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Thread: Got rid of the skunk of the last trip, 4-27

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    Default Got rid of the skunk of the last trip, 4-27


    Took a trip on Saturday afternoon and ended up with the the 'ol skunk after 3 hours of fishing.

    We had good conditions yesterday so after work I loaded up and tried it again. Launched about 5pm and called it a night at 7:30. Air temp about 69 and water was at 52; light breeze for a change rather than the steady winds we've been plagued with. Tried casting the shallows with a jig and bobber, also with a slow retrieve with a few different plastics; no takers at all. Trolled around a while and marked quite a number of single fish but no good stacks of crappie that I could make out. No takers on the troll at all.

    The wind died completely about 6:30 allowing me to hover over a few marks in 18-23' or so of water. I was able to drop down 3 different poles, all with different baits to suspended fish, usually within 3-4' of bottom. They'd come to look and head back down; couldn't close the deal but at least I was on the right track.

    Drifted in to a bit shallower water, 12-16' but didn't see many fish, either on the standard sonar or the side imaging but dropped the jigs over anyway. Worked them up and down the water column a bit and finally enticed my 1st crappie of the year with a BG Swim'r, bleeding shad color.

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    About an 8" fish but hey, it's the first one this year so the game is officially on! Took me another 15 minutes before I got the 2nd and last of the night, a bit bigger this time at about 11".

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    That would be it for the trip but I'm finally on the scoreboard with the intended target.
    Yes, I was talking to myself; sometimes even I have to ask for expert advice.

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    On the board! Good job!

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    Great to see you are finally into the game. Glad to see you broke the terrible "skunk". Keep it up and looking forward to your next post.

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