Was going to take this weekend off, but woke up this morning to a slight breeze (was forecasted for double digits @ sunrise) & decided to hook up the boat. No sooner than I'm ready to travel to my destination, Lake Jesup, the wind starts
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The wind was surprisingly calm most of the morning & it got down right hot by noon. Can't believe the surface water temp. got to 76F, when it was around 60F less than 2 weeks ago. Caught a ton of next yrs fish/throwback 10"ers &
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in a big way, from "MY" Crescent Curse...Yep had made plans to try & hoist a few 2lb. Crescent slabs over the rail, but as my once annually pilgrimage to Crescent=the same results, a big tease w/low #ers. The weather was IMO perfect
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Yep, got a late start OTW around 9 @ lake Harney due to shrimping Friday night & ended up packing it in around midnight (still a little early in the season it appears for the shrimp "Run")...So when arriving @ the ramp next morning,
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after reading the results of Crappie Masters tournament. Couldn't get over their final 2 day weight (50 entries) of almost 900 lbs. taken as well as the (3) 3#ers, Was going to travel, but weather was suppose to be rainy further North
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So decided to give Jesup a break & fish an old haunt to see how things are doing @ Harney. The gamut would turn out to be: lake, creek, river, sun, cold, wind, current, specks 3"-14", (4) mud fish, couple nice keeper war mouth,
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Well Phantom 309 met up & we launched bout 8:30 Saturday morning to temps in the 40's & wind 10-12 mph & would turnout to be the worst of the day, but never really fell under 7 mph.....what a trooper, he outlasted the thermos of
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in more ways than 1, however, sometimes the price of hardship is rewarded @ the end of the day...Mind you these things were self-inflected & a lesson or 2 can serve well, for the next time out. Was windy yesterday with patchy clouds, didn't
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Saturday morning too finish off 2020 with a Whammy. Didn't think it was going to happen, but was blessed with a window of opportunity that presented itself. Stayed close to home & didn't over-think things, just returned to lake Jesup to
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Last Friday went to test a new Fenwick rod I picked up to jig the bridge, extremely light weight paired w/tiny Pflueger Trion reel, was anxious to feel the thump, but produced only 2 small fish in 2 1/2 hrs, musta hit the 3/32 on the fall
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Sorry to miss ya Slab...seen most everyone launching, talked w/ Slim Jim, Bearlake "Slab-Daddy", & Skeet...Was suppose to fish Crescent, then earlier in the week found out Vic "Anchorman" had to return home, his story
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Yep, had all them conditions in a 3hr afternoon trip yesterday from 2:30-5:30 pm. The wind was the biggest nuisance, however, managed to boat a few good'uns between gust. They wanted to chew bubblegum as shown in the pic & caught the majority.
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Great time & fellowship, Big thanks Slim Jim for hosting & putting the event together, Slab for prizes & calendars, and all who helped along the way, I think all the boxes got checked....Big crowd as well, would have
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Was on the water in time too take a pic of the 2nd full "Blue" moon of the month, followed by the Sunrise & a pleasant cool breeze over 77F surface temp water. Had plenty of time to take all this in due to a pattern over the last
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With the forecast for a windy day, I probably should have had my head examined to pick lake Monroe as my destination, after all it's been a couple months since darn near getting skunked (last trip there) & Monroe waves are not kind to boaters,
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Well it's been a little time in the making, but final convinced Danny to do some speck fishing. We got on the water at 8am, & it looked bleak to start with water like glass & (2) fish to show for till about 11am then the wind picked
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