Reply With QuoteWTG Tap,looks like a decent day
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Saturday-NWR-40 crappie with one nice one. (for this river)
I wanted to hit Buggs or Chick Lake but with the forecast of rain moving into the area I stayed closer to home and paid the NWR (Northwest River) a visit for the first time since June. The bite was slow throughout the day and the vast majority of the crappie I caught were 7"-9" with only one at 11" and this one which went 13" and 1lb 5oz.
This is the first crappie that I have caught that was at or over 1lb since July 6. Since that time I had caught 664 crappie without hitting the 1lb mark. Glad that streak is over.
Most of the crappie today were caught vertical jigging a pearl/chartreuse wasshoppah tipped with a chartreuse crappie nibble. Not a whole lot of luck casting but when I did have some luck, blue/pearl did best. Most crappie were caught 7'-10' down over brush with some as shallow as 4'. The big one was caught 9' down along a channel edge with the pearl/chartreuse wasshoppah.
It rained pretty hard for around 15 minutes. I am always amazed at how many fishermen do not bring rain gear. I showed surface water temp at 71-74.
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WTG Tap,looks like a decent day
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Nice river fish!
"Kids who hunt and fish dont steal and deal"
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Well you got the over 1 lb. fish out of the way, now they will start to come more often. Good catch and report.
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Good job , I need to get down there one day.
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Great report- AS USUAL -Tap. Thanks.
Dean
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That's funny. I was one of those guys out there without rain gear. I had it in the car that morning, but decided not to take it as the temps were forecast to be nice. I don't mind getting soaking wet if the temps are warm enough.Originally Posted by TapOut64
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Good report. I haven't found many big ones in a while; maybe they are waking up.
I would be interested in how you routed your transducer cable on your Terrova. I'm having a hard time keeping mine from getting chewed up, around, and just below the steering motor housing.
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When I had a Lowrance unit up front it was a pain as the cable is too big to run down the shaft (I ran it external and it was always a pain to deal with) so I purchased a Hummingbird unit since it has a thinner diameter cable, I then took the head off my unit and slid the shaft out and ran the cable along the groove in the shaft adhering it with silicone. I think this video is the same way I did it.
2010 NWR Bash Crappie Division Champion
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Many thanks; that looks like exactly what will do the job right. CF told me that you were one of the best. He tries to keep me straight, but I have a long way to go to be in the class that you guys are in. Last year was the first year that I got really serious about crappie and I found out real quick that they are a challenge, but I learning, even at 73 yrs.
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