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Well i went to the big e today .we filleted 14 from a pound to pound & quarter.had a ball,only one fly in the ointment.new huckabee rod broke off 4 inches of tip.hoping i can get it fixed or something.will post pics later.turned back probably 20 smalls. Vh
VH, ya doin good, my friend. Sorry about the rod; surely there is some kind of warranty that will cover the break. Post some pics when you have a chance.
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Nice catch! Way to go.
Nice catch there fellows
I was in Long Town creek today and OMG the real sport was trying not to get ran over. Going way South Saturday to Gaines Creek hopefully we can avoid the crowd.
Good job VH, you stomped us, we only caught some dinks and a lot of sandbass. My wife was happy just catching fish but I get to pick the place next time :-)
Be safe out there everyone.
Fished today with Larry Russel owner of Crappie Pro, his son Jim, Son-N-Law Chris and Gr'Son Parker..oh yeah and Brian..lol..We ended up with around 25 Crappie, 1 Drum, 1 Flathead cat, and several Bass..Alot of trash fish holding to cover. WT has 80 degrees when we started at 8 and when we left at 1 it was 82. Fish caught were in 3' to 5' deep no matter the depth of water you were fishing. It was a pleasure fishing with great fisherman and good company....Ranger
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Just a few more pictures of yours truly Larry Russell..Ranger
Guess I can't get them to load..my bad....Ranger
Nice job Ranger! Looks like you all had a blast.
Wife and I fished Gaines creek for the 1st time today... wow what a fishy creek.
We got there around 10:30 and left around 3:30. After some trial and error and scoping the place out a little we finally started catching fish.
We ended up cleaning 15 and threw back at least that many. They ranged from aquarium size to good solid one pound fish. I did lose a really big one to some timber but that's fishing, the big one got away :-)
Thanks for pointing the way for us everyone, my wife and I had a great time and had some fantastic Italian food in Krebs on the way back home. It was a fantastic day all the way around!
That Krebs food is some good eatin! Glad you all picked up some fish.
I think a bunch of us are planning to go eat at "Pete's Place" after the Gaines creek Challenge! EB
Son in Law part of the crew that went with Mark and Brian on Friday.
Had a GREAT time, Mark made sure my son won the 1st fish bet with his grandpa.
Great guys to spend time with and hope to get to do it again sometime.
Thanks again,
Kris
Kris was a pleasure having you and Parker in my boat. You have a wonderful well mannered SON. Wish everyon that fished with me had young men like yours. Thanks Again for letting me be a part of a Great Day with your family....Ranger
Ok I think I have the problem fixed with Larry Russell's Picture..so Gonna try it again.....Ranger
7-5-13 in Gaines Creek...Ranger
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Now you got it working Ranger!
Maybe Larry should change his product line to BassPro! I too ordered a hand full of stuff from him today. Great guy!
nice bass and good to see that Larry is able to get out and fish
Nice bass Larry, FYI, got my jigs and heads today, Thank You ! ... you best layoff the Bass Saturday or my wife will out fish you ... I'm in charge of bait and boat !
wow . . this post sure has been quiet lately! this was the first time in a long time that I have not caught a crappie at the big E. . I was too busy making easy work of catching surfacing sand bass . . . caught around three hundred around the number nine area. they are still waiting for you to come get them . t threw them all back. can't wait till the crappie are that easy to catch again.
They're probably out there catching sandies too and just ashamed to say so :biggrin
I on the other hand have been refinishing OLD wood floors at the lake house and thus have an excellent excuse !
I was on Eufaula last Friday, we caught 45 nice fish! We started dippin timber in 2-4ft then finished up out on the main lake pulling jigs in 8-10 ft. No particular color just had to be where the fish were! EB
I should have hooked up with you EB. Pulled a nice one of a marked pile close to where we were staying first night then nothing after that. Needed some guidance - lol. Next time for sure!
Got on the water at 9:00 was off at 3:00 had 55 keepers. 7-9ft of water main lake banks pulling jigs. Blk/pink was the hot color today. EB
Fished today on the south end pulling jigs early in 7' to 9'. As the water warmed the shad moved deeper to 11' to 13' DOW. We cleaned 63. Lime/chart, blk/ pink, blk/chart beavers and slab slayers.....Ranger
You know guys I'm curious and maybe misguided so set me straight!!! But isn't this the latest anyone has seen this type of jig bite and pattern keep going. I thought usually during late and sometimes early july it's better to use minnows. Is it the weather or am I just crazy.
You can do the same thing with minnows but why since they cost you an arm and leg. Usually we are in the creeks this time of year catching the shallow fish but since the lake is still above normal that bite is off. So I will say I hadn't fished this technique this late in the year due to water levels but I can also say I will from now own.....Ranger
Headed down to chase some Sandies, any specific area you suggest? Just going down for te morning so don't have time to scout...any info helps!Quote:
Originally Posted by lazylakedog
EB....sent you a PM
Caught 51 today! 8-10fow. Blk/ pink wooly bees. Pulling jigs .6-.8 mph. EB
Had a great time on the water with EB yesterday. Biggest one for me was 1.5lbs. I will be back!
Fished main lake banks and points keeping 27 today until the wind blew me off. DOW was7' to 10' with bait of choice were beavers and wolly bees. Biggest was 1.63lb.....Ranger
Fished main lake banks and points pulling 2-3/16 crappie pro jig heads with yum beavers and wollybees using Huckabee Rods and 10 lb vicious line. Caught 43 keepers and kept a limit of 37. Biggest was 1.52lb.
For some reason my Smart Phone is smarter than I am..just sayin can't load pictures from it to here..lol....Ranger
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Fished with Terry Clark and his Gr'Son Tyler yesterday pulling jigs on main lake banks and points. The crappie were more scattered than they had been and were hitting really short but we were still able to catch some nice fish with the biggest at 1.48lb.. DOW was still in the 8' to 12' range and we were able to get Terry's HDS 7 adjusted and ready for a fishing trip.....Ranger
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Can you describe what you mean by "pulling jigs"? I think I understand but maybe not.
Nice!!
Achiro, what we are describing when we say pulling jigs is, first let me say something about the rig we are using, I personally use the Meat Dragga Rod MH with 10lb line (Vicious Hi Vis is what I am using) and 2- 3/16 oz or 1/4 oz jigs about 14" apart. We are letting out enough line to touch the bottom on occassion. We are slowing pulling the baits thru the water at a determined speed dictated by the bite. Right now it is somewhere at or between .50 to .80mph by GPS. If the fish are hitting short speed up alittle and this will help in getting a good hook set I have found.
During the POST SPAWN period we use this technique but pull the jigs at a higher speed and cover as much bank as we can to find the spread out crappie. When doing this technique during this period we are putting out as much as 14' to 16' of line and pulling the jigs as fast as 1 mph to 1.30 mph. You let out enough line to again bounce the bottom at times.
Hope this helps and Good Luck....Ranger
Just holding the rod or on a rod holder(spider rig style)?Quote:
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