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[Noodle rod]

Thank you all, this site has been very helpful and inspiring in many ways that are sometimes hard to quantify, same goals again, but would surely love to catch a giant, take its picture and slip it back into the water.

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[ezgoing]

I caught around 200 juvenile fish that I did not count towards my total, and yes the little ones are fun to catch, but I move on quickly if they are all coming up small. If I have an outing where the average is say 12",I finish out the trip, and go another direction the next outing.

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I am going to attempt that this year but I'm addicted to the thump. So it is going to be hard to past up areas that I know will provide me a lot of crappie to catch, although most of them will be small. Last Spring I had days when I would catch 150-200 crappie each trip. Around 10% would be 11" or above. I was keeping 12" and above for myself and for some friends who can not fish.

I know there will be days when I will back slide and target these areas where I can catch large quantities of smaller crappie but I am going to try and force myself to stay away from these areas and fish the stumps, lay-downs and other areas that most crappie fishermen do not fish.