We had a front blow in this last weekend here in north Texas . Wind was blowing right firmly for sure and it seemed to be an overcast waste of time at the onset of the water visit .
Dropped a pretty blue bait in the water and KABOOM right
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That is "falling" diagonally bite I should say ....
Hit my dock spot at lunch time , zero takes .....
was kinda in the hmmm mode and pitched my jig out to let it "fall" back to me beside a boat in the slip
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Hit your favorite lake yesterday my friend , have not been there since you left years ago , the crappie are still there in ridiculous high numbers like always .
Sure missed ya , used some of what ya showed me out there a bit and tried
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Many would tend to think since it's a 10 minute drive , the "Brook" would be my baby ...ie .....Home lake ....
Full of timber and white crappie, black crappie and mohawks too , and for sure a sling festival if you know the lake
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But I was mostly only in the audience .....
sure was fun though , man did they ketch some fish .
a few small bass and bluegill and red ear and even a dandy ole timer hybrid sunfish too ....
lots of bent rods and banter
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Bought got hammered a few times and then it became clear it was time to go ,these types of summer ish squalls move right fast and furious in these parts .
got lightly rained on twice and then the light show on the next storm and its quick
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So in my never ending quest to help those that seem to want it , here is a simple and quick regular in these parts scenario and the How to hammer them farm pond crappie in such conditions . Note the sketch to simplify the instructional bla
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So once again even though it might be said and practiced with great success , in some spots and at certain times color DOES matter.
Case in point was an exactly same spot day 2 totally different weather conditions. Storm rolled thru and
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will git it dun !
dusted one of my off crappe.com ballcaps and wore me an older version crappie.com t-shirt from the website store yesterday after work.
captain of the boat had on his crappie.com ballcap I gave him too.
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Went like this , no alcohol involved , no fancy party , no fireworks ....EXCEPT for the family time spent ....
doing what we enjoy and of course that is some .....
get ready for it ....
here it comes ....
K A B O O
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Sometimes in certain circumstances, a lack of exposure could be your downfall. Wanted to say Merry Christmas to my friend that owns the dock I frequent on my lunch breaks.
After saying Hello and Merry Christmas and handing a big ole Christmas
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Now mind you this about that , this aint about the demogrogon and stranger things , nor is it about the boat gone over .
It is about emulation and the need to think outside the box at times to ensure a solid ketch rate .
Years ago
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H found it at a flea market brand new , got it for ONE dollar...
Eagle claw collapsing combo ....
Super wimpy , no backbone....
We named it the "baby rod" ...
Tied on a limits Tackle split tail and ....
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To my very good friend Ez , Saturday was the last chase for us in Ft. Worth. He is on his way down/up the road this week.
To say I will miss him is the understatement of the year, been about 10 years now and to be very sure this post
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Went back to the river at lunch yesterday, you all and I know how a good bite around the corner is like a magnet to steel ....
Wore a Crappie.com T shirt this time to see if it might make a difference. These here scientific studies into
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Have not pursued the crappie from the bank on the might Trinity river in downtown Ft. worth for a few years with any luck at all.
Pretty much gave up on them as they seemed to have gone missing and never did return. Not sure why, who
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