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    Took my nephew out fishing on the 4th, and much to my suprise all the bait shops in our area were closed. We decided to get some wax worms at a gas station and hit some bream fishing. We got really lucky and came across a nice crappie bed.
    We were fishing in 12' of water, but caught all the fish between 3-6 feet down. We would get snagged on the occasional tree branch, so I'm guessing someone put some trees in. We were about 30 yards off shore. They were hitting on waxies, nibblers, bare jig, it didn't really matter. We found a nice hole & they were hungry. Water temp was upper 70's.
    We ended up with 18 keeper crappie and 3 keeper bluegills. We threw back another dozen gills and close to 100 crappies between 5-7 inches. The biggest one is 13 1/2".
    Imagine my shock when that catfish took off with my jig.
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    Very nice.Keep up the good work:D

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    Nice looking fish. Those cats are always a surprise when your crappie fishing. Especially on them long rods!
    "If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles."

    Dave

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    Way to go. More good fiishing waters to ya!

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    Good looking catch. You are great roll model to your nephew, keep up the good work.
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    Great tale, and catch. Good on you!

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