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    Default Happiness is a warm gun....pic heavy ....just saying ....lol


    Let me tell ya we rapid fired them after work yesterday .....FULL AUTO !
    about had to pour water over my Shimano I tell ya ....
    Went into a spot Sk and I visited 2 years ago ....
    never visited it last year , sometimes I am just to busy to hit all of them .
    Almost went last week with Sk but was just to busy yet again .
    Yesterday I told H at work , you want to visit a spot that's a hike with me after work ?
    He is much younger than I and has lots more go late in the day than me and said SURE .
    I told him we will need to make VERY long casts and the fish will be pretty large .
    Bring lots of floats and then he said hey I need some more of those little baits .So i gave him a hand full of limits tackle "some a dat" as you may remember I gave away on here a while back .
    He used that bait and I opted for my new handtie in the "Christmas tree" coloration . We tried lots of depths and areas and just couldn't get on them , not even a peck . I showed him every spot there that was productive in the past except one .
    Last spot on my list and about ready to call it a skunk we went to a big open water area . I told him way off shore is a rock pile with some old tires in it . If they are not there its time to make the hike back to the trucks . I tried my best to remember exactly how far out it was and about where as it isnt huge and sort of difficult to find off the bank . Well sure enough we made a few casts and then POW my float went down ! I said adjust left and a bit further out to H and man did he hook into a beauty !
    Well long story short the last hour before dark we stood side by side and whacked em fast and furious 2 at a time .
    EVERY CAST ! epic fun to say the least and to be sure big slabs at long range off the bank is about way better than any crappie ketchn I know of .
    Nothing I have ever done to ketch a crappie comes close to a float rig WAY out there and it just goes down right after it hits the water ! Multiple large males took to the air on the hook sets and to be sure a big colored up male white crappie in a bad mood doing a cartwheel 60 feet off the bank in the air on the hook set is about heart stopping big excitement !
    these fish were dedicated to swallowing the baits and we gave 2 different folks a good number each before we hiked out. The man who came over by us never did ketch one ,but to be sure he had a nice stringer when we said bye . Another guy showed up and we gave him a few as well . fish sizes were pretty similar ,13 inch fish seemed to dominate the pack and it was around 75% males and 25% females .
    The fights that took place and the reel drags singing that tune capped off just how much fun it was , very similar to surf fishing and yes it was darn windy out there !
    H said you know , now that you showed me this spot and technique I will go back EVERY day right ..... I laughed and said yeah I figured that .
    But i told him this as we hiked , its only like this at that spot about 3 to 4 weeks total in a year . By the end of April it will be full of little crappie ,yellow bass and other less desirables .
    KABOOM is in fact the word off the back
    p.s. about 3 foot under a float in around 5 to 6 feet of water
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    Awesome!! Man I'm hoping to find something like that this year. Sort of missed the good action last year. That new Christmas tree jig is pretty!

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    Quote Originally Posted by SuperDave336 View Post
    Awesome!! Man I'm hoping to find something like that this year. Sort of missed the good action last year. That new Christmas tree jig is pretty!

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    you know my friend gaudy colorful baits that get noticed get bit during the spring run . it aint like other baits wont ketch fish ,but to be sure its so cool to see a real pretty all colorful jig down deep in an all colorful big ole slabs throat
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    What size hook is the Christmas tree on Ketchn? Great fish, congrats. And thanks for sharing your info like you do.
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    When are you going to write a book my friend? I enjoy reading your adventures.

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    May God be with you. Keep CALM and STAY ANCHORED with your faith.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MCG1 View Post
    What size hook is the Christmas tree on Ketchn? Great fish, congrats. And thanks for sharing your info like you do.
    I think its a number 4 sickle , the head is a 1/16
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    Quote Originally Posted by shipahoy41 View Post
    When are you going to write a book my friend? I enjoy reading your adventures.

    Mike
    the only reason I take the time to do the short stories is so someone else out there gets a smile out of it my friend .
    probably wont ever do a book , but to be sure I enjoy knowing others enjoy the fish tales .
    and btw ...you know them lil perchee baits is in REAL big danger next week while I wander thru Texas on spring break right ?
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    Man o man, Ketch, those were some incredible fish. It will be some fish fry at your home in the near future! Ship is right, your fishing adventures always bring a smile to the day. Fun times!
    Bob
    PS They certainly qualify for Slab’s weekly contest - jest sayin
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    NICE!!
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    I enjoyed your post as well. Sounds like a great trip. gotta love the fact they bit last hour of the day after struggling.

    Keep on Ketchn and Kabooming and posting LOL
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