long overdue so off I went. Very chilly this morning, but our Salt trip from last week was more on the bitter-cold side for Florida. Decided that 8 longline trolling rods would be enough for me to manage alone with a rather brisk NE 10 - 15
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Fleshed my Fav O Rite swamp Tuesday. The Atchafalaya Spillway By U Sorrell area.
Conditions were perfect. Water was still low and muddy. Blue sky and da wind wuz nice and brisk out da north. Good thing about da swamp u cah dodge
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This morning, but not without its rewards. Everything smooth from the start with one exception. I forgot to put the millennium seats in the boat. The plus to that was that they wouldn’t get in the way today. Had we been out for a long day I
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Great day on the water. I was all over them and they were finicky. It's amazing how far you can follow a school. When they suspend deep and move, it gets tough. Ended up with 27 and got close to the 3lb mark. Most were around 15 inches. Adding
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I got there at daylight and started baiting the first of 4 poles and had it down about 18’ and got bit, the first of I don’t know how many small catfish. The Sac A Lait were just above them and word must have got out cause the boats started
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It is easier for me to upload the pictures first with this process. Peeled & Devined 21 count shrimp butterfly almost all the way through to speed cooking. Then I zest a Paige Mandarin off my tree (the most intense orange
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We lightly smoked a turkey and finished it in the oven yesterday .
I hit the local dock to ketch a few crappie while it marinated .
The wife ran the dog at the corp. park while i pursued said fisheez .
and My daughetr found
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This would be my office. I couldn’t stand it, I just had to go.
We went to my wife’s brothers house for dinner so other than mowing the lawn, I had time to go. The fish were kinda stingy with only one fish that came
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Had a good day and boat flipped 43 nice fish . Kept a good mess for an old friend, released the rest . Used a couple different setups . Mostly fished sunken cover . Huckabee Phantom 13' jig pole with 1/8 oz jighead rigged Southern Pro Umbrella
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I glanced at the board this morning and saw Quinn's post and thought, "It's a pretty nice day out there, maybe I should try it". Checked the wind, checked the temperature, checked with my better half and loaded up to give it a whirl.
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Didn’t get an early start but had constant action, these were the best of the dozen I kept. That red boat was following me around and had Taterlicious with him this time. They were busy!!!
I picked up skeetbum and headed for the lake on one of my rare weekend outings. We were off to a late start, but it was a nice morning , too nice not to go.
We made it out into the lake and took a look around to see what was going
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The Gathering is over and we are back home. We had wonderful weather and a wonderful time. We did not have a big turn out but with all that is going on in our world it is understandable. We had 15 in attendance this year with great fellowship,
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Looking to catch the biggest crappie of your life?
Spring fishing at night, from when the ice is separating like continental shelves, to the beginning of summer flowers, has brought me the greatest size fish of my life in 2021.
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There was a day when I was a bit more energetic and quicker with my camera on my phone . That was not yesterday
Struggled to get images captured yesterday for sure in a stiff northwest wind and struggled a bit to get specimens for
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