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No Problem Don..didnt take it any other way than I could of been mistaken..doesnt matter anyway..so you fishing tomorrow..I think I will try Longtown tomorrow and might even make it above the timber,,depends on what I find before I get there..HAVE AM EMPTY SEAT TOMORROW ZFOR ANY TAKERS..LOL
I guess he may have been fishing in somebody else's boat, but I'm certain it was Triton trailer hooked o his truck at Crowder last week.
Fished with Todd last week and he has a Triton. Glad he got rid of that ugly orange wrapped color....
fished Longtown today..caught 2 10 1/2 crappie before getting into the creek, turned from fishable to very muddy quick, never caught a fish above the mouth of the creek. Left Longtown at around 11am and drove to Porum Landing and caught 3 bass from brushpiles.. not a single crappie kept or caught in the dutchess creek area. Water was fishable below the brigde and very murky above. Left the lake at 6pm rejected and tired..water temps at both longtown and dutchess creek was 63 to 64 degrees..just never could find a pattern that worked for me today, fished shallow in spawning areas that has always produced and fished brushpiles that always holds crappie pre and post spawn..it was 1 of those days..
Wow Ranger, wish I had known you were at Porum yesterday! I figured if there was any fishable water, it would be Porum or Brooken, so I chose Porum since it was closer. I arrived about 11 and started North but saw that the water above the bridge was muddy. Turned around and hit the rip rap which usually produces a few nice Blacks, but nothing but Kentucky's this time.
I used my 1197 to look under the boat docks on the West side (out of the wind) and found a few with brush. Couldn't get them to bite to save my life!
So I went looking for coves that had warmer water. I found some small coves with 65 degree water. Started catching a few males here and there in 3 to 6 foot water using a Purple and Chart and Red/Chart slab slayer. Moved out further look for the old girls but didn't find anything. I visited some other coves and if you could find brush in the 3 to 8 foot range, it usually had a fish or two on it.
It was a tough, tough day. I ended up with 7 keepers with about that many dinks thrown back.
Also found this swimming out in the middle of the lake above the bridge. It seemed confused, like it needed directions.
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Thanx for the reports guys.
Don, or anybody else that knows for that matter. Is that a Bull snake?
Has anyone been out on the North end since all of the rain?
Looks Like BULL SNAKE to me Smoky..or it could be a copperheadedrattlesnake..never seen 1 that I like believe it or not..yes I know Bull or King snakes are good 1's but they still make me hurt myself..lol
Don you arrived about the same time as I did..put in on the east ramp..and fished the south bank first across from the camping ground..usually holds lots of fish and has a few brushpiles that I sunk a couple yrs ago..they need rebuilt and I will during the winter..was in a red and white ranger what was you fishing in..sure wish I had of known..fished all the way to the mouth of dutchess but that west wind at 25mph was a killer and kept me from fishing my stuff (rock piles and ledges) after you make the turn heading east..headed up the cove east just before hitting the big water and fished a few places there but it was getting really muddy too..hope it settles before the 14th..might make for a long Saturday at Crowder
:confused:Got to lake this afternoon to find my home cove 7 feet deeper than it was the last time I was here a week ago. It was also a mess. Filled with debris, mud, dead turtles, washed out pvc and other junk. To top it off a beaver bit through a hose on my boat lift causing it to leak air and fall. Don't even know why I tried to fish but I did. Not a bite. What are peoples thoughts about the remainder of the spring crappie in the aftermath?