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Hmmm, I wonder where the fluke came from?
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50-50 mix between jigs and minnows. The jigs had to mimic minnows though. Tried several different patterns on the jigs, and the winner was a fluke looking bait by zoom called the Arkansas Shiner, and a Lake Fork silver segmented twist tail. Both in minnow color. The 13" were caught on minnows. Jigs got the smaller fish.
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Hmmm, I wonder where the fluke came from?
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Glad you found some fish Dennis. Water temp hit 49 deg where I was fishing yesterday
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I went over structure and riprap. There was just nothing there. Very few fish on the brush piles. 80 degrees today is going to scatter them some more maybe.Originally Posted by TimY
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Tried rip rap a couple hours nothing there I was looking for. A lot of 6 to 10 in fish. Moved to a drop off yesterday afternoon in 25 ft of water and done well. Fished 8 to 15 ft deep all big fish.
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Strangely enough, I used a 5" fluke at Carl Blackwell a couple of years ago. I was fishing for saugeyes, rather than crappie. Got zero saugeyes, but five large crappie went for it. I have tried it (briefly) again without a hit, so maybe catching those large crappie on a fluke was just a fluke. Pun intended.
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Don't know. We use the biggest shiners we can find up to 4 in. Moving the driftmaster from the side of the boat to the front and breaking out the long poles. Normally do this in March but with higher than normal water temps it's time. A lot of suspended fish.
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I think anybody that had a boat that would start was on the water yesterday. Hope they caught fish. Water was almost muddy from the recent high winds. Saw a lot of boats fish spots for a few minutes and move on. Some fish were tight in cover due to the muddy water and a lot were scattered. Fished tight in cover and ended up with 24 nice fish from 1.2 to 1.7 lbs. Tough bite would catch 2 or 3 and they would quit for 30 minutes and I would catch 3 or 4 more. Took a lot of patience yesterday and I didn't see much of that.
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"Took a lot of patience yesterday and I didn't see much of that." Thats funny--- Reminds me a a fly fishing guide on the white river in Arkansas. People would see him catching the snot out of them and ask, "What are you catching them on?" He would holler back, "good technique!"
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And he most likely told the truth. Having grown up on a Blue Ribbon trout stream, with a good-sized lake nearby, it is readily apparent that trout are a look spookier and finickier than a crappie. Unless you are fishing for hatchery trout, fly fishing requires the right type of line and leader, right size and pattern of fly, right presentation, and right form of drift and/or retrieval.
You wouldn't think that technique would be important in ice fishing, but you can use the same bait as the rest of the guys on the ice and be slaying them, while they are getting skunked.
