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09-13-2019, 05:20 PM
Thread: Do crappies bite in this HOT weather?
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My buddy Don and I have been fishing crappie year...
My buddy Don and I have been fishing crappie year 'round for many years now. Of course they bite. :)
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05-03-2019, 08:35 AM
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My fishing partner uses a separate pole, having...
My fishing partner uses a separate pole, having it on the trolling motor would render it MUCH less useful.
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05-03-2019, 08:30 AM
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My friend and I spider rig pushing jigs. I use 4...
My friend and I spider rig pushing jigs. I use 4 pound leader, he uses 6. I usually have higher numbers than he does, trolling the exact water, exact speed, and usually the exact lures.
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02-24-2019, 08:05 PM
Thread: how to catch crawfish
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Sure, but as 6 year old kids in 1953, purging...
Sure, but as 6 year old kids in 1953, purging didn't even enter our minds. We just boiled'em and ate'em. :)
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02-24-2019, 01:00 PM
Thread: how to catch crawfish
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I found the square box traps with a 'walk up'...
I found the square box traps with a 'walk up' ramp work best by far, YMMV.
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02-24-2019, 12:52 PM
Thread: Fishing Around Cyprus Trees at Reelfoot
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Reelfoot brings back great memories. I haven't...
Reelfoot brings back great memories. I haven't fished there since the mid-70's though, so my info is a bit out of date. :) We usually rented "Reelfoot Lake Boats", small inboards with protected...
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02-24-2019, 12:43 PM
Thread: Bubba Electric Knife question
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My old Mr. Twister is 30 bucks. New blades are...
My old Mr. Twister is 30 bucks. New blades are 10 bucks. It keeps going better than the Energizer Bunny. I have filleted 6,498,753 fish with it so far, salt and fresh water varieties (I counted...
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02-23-2019, 02:46 PM
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My granddad could smell them. Me, I use SI. :)...
My granddad could smell them.
Me, I use SI. :)
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02-23-2019, 02:43 PM
Thread: Cheap worm food
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I use what my feed store calls "Egg Laying Mash"....
I use what my feed store calls "Egg Laying Mash". Works a treat and is cheap.
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02-23-2019, 02:26 PM
Thread: Tying braid straight to jigs?
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My buddy and I push jigs. I use 6 to 8 pound...
My buddy and I push jigs. I use 6 to 8 pound braid with a 3 foot long leader of 4 pound fluorocarbon. The braid does not have near the blowback of mono, and we are pushing jigs 20 feet down in some...
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02-08-2019, 12:48 PM
Thread: How do you catch 2 # plus crappie?
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All the fish lined up on the left are over 2...
All the fish lined up on the left are over 2 pounds, and some on the right are VERY close.
No minnows, just pushing jigs.
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02-08-2019, 12:42 PM
Thread: Fluorocarbon
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My fishing partner and I "found out otherwise". ...
My fishing partner and I "found out otherwise". I use 8 pound braid with 4 pound Seagar fluorocarbon leaders pushing jigs. My buddy was using Mr. Crappie 6 pound, no leader. I was putting more...
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01-27-2019, 11:34 AM
Thread: FWC to suspend spraying
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Without weed control, invasive species like...
Without weed control, invasive species like Hydrilla, Water Lettuce, Hygrophila and Water Hyacinth will make most Florida lakes unfishable after a few years.
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01-23-2019, 09:38 PM
Thread: TM to rod tip distance when spider rigging??
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No, you can't. And I wouldn't do it even if the...
No, you can't. And I wouldn't do it even if the rod could. Hoisting 2 pound paper mouths through the air is a good way to lose fish IMHO.
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01-23-2019, 08:19 PM
Thread: TM to rod tip distance when spider rigging??
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As i posted earlier, the further out away from...
As i posted earlier, the further out away from the boat we got the jigs, the better we did.
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01-23-2019, 10:52 AM
Thread: Look at this
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Better yet, just ask him where in the law it says...
Better yet, just ask him where in the law it says you can have an unlimited number of gamefish in your possession, as long as they are frozen.
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01-23-2019, 09:48 AM
Thread: Look at this
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True. True again. :) Not true, at...
True.
True again. :)
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01-22-2019, 11:39 PM
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If you can tie a Granny knot, you can tie a...
If you can tie a Granny knot, you can tie a Palomar. Rated as the strongest mono knot there is and also great for braid (which lots of knots aren't).
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01-22-2019, 11:27 PM
Thread: TM to rod tip distance when spider rigging??
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My fishing buddy and I have almost exclusively...
My fishing buddy and I have almost exclusively spider rigged for a LONG time now. We push jigs at about 1mph. No minnows.
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01-22-2019, 11:15 PM
Thread: Etiquette on the water
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Really? How's that working out with, say,...
Really? How's that working out with, say, driver's licenses? Um? Eliminated crazies on the road?
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01-22-2019, 11:06 PM
Thread: Look at this
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Here is the full clip, directly from the Florida...
Here is the full clip, directly from the Florida Fish and Wildlife site. Other states have other rules:
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01-03-2019, 09:37 PM
Thread: God's River St. John's
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Orlando. The cesspit Disney made out of south...
Orlando. The cesspit Disney made out of south Florida.
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01-03-2019, 08:43 PM
Thread: God's River St. John's
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Almost anywhere in central Florida north of Rat...
Almost anywhere in central Florida north of Rat Town is nice. Stay away from Rat Town, drugs, crime, and high costs. Lots of nearby lakes north of there though.
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01-02-2019, 10:44 PM
Thread: Dead Lakes of Wewahitcka Fl
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The lakes are gone now. Just look at Google...
The lakes are gone now. Just look at Google Maps, Satellite View. It is now just the river channel.
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12-30-2018, 09:22 PM
Thread: Powerdrive with Ipilot
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Than I am puzzled as to why you told the guy what...
Than I am puzzled as to why you told the guy what you did? What was the purpose of that?
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12-30-2018, 05:42 PM
Thread: Great day on Lake Crescent
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Nice. We have had many 100 fish days on the...
Nice. We have had many 100 fish days on the flats north of Bear Island. It's one of those places where they are either there in force or gone it seems to me. Hardly ever any in-between.
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12-30-2018, 12:36 PM
Thread: Great day on Lake Crescent
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What area were you fishing? Tom
What area were you fishing?
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12-29-2018, 06:34 PM
Thread: Powerdrive with Ipilot
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No, you don't... if you wire it right. ...
No, you don't... if you wire it right. Instructions on the web.
That is how I went and I couldn't be happier with my converted V2. My fishing buddy has the more upscale rig and it does have... -
12-28-2018, 03:03 PM
Thread: Live Bait Cost Effectiveness
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My fishing buddy and I push jigs in front of the...
My fishing buddy and I push jigs in front of the boat at about 1 to 1.5 mph. 4 rods per side, one jig per rod, with a three foot flouro leader behind a 1 ounce or so sinker. In the area we fish,...
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12-23-2018, 11:25 PM
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You are several miles north of where we fish the...
You are several miles north of where we fish the river. We found them along the 16 foot contour line on both side of the river.
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I agree with 20Watt. I really just started crappie fishing two years...
Livescope left me feeling nothing