40w and I caught a mess of fishes yesterday on Bartholomew lake. After a little trial and error we finally settled on pitching 1/32 hand ties (gold and chartreuse) on trees anywhere from 3 ft of water to 9ft water.
40 and I made our first ever trip to Woolen lake in Hebert today.
Kept enough for a mess but were a long way from wearing them out. Being our first time I wasn't sure were to start so I dropped motor near the ramp and went to
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40 and I started out in the shallows searching for some early scouts. Didn't catch anything shallow. 40 did hang a good female (probably 1.75) He got her to the top of the water and led her over to me where I swiftly knocked her off the hook
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Dad and I made a trip today, got to ride and look at all those once hidden stumps and figure I may as well practice my hand modeling while we're there.
All fish caught tight lining jigs on stumps 3 to 4 ft deep. Makes me happy
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Back to river for some more therapy. Fish tried to trick me today. Water done fell out and fish done left the tops I found em in friday. Had to run and gun today spot hopping on the search for some fishes....
Brought my daughter Mckenzlie out with dad and I to get some thump lessons in. I let her sit on the deck in front of me and fish most of the day while I coached her on.
She did well overall. Took a while to get the hang of pitching
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Started out on south end of the point this am. The crappie bite was pretty slow all morning. Looked and sounded to be slow for everyone. Wish I could say the same for the goo but they were out in full force today, caught at least 2 dozen, maybe
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Dad and I made a run to poverty point this morning. Fished deep water on south end. Started out well on shiners. They boated 11 out of the first 12 fish and out fished jigs all day. The best jig combo I got on was key lime pie on a pink head,
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Had a good day Monday keeping 33 on a bayou off the river. Water is falling fast, shad on top everywhere you look. Couldn't buy a bite tight lining jigs. After an hour of nothing I pull out the ultralite and start casting a spinner, bam
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