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Reply With QuoteWay to go guys! I am anticipating our first meeting Jerry. Your developing a stellar reputation! Kudos.
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Young Master Angler and a day with Jerry
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 by 8:00 am.
I started out with a jig and a minnow while Jerry and my Grandson Aiden were using red worms on a certain secret special fishing lure Jerry keeps closely guarded about the name, and I was sworn to secrecy. Jerry knows this lake well so I asked him to sit up front and guide us with the trolling motor to his secret hotspots......it was no time and I had a crappie.
Then Jerry started pulling the bluegills out one after another so I didn't waste any time changing over to his tactic and began seeing success as well. Jerry became tutor and taught Aiden the art of jigging and in no time Aiden was also bringing in bluegills.
The thrill of the day was when Aiden caught a 14 1/2" brown bullhead, unassited except net duties by myself at the boat which qualifies him to enter into Michigans Master Angler program, I called Rich on the phone at this point to see what I needed to do to enter the fish for Aiden.....(thanks Rich!)
At this point I do not have a fishfinder on my boat so I can't report depth, temp but I can say that other than the crappie caught on a minnow, all the fish were caught on redworms jigging,
End of the day Jerry took home 30 bluegills, 4 perch, 1 crappie and the bullhead to clean for a upcoming fish fry.....we must have threw back at least as many as we kept.
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Way to go guys! I am anticipating our first meeting Jerry. Your developing a stellar reputation! Kudos.
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That is a slob of a bull head! I've caught a bunch of them but never that big
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Steve, I had a blast today. Thanks for the invite. I'll have to have a talk with my daughter about getting me one of those grandsons for Christmas. I usually have fun while I'm out fishing, but having a youngster in the boat and being able to teach them a couple of tricks makes it so much better. I hope the good things I taught him out weigh the bad things. We'll see if Aiden talks trash next time you take him out. I think I have him convinced that's an important part of fishing. And I don't mind sharing my "secret" lure with others. I like to jig gills and perch with a Hali jig tipped with a piece of crawler or a red worm. Wax worms work as well. Bright colors for stained water, natural colors for clear waters. Drop it to the bottom, bring it up a crank or two and give it a twitch. It's that simple. I use a 8' Bucks Graphite Jig Pole but any medium, medium light or light action will work. Aiden had it down pat in no time and he caught a lot of fish today. And that bullhead he caught was a dandy! As you can see he wasn't crazy about holding it for the picture till I gave him a pair of leather gloves , then he was all in. He's quite a kid. Again, Steve, thanks for inviting me to go and I'm ready to do it again.
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You guys have to check out the Louisiana post about giant chinks( shellcrackers) caught by a Louisiana member. I didn't knowthey made them that big. He says the 10 biggest weighed 28 pounds!
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