Cool breeze , slightly cloudy , low wind speed , not a soul on the lake but us, boat ran well , fish cooperated well , filled my freezer with big thick fillets .
AND it dont get much better than all that for sure
Sometimes
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Ok .....he said Ok and the others in the mix said Ok as well .....
So off we went to the land of are you kidding me crappie slinging .....
stopped said boat over some 2 year old bamboo in the white caps ....
pitched jigs and
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KABOOM ! Now we all know color is insignificant in the scheme of things and the lady with the clear curly tail on one rod and real minnows on the other will tell you this is fact as well .
Of course she only managed to ketch one small
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To say the set up was not to my liking would be an understatement, not sure how anyone could even ketch a fish with such a combo . the rod tip been broke off and a tip clued on 1 inch from the second eyelet . 15 foot maybe of braid on the spool
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Yep it is so , mini KABOOM says she is now quite officially better than ME at ketchn !
Now is it totally truthful , well it all depends on your perspective I suppose . Mom needed to visit the powder room at my friend's ranch and
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Maybe so , I don't know , but to be sure mid April here and big moon equals as good as the spawn gets most of the time .
Way back 50 years ago my calendar was marked for be sure to be on the SHORT water, hard after them in April .
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Before you go off and think this post has something to do with the recent weather ,let me set you in the right direction .
The Blizzard of 2022 is a frozen treat served at DQ .....just saying
So in order to get a preteen wanting
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We lightly smoked a turkey and finished it in the oven yesterday .
I hit the local dock to ketch a few crappie while it marinated .
The wife ran the dog at the corp. park while i pursued said fisheez .
and My daughetr found
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There was a day when I was a bit more energetic and quicker with my camera on my phone . That was not yesterday
Struggled to get images captured yesterday for sure in a stiff northwest wind and struggled a bit to get specimens for
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I was invited to visit a new to me pond in the middle of really really no where .
Was told big black crappie were biting in there just last week .
Got there after a bit of dirt work driving .
Was also told a large church group
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Got bought on Tuesday , Got wet on Thursday .
Took just 3 with me when I took my bud H to my private dock spot .
Introduction was the first order of things and he met the owner of the dock .
We of course fed the catfish and
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The definition of the phrase can take on many different meanings for sure .
Some might say certain techniques are or were an unfair advantage .
Some would go so far as to say certain electronics were an unfair advantage .
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Seems most all the docks get a beat down I frequent at some point , if it isn't one it is the other .
Lately it became obvious a small dock I like is getting the treatment .
jigs laying everywhere and all the boats now have rods
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By my house is around 250 to 300 yards away . It's really clear and really low this time of year . The dog and wife and kid stirred it up a bit in some spots when we walked over there today . Note the small bass looking at me with that what
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Will likely always be your FIRST one . So in an effort to be part of that scenario , we took the grandson to Ez's dock and put some KABOOM on them !
Told everyone as soon as he can walk well and talk well ,he and I will be off to ketch
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During the summer bite it pays to be on your best game , the bites are often so faint you think the slightest thing is a bite .
a turtle brushed a foot on my line as it swam sneakily by and I set the hook !
missed the turtle
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