be prepared , the fish of a lifetime might be the next one .
    Raining cccold and windy and i was the ONLY one at the park ...wonder why ? Lady at the gate looked at me like i was nuts when she gave me my pass and said you don't look dressed for this weather , I told her, I am just stopping in for about 20 minutes , I am actually supposed to be visiting a customer out this way .Said she understood and her husband was very similar to me ....
    only managed 2 bites and both were parked on the bottom in 15 foot of water . The second fish though was a real brute of a white crappie for these parts . A hair over 17 inches and the world will never know what she weighed as I set her free after a few photos . I imagine she was in the 2 plus some range pretty easily and didn't think I even hooked a crappie when I set the hook .Was using a tadpole type of plastic in lime chart and just so happened to grab my whale beater rod out of the back seat , i don't think i could have hoisted her up on that tall platform without it ....she was plum full of what I think were eggs as well .....
    lucky me I didn't go light like I have been lately ....
    hope you enjoy the read and photos .....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ketchn View Post
    Never say never and always be prepared , the fish of a lifetime might be the next one .
    Raining cccold and windy and i was the ONLY one at the park ...wonder why ? Lady at the gate looked at me like i was nuts when she gave me my pass and said you don't look dressed for this weather , I told her, I am just stopping in for about 20 minutes , I am actually supposed to be visiting a customer out this way .Said she understood and her husband was very similar to me ....
    only managed 2 bites and both were parked on the bottom in 15 foot of water . The second fish though was a real brute of a white crappie for these parts . A hair over 17 inches and the world will never know what she weighed as I set her free after a few photos . I imagine she was in the 2 plus some range pretty easily and didn't think I even hooked a crappie when I set the hook .Was using a tadpole type of plastic in lime chart and just so happened to grab my whale beater rod out of the back seat , i don't think i could have hoisted her up on that tall platform without it ....she was plum full of what I think were eggs as well .....
    lucky me I didn't go light like I have been lately ....
    hope you enjoy the read and photos .....
    that is a great fish, but it sure looks like your measuring stick goes from 15" to 18" in a very short distance seeing as how it is the same distance as the 15" is from the 14" mark.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ibmack View Post
    that is a great fish, but it sure looks like your measuring stick goes from 15" to 18" in a very short distance seeing as how it is the same distance as the 15" is from the 14" mark.
    perhaps the middle mark is 16" and not 15". if so, you need to mark a bit clearer for us if you are gonna post against that ruler
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    .....the marks start at 8 and are marked every 2 inches to 18 ..........yawl realize how lucky she was ? bought took her up the ranger station .....
    next visit I wiil take a tape and show ya ....and yes I put my hand on it at the 8 mark and it looks to be right accurate .....
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    Nice!

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    thats a TEXAN RULER ..................EVERYTHINGS BIGGER IN TEXAS

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    That is a mounting fish if I ever saw one! Congrats!
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    That is a beautiful fish,the mouth bigger then lot of bass. A big congrats.
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    Good fish there. Those little trips are the best sometimes.
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    Congratulations on a great catch!
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