I called up Jerry (Spartannation) last night to see if he was up for some fishing on Friday over at Morrison Lake in Ionia County and he said he was. We agreed to meet at the boat launch early in the morning. We launched the boat and were fishing
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Social media has a way of old high school friends finding each other after 37 years! What's the best way for a reunion, plan a fishing trip, esp if you are coming to see me!
With the help from captain Richard Simms at scenic
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Absolutely the best time with my Great Nephew Elias and Nephew Miles. We didn't get a bunch but we did find some nice ones. I think Elias is HOOKed! I like the JDM equipment for the kids - easy to hang on, very light, and forgiving.
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Cleaned 32 Friday from the north end. Tried to keep nothing under 11" but a few were more in the 10.5" range. Biggest was 14" and several in the 11-12" range. Good eaters.
went out Monday to see if they might be able to find some lips to attach to our jigs .
All went well except for my back seat buddy who kept whacking the big ones while I managed only the ok ones
I tried putting him
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Walt & I launched around 7:50 am this morning, hoping to improve our score from the previous trips. Air temp was around 63 degrees with the water at 74 degrees. The breezes/wind did not materialize significantly until almost 11 am. Which
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Decided to give smith a whirl last night and ended up scratching out 13 crappie had 6 nice ones get off at the boat 1 spot and 3 stripe. Started at the park and went nearly to the dam fishing lights picking up one here and there. Water was
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Slipped out last Saturday up "The Creek" and Found some Stragglers right before the rain showers hit in the early AM. All 12 keepers caught in less than an hour. Then had to leave out for Fathers Day Lunch date later. They liked
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Forget about spring, fall and winter when it comes to crappie fishing. Summer is the best time to go crappie fishing. Crappie have migrated to offshore structure where they will stay until fall and are easily caught trolling crankbaits.
Successful crappie fishing trips begin with fishing in the right location. “During the summer months once the water temperature
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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....
Y'all may remember my nephew Xander from my post back in December where he drank my whole thermos of coffee while fishing...well his birthday in Monday 6-19 and he will be 12! He came and stayed a couple days with me this past Tuesday and Wednesday
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Littlemama and I went out around 8am Saturday morning and pulled crankbaits til about noon. The water fleas were getting thick and the armada of idiots were in full force!
Once we found some colors that they were corresponding to, we
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....bud said hey I can get my boat and meet you a little after 5 on Thursday .....I said heck yeah I am there ! so off I went ....because.....
I had to go
we went straight to a spot we thought might be good and stayed
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Tony and I headed out to LOZ and after a late start got to pulling cranks.
Not fast and furious for sure but it was constant action if you count the nts bass. Battery status kept us from an all day affair but it was fun and
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It was a beautiful morning, cloudy, light breeze and the fish we're biting. Had the lines in the water by 7:30am, rolled them up at noon. Caught 19 crappie, 3 white bass and a had one double drum drill. Out of 19 caught 7 were keepers, which
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