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Nice work! I was actually planning to head over there for the first time tomorrow. Are any of the 4 lakes worse than the others? I'm planning try Big Bear in the morning unless someone here tells me...

You might get some tips on some of the more northern state subforums. I've never caught one on purpose.

If you get into a bind, you can get crickets (or mealworms, superworms, wax worms, etc.) from a lot of pet stores. Animal Trax in Madison keeps a good supply and will be cheaper than chain pet...

They weren't brought here to "control the beaver population" although that's a popular story. They were brought in because alligators were at the risk of going extinct back in the 1970's. Biologists...

As long as people don't start feeding them, you'll never have an issue. People fish, swim, and kayak around gators all the time farther south. I see them pretty regularly on wheeler while I'm in my...

Just one more thing to wire up and deal with when I have no need for it. I'm a simple kind of man.

Yeah, I have zero interest in an electric one. I guess I'll just get one of the crappy ones and try to keep it greased enough to last a few years before the free spool stops working.

It's the year 2023. Does nobody make a better manual anchor winch still? My (first) old boat came with your typical, non-functional anchor winch. This is my first boat, but not my first rodeo. I...

Thanks, good to know.

As long as nobody starts feeding them, you won't have any issues. People fish and swim around gators all the time further south.

Fun Fact: We are in, albeit on the edge of, the native range of...

I have barely gotten to fish this spring, so the couple of times I've gone, I've just been jumping in trying to find them from scratch. That, and as I've mentioned in other threads, we moved to the...

I keep waiting on one of those two to drop a fish or stick on my truck on my way home in the afternoons.

I think in that spot it's the one big male and a few smaller ones. I know there are more big ones out there, but I think the big males are pretty territorial. I've seen another one that size over at...

I remember the first time I saw that guy quite a few years ago. I was coming out of the old creek to where it meets limestone creek in a canoe. I saw his head crossing ahead of me and it took quite...

That's probably right. My first instinct was warmouth. I can't remember why I decided it wasn't and went with green sunfish. I blame the fact that I'm not smart.

If it's not a hybrid, I guess I'd go with green sunfish. But, the sunfish do hybridize pretty frequently, I think.

Just call it a bream. Then you can't be wrong. ;)

All I can tell you is I moved to the Shoals area almost 3 years ago, and I've had one day where I might have caught 15-20 keepers. Every other time I've gone has been a complete bust. I recently...

Thanks for that, DB. I've always just been confused on what was being called what. I thought that flat north of the "big pit" on the creek channel was probably the big pit. Anyway, thanks for...

I've fished all over that area for many years, and I still have no idea which spots y'all are referencing when you say "big pit", "first pit", "middle pit" etc. To me, it's a couple of creek channels...

Agreed. I'm going to try out my new boat on crappie for the first time tomorrow. I like that I can move long distances, and take my daughter or dad with me. But, I'm not sure I won't wish I was in my...

Thanks for the tip! Like I said, it's my first boat. I've been consumed with getting everything else up to speed and that never crossed my mind. I did notice there's a lot of boat hanging out the...

Congrats! Sounds like you broke that new yak in right.

Thanks everyone! I rewired the trailer today with new LED lights. I still have some electrical stuff to work on, but I think she's good enough to test out now. Unfortunately, I might have to wait due...

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1982 Lund Super Pike

I've never owned a (motor) boat, but always wanted one. I do have a canoe and a kayak I've fished out of in the wheeler backwaters for years. I've enjoyed that a lot,...

Congrats! Those are nice kayaks. I was going to upgrade my kayak, but we moved over to the shoals area and I just don't have as many kayak areas nearby. So, I just bought an older Lund boat this...

I don't have a ton of crappie rods like some of y'all. I do have one ACC, and it is a little too stiff for my taste. The last eye is a pretty big too, which isn't an issue, unless you ever want to...

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5 fish limit

I saw that first gator by the same blowdown last Saturday.

Thanks for the info! That's what I was envisioning, but wasn't positive. I used to take a 10' pole with me in the kayak, but stopped because I wasn't using it much and it's a bit of a pain and in the...

Hey Ditch, just out of curiosity, when you say "single pole" what are you doing? How long of a pole are you using and how close are you getting to the cover? Are you using a long crappie pole and...