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12-22-2021, 12:35 PM
Thread: 2021 year in pics
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2021 year in pics
Did not get allot of good pics this year but the few I have I wanted to share.
Crappie season was almost over before it started. Extra warm weather in March had them spawn early and the days with... -
05-11-2021, 08:21 AM
Thread: Multi Trip Report
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Multi Trip Report
May 1st
So the place we would normally fish has no water in it..might be able to walk to the fishing spots but not by water. Forced to fish the spoils as it is deeper. Man what a tough time it was... -
04-19-2021, 06:34 AM
Thread: 4/18/21 Double Report
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4/18/21 Double Report
Bobby and his crew was my very first crappie charter seven years ago, a cold (and I mean cold) March trip we still talk about every year. We caught one fish that day (and froze). He books two trips...
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04-13-2021, 07:39 AM
Thread: Week of Fishing Report
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Week of Fishing Report
Wed., I have a young family and the weather could not have been nicer. We found a few here and there but not the numbers we had the last five years on this date. Only one in tuxedo.
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11-20-2019, 04:51 PM
Thread: Nov 16th Double Report
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Nov 16th Double Report
It was a cold, windy day but I had a plan to avoid both and land a big cat. I had at least 5 spots in my head but only three of them where fishable. The goal was to get a cat over 32 inches for a...
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11-04-2019, 08:53 AM
Thread: Nov 2nd Double Report
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Nov 2nd Double Report
It is always nice to have a crew that knows you and enjoys watching 10 dancing rod tips. They wanted to keep some and at about 8 fish they that was enough. But the hits just kept on coming. Some nice...
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10-16-2019, 08:31 AM
Thread: October 12th Report
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October 12th Report
Absolutely beautiful weather day today. Full moon and we were greeted with this:
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10-08-2019, 08:59 AM
Thread: Double Report Oct 5th
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Double Report Oct 5th
We started out with a brisk wind against an outgoing tide that resulting in nothing but sucking. Ah but, when the tide turned, we moved a bit and found some marks. One of the crew made a comment that...
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08-27-2019, 12:50 PM
Thread: August 24th Report
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August 24th Report
So the last trip was on a mild breezy day last Saturday. We ate our ribs and chicken then headed up the creek looking for calm water to fish. Tide was going to be low at dusk and that made me very...
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08-19-2019, 07:55 AM
Thread: August 17th Report
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August 17th Report
A quick change of clients was needed for this Saturday. And I got the creme of the crop in clients. Jim and his son Shawn have fished with me before and they can fish. We needed those refined skills...
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08-05-2019, 08:00 AM
Thread: August 3rd Report
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August 3rd Report
Met up with a crew of 4 all new to snakehead fishing. Ate our tailgate lunch and explained how important it is to stop and wait when the blowup happens. Low tide start meant we could fish some hard...
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07-29-2019, 07:22 AM
Thread: July 27th Report
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July 27th Report
Last Sunday late evening as I arrived home from my trip I noticed my truck was laboring to drag my little boat just as I was putting it in the driveway. Park under my awning and proceeded indoors to...
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07-22-2019, 12:22 PM
Thread: July 21st Double Boat Report
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July 21st Double Boat Report
My long time client Lou and his wife went out on the creek with me Sunday evening. The heat was still on broil. We hit a few spots and landed a LGMouth and missed three more. Then we camped in the...
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07-22-2019, 12:09 PM
Thread: July 20th Double Boat Report
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July 20th Double Boat Report
Once again the heat was on. A double boat trip this evening and I got Thing 1 and Thing 2. I called them that since my brain could not retain two simple names. Might have been the heat. But unlike...
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07-22-2019, 11:52 AM
Thread: July 19th Report
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July 19th Report
Talk about hot and humid.. So I took a Friday trip again this week and just like last Friday the creek was devoid of other boats. Fishing was good as we caught many pesky LGMouth on poppers. No...
