Many here know Rickie (rnvinc) as the marine electronics and machinist guru. There have not been many here who have helped more folks with technical issues than Rickie has. I’m also proud he’s my 1st cousin.
Had a great time on Grenada the last few days with Tman and Pico Lures (Mitch). Tom and Shelby were wonderful hosts and we got to share great food with old and new friends.
This was my 2nd year to fish the PTG event. Ron and Patsy put
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I’ve used Slab Sauce on jigs since day one. I always have it in my boat within reach. I see these commercials for sticky attractants that walleye guys use on their trolled stick baits. I just never put it all together until I saw BillBob ask
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Had a hilarious day Friday when Tom and Mitch joined Adam and me. We laughed from start to finish as we taught Mitch the finer points of pulling Off Shore planer boards.
The most fun was when Mitch hooked a pig of a blue catfish
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We left the lakes to the Holiday lake lice Saturday,Sunday midday on, and Monday. We decided to slip away today and do what Vicki does best, pull crankbaits.
We got an early start to try to set up a pattern. This year on KY Lake
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Every spring I hold my breath to see how TVA will manage the water levels during the crappie spawn on KY and Barkley lakes. We have had too many years where the crappie hit shallow water to spawn then the powers that be pull the plug, leaving
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We didn’t have the finish we hoped for but we had a wonderful week. The Crappie Masters National Championship was all it was billed to be. The best of the best were there for the top prize.
I needed to set up my gear for next weeks Crappie Masters National Championship on Grenada. I didn’t see a break in this weather so I decided to get out today by myself. A big part of our tactic next week will involve Off Shore planer boards.
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Back to the real world. Not much down time when you are scheduled every day.
Justin kept saying we need one more good bite. We went to the wire before we culled a .88 with a 1.25. I guess one is always looking for that
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Thanks for all the calls, PMs, and kind words. I guess Justin and I got everybody fired up about this tournament when we were at Grenada last week. This was my first true crappie tournament and 1st competitive fishing event in
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Had the chance to fish with a good friend and a couple who are his great friends. My buddy has only fished cranks with me once, his friends never. Actually they have very little crappie experience.
Justin (Finiman) from the Indiana Forum had been promising me he would let me know when water conditions and the sauger bite were good to go. I haven’t sauger fished the big rivers in 25+ years and wasn’t very successful then.
When I decided to get into the crappie guiding game, I already had years of experience dealing with folks I didn't know and would probably not cross paths with but once as a snow goose and duck guide. I had also been so lucky to have made
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