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That's all good to know, thank you. I would have thought the eastern side would warm first or faster.

That's the north end of that lake, the south end is very similar with more vegetation and fewer docks.


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I finally found the crappie in a local lake and now I want to make sure to find them through spring. They were suspended in 20 foot water or deeper at about 5-7 feet from what I can calculate. Water...

I have seen that but only when using dirty lead, aka alloys. I rarely get pure lead from my local scrap yard so my weights are never what the mold says. 1/2 ounce jig heads were only 3/8

Worn out when the point breaks off and can't be sharpened anymore.

Those are insane! Fish would bite them bare just to kill the bug they have never seen before.

I'd take 1000 if I had the money!

My yard is pretty void of nightcrawlers so gonna be locations where I can't really do any shocking.
Vbottom. how long do they live after the shocking?
I raise my own dew worms but they aren't...

Prices are nuts here for nightcrawlers so time to do some grunting and gathering.
$4.50 a dozen or $6 for 18 from Wally world. They WW one come in this black "dirt" that is messier than any soil...

Double breaded and fried. Really good too!

There was maybe 18 inches of visibility. Muddy brown which makes no sense for a lake that very little feeding it. Summer is turn into split pea soup. Was odd too that the perch have been nowhere to...

about 1mph, my buddy runs the boat and we were straight trolling or doing a stop and go when we were in the area they were hitting. Sometimes a hit on the drop, sometimes the rise, sometimes straight...

The bandage is because I tried to slice the pad off the end of my thumb around 17 days ago.

Took 3 tries, lots of casting and trolling, 25 different lures, jigs and baits but we finally found them. 484589

Kept 11 total releasing 7 that were the size of my hand.
Latgest were just under...

The fish finder did show tons of fish suspended in deeper water so that could be what happened. Been really, REALLY wet here this year and colder than normal.
But come in cycles so fish may just be...

Gonna try some triple hook setups next time. a jig on bottom and 2 different baits so maybe I can get something to bite.

Actually not sure they were spawning but saw a few in other lakes that were on the beds so all I can do is surmise they were at this lake.

Odd thing is the trout that had been planted the day...

Went to my local panfish lake and it was a great day on the water but nothing was biting. Water visibility was only 6 inches to a stained murky brown.
Tried white, pink, green, brown, black, purple...

This one is a little different and an open pour but I had to share it since you could modify it a little.

FX Mold - MOP Craw Creature Crawdad (2", 2-1/2", 3", 3-1/2", 4", 4-1/2", 5") 4620 4625...

It looks like cactus chenille, crappie color. lol

Might be Junebug or other similar color

Can't use live bait here but I like those!

I have been looking at getting some blanks and doing some custom colors for crappie and panfish. I haven't seen anyone on here talk about using them for crappie.
Anyone have any pictures of what...

Try wrapping it like you would a hackle but tie the tip in and wrap down. I had a hell of a time tying small flies and jigs until I tried it.
Try to use the best marabou you can for this. clean...

I love it! Never know what they fish will want and giving them something new is always a nice surprise when that slab hits it.
Clear worms is something I should try here. Bright colors and dark...

Now that's some colors that will work here for a lot of species! Almost makes me want to get some pill heads and start tying.
Well, it does but I have had a hell of a time tying anything for a...

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something like that? The mold is from basstackle. 6020 jerkbait. The 6021 is a 2 inch mold

found my scale, largest one is 1/10 ounce, 4 gr. Thats one a 5/0 hook
Total weight was .6 ounces.

I think a 1/16 or 1/32 jig head with the hot glue on a #2 or #4 hook in a worm pattern or a...

How was fishing this year? I have wanted to make a trip and fish Lake Washington for a few years now. I'm out on the coast in Aberdeen.
Don't forget to throw some crawdad traps out. Lots of nice...

party time jigs! The fish will be dancing in to eat them.

I wanted something for drift fishing under a float for steelhead
and salmon. I came up with these. I can't find my scale but
I doubt they weigh 1/4 ounce combined. These are bigger
but I'll bet...

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That's the ticket for some biggins, cloudy day, off and on rain.
Water visibility 3 to 4 feet.

I'll bet with a #2 or 3 blade these would cover some water quick and get some crappie slabs...