Aiming to log some additional water time on Lake Griffin for this Sunday's Bill Bobalooza Crappiefest, I had an opportunity to punch in @ daybreak. The predicted wind forecast was on target with gusts nearing 30 mph. Protected shorelines are
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It was a little bit cold when we first launched the boat, and didn’t warm up much either while Dr Phil and I were fishing the Tail waters of Watts Bar, plus all 5 turbines running and 10 floodgates open and the flow rate a healthy 69,994 cfs
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I’ve been waiting patiently for this time of year. It has been almost 3 months since the last I caught any crappie. Finally they started moving in but still a tad too far to reach unless I take the boat out or use lures that can reach them.
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Had a pretty good day out on Lake Beresford long line trolling plastics in the am yesterday. Both light and dark colors were productive as they were very cooperative. Boated roughly 40 and kept 20 who fit my 11 inch minimum to distribute
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Went this morning to one of our local lakes with my buddy and his wife. It’s tough but you can get them to bite. Hit a couple of our normal spots and first fish I catch is a nice 1 lb 15 oz crappie.
Started off overcast with the full Moon providing a better pic then the absence of the Sun. Went to a area that produced last time out, but no one was home. The weather man called for wind to be out of the SE up to 18 mph, really didn't pick
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I’m gonna say up front that this will probably be long winded and picture heavy.
Haven’t fished with Phil for too long so today was the day to hit it. I had gotten two new UL 6’6” rods, put some Japanese nylon line on them both,
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Fished this afternoon awhile . Caught several good ones . Biggest at 2.20 lbs . Did not release these , ran into a couple guys that drove 2.5 hours to get here and were having no luck .
It’s almost tournament time for crappie anglers. One of the most popular for crappie anglers is the Bass Pro Shops Crappie Masters. Bass Pro Shops Crappie Masters tournaments are setup for all crappie anglers to compete in for great prizes.
Bass Pro Shops Crappie Masters is not your normal crappie tournament trail. It’s open to all anglers with no qualifying tournaments, but you do have to qualify
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?The Boss (Wife) indicated she would be working late this afternoon and since we work at the same place and frequently ride together, I knew I had about and Hour or so to go wet a line real quick, maybe even get bit by a Panfish before
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Yesterday the wind was howling out of the east again . Left my glasses in my truck and it was cold so I did not want to run back the the dock . I could see fish on livescope but with high pressure and clear skies most were on or close to wood
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Well since the new baby was born my spare time went from little to none. I had lost all hope of getting a trip in before the new year, but the wife surprised me late Saturday night by telling me that our 2 yr old was gonna spend the night at
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I couldn't think of a better way to start the New Day, The New Month, The New Year and A New Decade than on the water with the first sunrise of the Decade.