Started early in the morning and I'm glad we did. After noon ish the bite really trailed off..

We managed 17, really nice, quality fish, and probably that many short fish.

All jigs.. Some hair and some on beaver ...

Walt & I hit the Quabbin again today. Launching before 8 am with the air at a brisk 51 degrees! 3 days ago it was in the 90's! New England! Water temp was 70 degrees today and the wind - if you could call it that - was calm to very light. ...

Our adventures continued. Stopped by Mitch’s (owner PICO Lures) and he showed us where the magic happens. Being the perfectionist he is, he still hand makes some specific colors and styles himself that he can’t get done right by anyone else just yet. Hard to get good help these days! lol

He also makes great ribs which were definitely ...

Huckabee Phantom jig pole rigged with Timmy Tom insert jig head and purple/chartreuse Umbrella tube hammers another limit with live scope . Did lots of looking around today . Some areas muddy after the rains but was able to find plenty . The ...

It doesn’t matter if you are trolling crankbaits or jigs for crappie you have to know how deep your lure or lures are running or diving too. Too deep or too shallow and you’re not going to catch them. Then once you find what depth the crappie are holding you have to set your other poles out at that depth to catch more.


There are three ways of knowing how deep your crankbait or jig is at below the surface. One is to drop ...

Put in just after daylight this morning. Couldn’t have asked for a more pleasant morning for the 1st of August! 71 degrees...good breeze...hardly any humidity...overcast until almost 11 o’clock... I would take that every day! Bream were the ...

Went to cypress in Benton this morning, pulling cranks for a few hours, used pico cranks. Have no idea the depth they were because I just made a good cast and let them eat. Didn't wear them out, but caught a couple nice ones

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