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Catching fish with Isla Jean

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Published on 07-07-2019 12:04 AM

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Made a trip over to Morrison Lake today with my son and his half brother, Cody, (my ex's son) to try and find a few crappie. A little background first.

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Michigan spring camp shout outs and thank yous

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Published on 06-14-2019 12:34 AM

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I need to thank everybody that made the spring camp a success. First and foremost are those who so generously donated prizes for our Friday night "freeby" give away and our Saturday night raffle.

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Going shallow for master angler crappie

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Published on 05-22-2019 12:12 AM

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Jeff and I took a trip down to Delton today to fish Crooked Lake. We both had to work in the morning so we didn't get there until close to 11:00. We were the only trailer in the lot.

Our first stop was a small cut that had flooded ...

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2018- My fishing year in review

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Published on 01-09-2019 12:35 AM

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January and February I was ice fishing Holland Lake.Caught good fish every trip out.

March came around and I fished some canals south of Hastings for crappie and got a nice pike. Also made a trip to Louisiana where Me and Jeff ...

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Not a bad day on D'arbonne Lake

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Published on 12-12-2018 12:49 AM

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I made a solo trip to D'arbonne today. The weather man told me it was 27 degrees with 1 mph winds when I launched shortly after daylight. I dropped the trolling motor and started working the channel, fishing 15-20 feet down using a double rig, ...

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Perch and bluegills and crappie, Oh My. Chilly October mixed bag

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Published on 11-01-2018 12:15 AM

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With winter quickly closing in on us Northerners, Jeff and I decided to take what may very well be our last open water, Michigan fishing trip of the year. The weather genius was calling for winds 5-10 out of the east with morning ...

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Dude, I think you need therapy!

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Published on 09-13-2018 12:57 AM

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Or maybe we both needed it. Jeff has been down for a few weeks with a recovering knee and I hadn't been in a boat since mid August. A therapy trip to the Beats-a-Tent, my shack near Six Lakes, was just what the doctor ordered. We drove up mid ...

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Crappie by the hundreds-banner day on Morrison Lake

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Published on 08-10-2018 12:06 AM

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As fishermen, we dream of the days when everything seems to work out perfectly. Perfect weather, perfect wind and fish that are more than happy to do their part. Today was one of those days for me and Jeff. We were on the water by 7:30, greeted ...

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Persistence (and Slab Sauce) pays off.

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Published on 07-23-2018 12:11 AM

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I had a though decision to make this morning, should I drive an hour through Lansing rush hour traffic to get to Stockbridge so I could dig 10 post holes for a deck I'm building or should I hook to the boat and try to catch some crappie. I ...

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Dang it was hot, but we caught some fish

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Published on 07-07-2018 12:54 AM

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I picked Jeff up just before 6am and we headed down to Middle Lake (Barry County). We were the first boat on the water and decided to do a little long lining to start the day. Our first pass produced one decent crappie and one that got away. ...

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Sometimes second choices end up being best.

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Published on 05-21-2018 12:46 PM

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Despite the forecast for rain this morning, Steve, his brother Mark and myself made the decision to make a trip down to Gun Lake to chase bluegill and crappie. We met at Steves at 6 am and were soon on the road. We pulled into the access road ...

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One 2 pounder, maybe two

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Published on 03-09-2018 01:15 AM

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Weather man said rain today so we figured on working. Got up to warm dry weather with no rain in sight so we went fishing instead. We went back to Caney Lake to look for some more red ears and bluegills.

We started where we ...

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Ice fishing recon trip-Yeti sighting

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Published on 01-09-2018 01:22 AM

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Met Steve this morning at Swedes Diner in Mulliken to fuel up for our first ice fishing trip of the 2017-18 season. -9 when I got there at 7:50 and I was wondering what was wrong with our heads. Nobody should be fishing in that kind of weather. ...

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Louisianas Lake D'arbonne with Mel

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Published on 12-02-2017 01:33 PM

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Got out on Lake D'arbonne today with my buddy, Mel. We got on the water at the Hwy 33 launch about 7am. It wasn't long before Mel got a crappie on a shiner minnow and shortly after that I caught a bar fish on a jig ...

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October mixed bag-Barry County Middle Lake

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Published on 10-21-2017 02:17 AM

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Steve and I headed down to Middle Lake this morning hoping to get into a few fall crappie. The weather was beautiful, high 50's at daylight with a steady breeze. Steve had never been on this lake before so he was counting on me to put him on ...

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Steve and Jerry and Jerrys friend Jeff go fishing

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Published on 10-11-2017 03:45 AM

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The three of us decided that today would be a perfect day for a quiet, relaxing fishing trip. I picked Jeff up at 6 am and then Steve and his boat at 6:30 and headed down I-69 for Coldwater. We launched about an hour later and headed to the ...

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