Thought yep , why not ,the dock was flat out full of them on the surface under the lights , thunk when in Rome and pitched to them some with my jig ......
Was waiting for a boat ride in the wee morning light and they were quite cooperative
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Is when we said that is likely the limit !
At 108 outside it gets a bit toasty on the brain matter and you start to resemble a full water cooler as you can't seem to drink enough water to keep up with the amounts of water leaving
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Sometimes when I bum a boat ride I offer up the ole back seat program . Because in the end it aint really gunna slow me up all that much !
Some complain they got backseated and I heard this many times from folks that are trying
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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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