They are some great eating. Sounds like a great day of fishing
I fished Orange Lake this past Tuesday and after being skunked on crappie for the past two seasons, I got into the the shell crackers. I used grass shrimp on a bare hook, no weight, no float, on a 10' fiberglass pole with only about 7' feet of line. It took me half a day to figure out that method. They refused to bite with any kind of hardware, sinker, float, etc. I even tried to use a porcupine quill float and they won't bite with that on the line. I was fortunate there was little wind because trying to judge the line's movement in more than a slight breeze was difficult. I ended up with 4 slab crappie, about 3 lbs each, two with roe. I also caught 30 shell crackers and blue gills, and not one mudfish or gar. About 1/3 of the bream had roe but it was immature from what I could tell when I cleaned them. I was fishing in lilly pads in about 6 feet of water.
There was a breeze most of the morning, but about mid-afternoon the wind died, the lake was like a mirror and the fish turned on.
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They are some great eating. Sounds like a great day of fishing
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Way to persevere until you dialed in the free-line technique. The last time I was on Orange Lake was 1974, I really liked it. Always thought I would make it back one day. I guess through your post I did make it back, at least mentally. lol
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thanks for the good report
another good day at the office !
Good to hear the shellcrackers are active out here. I also have been wanting to make it out to Orange Lake / Lochloosa, but haven't made the jaunt yet. Thanks for the report!
That’s a day to be proud of. Love the crackers.
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Great report love all the details
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Sounds like you had a great day and figuered out a new technique to catch the bream. Thanks for sharing. If you caught four 3 pound crappie in Orange Lake I would like for you to be my tournament partner. I've never seen a 3 pounder come out of Orange Lake.
I’ve never seen a 3 pounder..