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    So decided to give Jesup a break & fish an old haunt to see how things are doing @ Harney. The gamut would turn out to be: lake, creek, river, sun, cold, wind, current, specks 3"-14", (4) mud fish, couple nice keeper war mouth, & (1) big ole shell cracker. Launched @ 8am, 1st pass trolling lake 10 fish no keepers, but good sign=their biting, however, upon seeing the sites ahead, realize there is 4 boats in the only area I've consistently caught fish this yr @ Harney.....soooo get grumpy or seek a new opportunity??? Chose the later & always look for signs to make decisions, this 1 was wind, which was starting to make rollers by10:30, so let's check-out Deep creek. Switched over to float/jig set-up & wouldn't be long before buttoning up w/a healthy 12"er, went on down the shore & only picked up 1 more keeper, but to my surprise didn't see many other boats of people getting out of the wind, so thought I haven't trolled Deep creek in some time, let's give it a go. Set out the short poles & @ dead middle of the day made about 5 runs 1pm-3pm & yielded 6 more keeper specks, including a beefy 14"er. W/fight of the mud fish & the occasional war mouth, was going to call it a so-so afternoon in hopes the wind has subsided a little to cross the lake, NOPE, crawled back as you can see the wave slap in pic below. Got to the St. John's part of the run to ramp & realized I had 8 fish in the box. Stopped to release the fish & some "LUCK" would present itself as I was distracted by fish busting the surface near the shoreline, didn't know what they were, other than know they weren't gar as they were rolling instead of needle nose snipping. Well gotta check this out, w/perfect spot to drive the boat onto the bank into a fixed position. Good current rolling into a back eddy that musta trapped bait fish. Deployed the CDC rod, Thanks Slab, picked up @ last Slabfest, teamed it w/cigar weighted float & 4ft leader 1/16 jig, dressed w/Mo-glow BG baby shad. Excitement through the roof when the 1st fish runs hard sideways & it's a stud 10" shelly, thinking 10 of these & I'm keeping today's catch. But not to be...& it gets even better as the next 20 fish in about a hrs time is 1 speck after another & 10 more for the box out of the lot.....Can't think of a more awesome way to end the day on a flurry like that, tight lines & final report note, parrot color was the best trolling color....
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    good day. you had to work at it a little , but you made it into a good day. Thanks for taking us along for the ride.


    another good day at the office !
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    Man, Jeffrey, did you do a long, time-consuming post!!...I already know- I resemble that remark Nice read, and great segue from running the gamut-escaping the gauntlet-ending @outlet(electric knife plug-in thingy)
    Enjoyed your Harney Hoorah!!

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    Awesome job, awesome scouting that paid off well. Great pics, thanks for sharing.
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    Fight the wind, catch the fish. Way to go Jeff!!
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    Nice Job
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    Good job Jeff, but you usually do put in more time than some of us do and get the reward. That cracker is a stud, I’d take those any day. I too get beat up in the chop, hard in a flat bottom rig. Glad all went well at the end.
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    Great report. Thanks for sharing your trip. Harney used to be a great speck factory. Not sure why it has slowed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeepjock View Post
    Great report. Thanks for sharing your trip. Harney used to be a great speck factory. Not sure why it has slowed.
    Jeepjock there is a direct correlation between the Irma hurricane that road up the St. John's & the poor fishing on Harney the last couple yrs....being a shallow area= puzzle lake many fish died off in the oxygen depleted areas & vividly remember Rt.46 ditches being lined w/dead fish, all species....good news is, starting to throw back many of next yrs fish, so the bounce back appears to have a healthy future.

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    Quote Originally Posted by skeetbum View Post
    Good job Jeff, but you usually do put in more time than some of us do and get the reward. That cracker is a stud, I’d take those any day. I too get beat up in the chop, hard in a flat bottom rig. Glad all went well at the end.
    Tim I'm sorry to hear of your experiences w/your flat bottom boat....I have nothing but praise for my small skiff, it satisfies every aspect it was build to do for me reliably & thank the Lord every second spent in his creation chasing some kind of fish Ran the Gamut ideally something w/spec's

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