and I’m kind of jealous of you guys with live scope... I went to Lake Ashbaugh this afternoon and got skunked.

After one of my “got skunked” trips one of you asked if there were fish where I was fishing. That question keeps gnawing at the back of my brain. When I go to places (and I mean EXACT locations) where I know crappie to be, I catch them.

Today I wanted to fish a slough right beside Ashbaugh... But since in northeast Arkansas we consider duck hunters to be slight more important than the president, I can’t be on that water by order of Arkansas Game and Fish. I’m confident I can catch fish in/on that slough. But I’ve NEVER caught fish on Ashbaugh.

And so I circle back to “are there any fish there”. And the only answer I can come up is “How would I know?”. I don’t own an underwater video camera that can see fifty feet in any direction to tell me. I have to do it by instinct. And when I get skunked I get convinced I’m a poor fisherman.

This is a love/hate thing.... this crappie fishing.


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