and heart shakers , some of these here crappie sure enough take your breath away when they surface and make the ole thumper get busy during the final episode of would you like to hold hands with me please .....
one large
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not many were ketched , maybe around 25 or so total fish , made us work to get bit ....
pattern was similar it seemed , but just less fish in the area is my guess
some bluegill and crappie and bass were ketched by the 3 of us
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Some of the herd was sure enough sporting rainbows of color .
just wow pretty in few cases .
took tiny jigs with a nibble on them in short water .
was right fun for sure .
many of those involved got put in an ice chest
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or Mohawk crappie
or black nose crappie
or magnolia crappie
or just a crappie god created to help you filet it better with built in knife guide lines .....
oh the ramblings and wonderings that go on inside my
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Datz rite , ya read it here ....
It's HAMMER TIME !
as they say .....Can't touch this .......
out of my mind an for sure WAY out of my element I went for it .
Long rods and LS and mind boggling locked jaw fisheez
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but a few beats none right .....
very finicky bites ....
terribly windy .....
managed a few at 2 different spots on the same lake ....
about 2 feet deep under a float in 3 to 5 feet of water ....
mostly
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Well folks the new year is upon us , the youngest was ill for about a week plus at Christmas and then , you guessed it, now it's mom and dads turn .....
Nonetheless life goes on and we are not the lay down types anyway , mostly coughing
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Not the fella , the fish .....
I realize the definition of "slab" "hog" "donkey" "barndoor" "horse" and or even "whale" will vary greatly from water to water and state to
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for me , and remember this , it is actually a happy birthday ....just saying
If you try to connect with me , it is likely if I don't answer or text you back , I am busy doing stuff , like .....um....ketchn ....not fishing ....
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Don't really drink soda , but to be sure of this , yesterday it would have been .....
ORANGE CRUSH ! !
WOW did I stumble upon on herd of river crappie !
all over that there grassy knoll ....
and they were
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Some not so much , some are full time at it and some just play with them .
I find myself in the middle of said pack of crappie chasers , sometimes I specialize at it full time and then sometimes I just play with them ......
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We had a front blow in this last weekend here in north Texas . Wind was blowing right firmly for sure and it seemed to be an overcast waste of time at the onset of the water visit .
Dropped a pretty blue bait in the water and KABOOM right
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That is "falling" diagonally bite I should say ....
Hit my dock spot at lunch time , zero takes .....
was kinda in the hmmm mode and pitched my jig out to let it "fall" back to me beside a boat in the slip
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Hit your favorite lake yesterday my friend , have not been there since you left years ago , the crappie are still there in ridiculous high numbers like always .
Sure missed ya , used some of what ya showed me out there a bit and tried
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Many would tend to think since it's a 10 minute drive , the "Brook" would be my baby ...ie .....Home lake ....
Full of timber and white crappie, black crappie and mohawks too , and for sure a sling festival if you know the lake
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But I was mostly only in the audience .....
sure was fun though , man did they ketch some fish .
a few small bass and bluegill and red ear and even a dandy ole timer hybrid sunfish too ....
lots of bent rods and banter
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