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    How many of yall knew owning a boat was expensive? holy crap!! Its ok, admist constantly spending money trying to get the new rig ready to roll and also working long hours at my other job I have got out to guide a few times. Here is a couple trips from the past little over a week. What I have found personally is that (as im sure a lot of you know) when we have cloudy days the shad come up a lot higher on the water column and this also spreads out the crappie and the spots that might be loaded with crappie the day before on high sun might only yield 5-15 on the cloudy day. So running a lot of spots has been the ticket on those days. If you fish a spot 5 minutes without a bite, move. Im also catching fish 8-10ft down on these cloudy days rather than 11-16 like on the sunny days. I generally run from lone point area to clear up around coal shaft and am catching good fish from every spot along the way. One of my recent trips they didnt want to float slip corks but rather jig or tip a jig with a minnow, I told them ok as long as they didnt care about numbers. We fished completely different pattern and locations than I would if I was drifting minnows and I ended up being completely surprised with a triple limit and the biggest crappie of the summer for me. For you jig guys (myself included) there is spots out there right now where you CAN whack them on a jig and cork, and good ones. Thats about all I got. Some of you yahoos need to get out and post some pics for me to look at while im at work... yous slacking!!









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    Nice stuff birdie. I know what you mean. I had to take up part of my floor cause I had a split in my livewell hose. A pain in the butt to replace. Nice pics. Always good to see smiling faces.
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    I'm going to give it a go tomorrow and try to catch some. Will post pics if I do any good.
    Lets go soak a line. Pat

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    I see you snuck in a picture of the new ride. I fished from a boat 4 days last week and had varied success using a jig. I caught anywhere from 3-7 overs and some days not much more. Come on cooler weather.

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    Very nice report Birdie



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    BOAT= Break Out Another Thousand or didn't you know that?
    Mark 1:17 ...I will make you fishers of men

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    After my first boat and spending several grand to get it working, I swore I would never own another one. 12 boats later, as of two weeks ago monday, I'm still a boat owner. I think some people just have to have one. I at least gave up motorcycles---I think. Remember --The person who dies with the most toys wins. Birdie--you just might be in the running. xxl

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    Didn't do so good yesterday but did talk to a couple of guys that said Monday was a great day to catch em. I did manage to get 4 overs and 5 very nice unders and a 8 lb kitty, that put up a good fight on my 11' rod.
    Lets go soak a line. Pat
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    Does that mean you can't afford a new stringer for pics.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ToddB View Post
    Does that mean you can't afford a new stringer for pics.
    You'd be proud of me Todd, headed to dicks as I type this to buy a couple. Look out!!

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