Despite the wind, I headed out with the goal of putting some fish in the cooler for a fish dinner this holiday weekend. I'd hoped 870 would ride along but he has home AC troubles that need solving.
I had lines in the water just before
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You probably have tackle boxes full of deep diving and squarebill crankbaits just for trolling in the summertime. Numerous vibrant, eye-catching patterns to natural shad or sunfish crankbait patterns make selecting the right one to troll challenging on some days; in addition to having to factor in weather, sun light and water clarity.
You ever get so in the moment that you never think to pull out the picture taking device and miss one opportunity after another to get some beautiful fishy pictures… that would be me yesterday! I guess my fishing has been so limited this year
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Got to go out for a few hours today. Started late but sometimes old folk need to sleep in
Anyway sun an a bit breezy surface temp 71 degrees. Lots of boat traffic.
caught four. No plans for next weekend, the wake boats will
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Went to the Shooting range with my brother this morning.
Got to shoot my Ruger MarkIV 22/45’s and my Ruger Bisley Single Six for about an hour , had a lakeside snack of Vienna Sausages and cheese crackers and then got to fish about forty
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After getting all my work done about noontime, I took a chance that 870 would be recovering from his full belly Saturday and might be in the mood to take a jaunt and gave him a call. He called back shortly to say yes and plans were made to
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Didn’t wake up til 7 and had to shake the work week off before I went anywhere. With the boat hooked and rods already loaded it was an easy thing once I found the energy. Left the house about 8:30 which is dangerously late with the crazy weekend
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I was scheduled to be working a lot of overtime this week but things changed and I was able to find some time to fish. The weather has been great here for a couple of days. This morning when I set out the air temp was 20 degrees warmer than
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Launched 10 minutes from my front door on Da Bayou Lacombe at 10 am by 12 noon I had 16 slabs all over 9 1/2" and 4 over 12". Big thick Blacks. I stopped at a favorite spot and caught one and watched the others all head into the
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Water temp averaged about 65. Fished the main lake around the marina and caught fish on one side in 16 to 20 FOW on standing timber in the morning and in a cove on the other side in 6 to 8 fow in brush piles in the afternoon. Males haven't
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Finally found a window of opportunity to wet a line. Earlier in the week the weather didn’t look very good for today but that changed as the week went on. I started out about 6:30 this morning. A little chilly, air temp was 36. Water temp was
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Was fortunate enough to be invited to fish with Mark "Woodduck1956" Tuesday on DR! Started out with my biggest fish of the day with a nice 14" Crappie followed up shortly after with a citation Yellow Perch @ 12". Pretty
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Got to the (new) honey hole tonight with a good friend, on the water about 5:15 nice calm night , overcast, water temp just about 66. First cast netted a nice 13". Many to follow as well as plenty of bass, my buddy (kinda new to crappie
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Josiah and myself did a tourney with the Richmond Crappie Club today and took a 3rd place win. 7 fish 7.40 lb bag weight. While this may not seem too impressive, consider this: 19 boats, 17 of which had foward facing sonar (livescope,
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He and I snuck out this afternoon and hit the beds I found yesterday afternoon. There weren't nearly the numbers I expected and that could be from someone maybe picking them off this morning or who knows?