A new pond! Walt & I checked out a pond we hadn't fished for years. Not a big pond mind you, about 70 acres. Lots of summer homes along the shoreline and not a great launch. But we've heard it has some decent crappie in it. We only had
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Hit the water about 5:20 and made 2 complete passes of my trolling pattern/area without hooking a single fish. Water temp was about 78, air temp about the same. Sort of surprised me; I figured it would have been a great night for getting some
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Went to Conroe and managed to land 11 crappie with 10 being over 11" up to 13". I never caught one throw back. Used smallest jigs available 1/16 oz with a 1.5" to 2" plastic bait with crappie nibbles. They did not want to
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Back to the basics. I took yesterday off (needed a mental break) and went to my favorite Ozark stream and fished for smallmouth. I used a new to me rod that a good buddy basically gave me. A Favorite Rods Jackhammer. It is a 7’ medium action
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on my to do list for quite some time. Four years ago, I was afforded the opportunity to enjoy yet another facet of my fishing diversity. I was gifted a kayak by my brother in North country who couldn't enjoy the fun but rigorous efforts of
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Well not really a slaughter. lol got a couple days off so im making the best of it. i found the water high and muddy. probed several spots till i found some bigger chunks. found them in 6fow 3ft down. jigged them up with BG baby shads with
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It was one thing after another for Walt & I, but we finally had an opportunity to hit the Quabbin Res. today together! When we started fishing a bit after 8 am, the air was a nice, cool 62 degrees! Quite a change from the brutal heat wave
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What do you do when the Crappie ain't biting and wifey needs a vacation, you go to Key West, and go fishing!
Well that's not 100% true. Wifey actually had a vacation planned to go to Key West with Tomtom and his wifey. Turned out they traded around for a stay there with one of those time share thingies I never understood. I may not understand time shares, but I understand vacationing......
One of the first thing really sweet about the B’n’M Pro Staff Trolling pole is how the reel fits in the reel seat. The lock nut holds the reel snuggly and firmly and the EVA Foam above the reel suits how I like to fish a trolling rod.
When I hold the rod above the reel, it has a well-balanced feel. That’s important when fishing multiple rods
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What’s ICAST? It’s the International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades or simply known by buyer, retailers and media as ICAST. The global recreational fishing event showcases the latest innovations in the world of sportfishing and numerous new products for crappie fishing from lures to rods and reels are revealed at the show.
A number of companies that design and sell crappie fishing related products
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Jeff and I took the newly made over Grumman boat for a ride this afternoon on the Grand River in Portland. Other than testing it for leaks, this is the first time I've had it in the water. Our goal was to run the motor, do a check of the electronics,
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I have a new friend now from Kentucky and was delighted and honored that he would make the nearly 4 hour trip down here for crappie lessons and fishing trip. He came down yesterday and stayed in a nearby hotel so that we could get an early
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After my last trip, I was hoping for a more relaxing evening and the crappie gods were agreeable with that request. I launched at 5:30 and pulled off at 8pm. I chose to go back to the smaller water and found it to have calm water conditions.
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