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07-15-2019, 09:24 AM
Thread: July 13th Report
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July 13th Report
Since the creek was still muddy I knew to head right back into the pads for that clean water. Yep nice and clean it was but devoid of fish. Not even a sniff for the first two hours. Time to change it...
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07-15-2019, 09:18 AM
Thread: July 12th Report
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July 12th Report
The evening started a bit late due to traffic delays and Alex had a meeting to attend. It was hot and I replaced the bunks on my trailer while I waited. Earlier that morning I crawled in my attic and...
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07-01-2019, 10:29 AM
Thread: June 29th Double Report
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June 29th Double Report
We started right in the pads on an incoming tide. Water was gin clear so long casts where needed. I had two pros on board and the blowups where spectacular. A lot of misses and a good number of...
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06-24-2019, 07:56 AM
Thread: June 22nd Report
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June 22nd Report
Another really nice, not too hot evening on the creek. My first choice in water to fish was too shallow. I could foresee having to get out of the boat and push so, out we went. We had a few of blind...
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06-24-2019, 07:38 AM
Thread: June 23rd Report
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June 23rd Report
We launched and headed for our first choice of pad fields while there was still enough water as the tide was headed out. John picked up our first fish and I thought tonight would be like last night....
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06-17-2019, 09:45 AM
Thread: June 16th Double Report
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June 16th Double Report
Fathers Day two boat trip. Always look forward to two boat trips. Rib shack was out of chicken so I got pork chops for all. Man they where good. Should have taken a pic so you all can drool on the...
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06-17-2019, 08:02 AM
Thread: June 15th Double Report
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June 15th Double Report
Saturday was a nice pleasant evening on the water. Lots of hits on our little swimmy baits. Changed to a huge ribbet toad and man that thing got crushed several times. Got a snakehead for the first...
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06-12-2019, 07:36 AM
Thread: June 8th and 9th
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June 8th and 9th
Tough couple of evenings again in the creek with water temps steadily falling.
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06-12-2019, 07:17 AM
Thread: Weekend report 6-8 and 9
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Weekend report 6-8 and 9
Saturday was a very nice weather day,,, cool and low humidity. A little too much wind but an absolutely gorgeous day. Water temps started at 87 and dropped to 82 by end of evening. The fish hit and...
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06-03-2019, 07:08 AM
Thread: Squnked
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Squnked
Had a great crew tonight and we fished the back waters hard with only a couple of hits. Two snakehead hits and about 4 LGMouth hits. But no love as the water temps dropped 4 to 5 degrees after a big...
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06-03-2019, 07:01 AM
Thread: June First Report
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June First Report
Start of my season back in the swamps of Mattawomen. Water looked very good and most spots we fished looked very fishy. Missed a couple of good snakehead hits and many more LGMouth hits. But landed a...
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05-16-2019, 01:44 PM
Thread: May the 4TH Be With You Report
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Sorry for the slow reply. 14.5 inches on the big...
Sorry for the slow reply. 14.5 inches on the big ones. And yes they are spawned out now. Not sure recruitment was good this year. That little spot was the first I found this spring. Normally I find...
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05-08-2019, 07:18 AM
Thread: Cinco de Mayo Report
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Cinco de Mayo Report
Sunday rain was light but steady. Group showed up with just rain jackets and I was sure by 10 am they would be ready to go in. Since we had three on board I decided to spider rig the spoils. We...
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05-08-2019, 07:09 AM
Thread: May the 4TH Be With You Report
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May the 4TH Be With You Report
Saturday oh Saturday we started at the crack of dawn. Plan was to find a big school of crappie and wail on them. Finding that school took a lot longer than expected, but we did. And we wailed on them...
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04-29-2019, 08:38 AM
Thread: April 28th Double Report
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April 28th Double Report
Winds from yesterday had died down and weather was very nice. Water was stained and did not look all that good after winds of the day before. But the sun came out and the fish did bite here and...
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