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    I found this new to me tree yesterday while out fishing. It was lit up like a Christmas tree with lights (fish) everywhere.
    Problem was I could only trick a few into biting,
    They must have heard "don't open till Christmas"
    Oh well that's why it's called fishing.
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    Never to early for that kind of Christmas tree!
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    It was loaded up
    The love for fishing is one of the best gifts you can pass along
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    Love when I can see the little bulbs(fish) on and around my brush piles. The only bad part is when I see them and they decide to take lockjaw.
    Be safe and good luck fishing
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    Roy ... they were doing the same thing to us last week. We'd scope a tree & see fish all in and around it, but when the jigs went in they'd come up/out to meet them ... check them out ... then turn around and go back where they started from. There'd be maybe 1 or 2 that would peck at the jigs (usually the smaller ones) and then 1 or 2 that would thump it pretty good. I even tried jighead/minnow under a float, which got me a couple fish, but also lost a couple (likely due to not being used to using a 10' rod and not setting the hook as hard as I should have).
    We found ours in the same depth range (~20fow) and most biters were in the top 5fow. Water temps were in the mid 60's. Big difference from what my "guide" had experienced thru the prior week. He had to drop the jigs down thru the tree or just outside the tree, all the way to the bottom. And even though no fish were showing on the scope at the time the jigs were getting close to the bottom, all of a sudden one would show up on screen & attack the jig. He said it was almost like the fish were laying down on their side on the bottom & jumping up when the jig got close
    Have you ever experienced anything like that ?? A fish just miraculously appears out of nowhere & jumps on your bait ???
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    Quote Originally Posted by CrappiePappy View Post
    Roy ... they were doing the same thing to us last week. We'd scope a tree & see fish all in and around it, but when the jigs went in they'd come up/out to meet them ... check them out ... then turn around and go back where they started from. There'd be maybe 1 or 2 that would peck at the jigs (usually the smaller ones) and then 1 or 2 that would thump it pretty good. I even tried jighead/minnow under a float, which got me a couple fish, but also lost a couple (likely due to not being used to using a 10' rod and not setting the hook as hard as I should have).
    We found ours in the same depth range (~20fow) and most biters were in the top 5fow. Water temps were in the mid 60's. Big difference from what my "guide" had experienced thru the prior week. He had to drop the jigs down thru the tree or just outside the tree, all the way to the bottom. And even though no fish were showing on the scope at the time the jigs were getting close to the bottom, all of a sudden one would show up on screen & attack the jig. He said it was almost like the fish were laying down on their side on the bottom & jumping up when the jig got close
    Have you ever experienced anything like that ?? A fish just miraculously appears out of nowhere & jumps on your bait ???
    cp, Is Paul still guiding you?
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    Roy, save that one for me..Hope to get down your way soon..
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    CrappiePappy, yes it has. Sometimes a fish will quickly appear out of nowhere and thump your jig. And often we have to fish around the brush close to the bottom to catch fish as well.

    Don, we hope you can make it down soon. I can't promise that I won't try to open the packages around this Christmas tree before then,
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    Quote Originally Posted by Don G View Post
    cp, Is Paul still guiding you?
    Yeah, Right !!

    Paul ain't even sure where on the water he is half the time, unless we've been there a hunnert times (& he still might not remember)

    I was fishing in someone else's boat (that has Livescope) on the trip I described, so he was the "guide" I was referring to.

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    cp, did Paul finally retire? Are you going to fish WB in November?
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