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Yes. They are out. And they are in. And more will be in.

I started Sunday morning fishing close on some shallows I noticed some activity on. Just on one spot and after 15 fish or so they turned...

NE corner here, seen little Mississauga rattlers at a couple of boat ramps sunning themselves. Thankfully copperhead-free after 58 years up here so far as I know.

Ain't nuthin' deadlier in hot weather when drownin' live bait for gills than a long pole, 4# test, a quill float, and a #12 hook. Makes them that are 'mouthin' around more noticeable.

Went to a small lake yesterday armed with jigs, minnows, bee moths and redworms. Oh my!

Weed bed in there that I've found the crappie to like and there were a few there, but danged if I had much...

Defense was a mite skimpy in that game.

There are no crappie in northern Indiana lakes. None. Zero. Nada. Trust me. I've checked a number of lakes and they're extinct.

Really.

May I ask, why? THat's a large pond, plenty of room, and they occupy two slightly different niches, I'd think there'd be room for both.

Ice.

That's a fact, I did a mod on my old Lowe 1436 a couple of years ago via ideas taken from there. My boat did have a livewell in the center seat, I say did because it now houses 2 batteries and little...

I need to get around and do just that. But I can't tear myself away from the gills.

Well, it rained, may give a ya a little more to work with with some more diffused oxygen in the water.

I been killing bluegills but I got a message from a buddy of mine who took his son to a local lake and drug minnows on a tiny jig head across and through a submerged weedbed and he said they landed...

How it smells will depend on the lake. THink about it, they're roiling the bottom up when they fan, that's what you smell. Gotta remember the 'foaming', I've found that around here the larger gills...

Oh, been getting some suspended about 6'-8' in 15' - 25' feet of water. They move around some, but if I'm patient...

I don't even know what you mean by 'ledges'.

Butler.

Okay, now we can probably agree to disagree about the auto fly reels. I had two as a youngster in the 60's, a Perrine and think the other was a Shakespeare. Got my first single action and like, "WTH...

Jehoshaphat man! Good to see you're out there slayin' them. That's a lot of fritters.

My Grandad taught me that trick when I was a young'un, but we used a long bobber to do it. I fly fish a lot for panfish, I have a 2 or 3 pairs of little hemostats with a slight bend in 'em that I use...

Sons were there yesterday, they said it's a real mess, one ramp closed because of drifted in timber and the water really murky. Read your report, was surprised you managed anything. Unless of course...

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I usually go quite often, but just haven't been able ot get out this year yet. I restrict it to spot lights in the dark, usually more action. Lots of fun, and hellacious garden fertilizer.

I really wish I didn't, but I do mind. It's public, but it's less than a hundred acres, ain't no way I'm throwing the name out here. Sorry. But I am talking Steuben County. This rain, these temps,...

Been half keepin' an eye out for a similar rig myself. For my wife of course. That's a sweet rig, I'm envious.

Finally had a chance to get out today, and I was kind of surprised. Got a nice mess of gills, crappie wouldn't cooperate early on so I stuck with the gills. On the way to the ramp this evening I was...

Got a thread down a ways, I found some big devils on THursday afternoon. Mostly luck though.

Yeah, I'm clear up here in the extreme NE corner of the Hoosier, 58 degree water? No spawn yet.

This same lake when it's the dog days of summer, you'll see teeny dimples on the surface all over...

Now I'm old enough that I've been 'gillin for 50 years, but yesterday the big gills on a lake I know surprised me by doing something I"d never seen before.

Started out tossin' streamers for...

Got any photos and a materials list on that fly? Good lookin' thing. Thanks.

Me too, good for the meat and easier cleaning.