I too have gone, when I had to stop by the car wash to get the 1/2” inch of ice off the boat! LOL
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I too have gone, when I had to stop by the car wash to get the 1/2” inch of ice off the boat! LOL
I didn't get skunked but would like to have done better. Missed a few bites. That doesn't help. I decide where I am going to fish based on the forecast. They have missed the wind direction the last several times in a row. When they are biting really light missing the wind forecast makes a big difference.
At least I located a new brush pile.
State fishing report says use dark colored jigs in the stained water in Texoma. I wouldn’t disagree with a government official for love or money but I will say that I am doing best on bright colors right now in the stained water.
There has been some kind of weather front everyday for 6 days in a row. I am really struggling with the arthritis tonight. I have enough pain killers in me to put down large animals and I’m still conscious enough to be on here complaining. It’s going to be a long rough night. There is no one else to complain to so you guys get to hear it.
Sorry bout the pain but I’m constantly checking in on your fishing report. Thanks for that.
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Sorry about the complaints. I’m not responsible for what I say when I’m medicated :). I couldn’t remember how to delete the post when I read it this morning. Thanks for the sentiment and the encouragement.
I know people that have chronic illness’ and they all ask me why I don’t join a support group as they have. I tell them I crappie fish so crappie.com is my support group. :biggrin
Some people THINK they know what chronic pain is like, but until you actually experience it (as I do), you don’t really know! Fortunately for me, mine is controlled for the most part; and yes, crappie.com is a great support group. We keep going but sometimes have to call a time out.Quote:
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I know just what you mean. I get put in time out a lot. :)
Oh. You meant a different kind of time out :). Send me a pm wood and tell me what is working for you. My dr has me on 4 different kinds of narcotic pain meds. I rotate around so that dependency does not become a problem. I don’t want to endure another surgery. This winter none of them are working. Every day when the sun goes down and the atmosphere compresses I start struggling. If I post anything particularly stupid or abrasive I hope you folks understand it’s not me but the meds. From dark to daylight I may need adult supervision :)
Is CBD oil an option?
Don't know if this really has anything to do with anything but here is my recent experience. I suffer from fairly severe (not chronic) arthritis with pretty bad inflammation in my joints, especially as the weather changes. I also have a small amount of crippling in my hands. My mother did the same in her 70's and 80's. I also have mild type 2 diabetes and decided I needed to get that under control . To do so I started an extreme low carb diet. My blood sugar quickly went to normal but an unexpected side benefit is that my joint inflammation and pain decreased by at least 75%, maybe more. This happened quickly also. Luckily, I like low carb foods. But I also really like bread, pasta and fried fish. I still eat lots of fish now, but rarely fried. I find giving up some foods I like well worth it.
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Bio-Available Turmeric? It help withs inflammation. I take it.
Hope you get better soon!
Sorry for the delayed response. I usually go to church Wednesday evenings. I have not tried CDB oil or even heard of it. I am very carnivorous by nature and live on a low carb diet mostly just because I like meat.
How do you cook those fish you catch? One breaded and fried fillet has more carbs than I get in three days. The meat is low carb but not fried. I'm always looking for recipes.Quote:
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Usually dry rolled in cornmeal and fried in peanut oil but truthfully I don’t eat 1/20 of what I catch. Generally I provide a fish fry for a few of the local churches. I give a lot away to individuals also.
It is more than obvious by the rapid improvement during the night that many of you have prayed for me. I want to take this opportunity to say thank you for the prayers.
Fishing was a little difficult today. I usually have my hook set timing off for a few days after having to take a lot of medication. I only hooked 10% of my strikes. The strikes were lighter than light. The up side was that they were all good fish. The pattern was different today also. I found fish at 26' and that depth only. They also were not relating to anything. I would see them on the bottom with the sonar and then get a bite. No brush, rocks, or structure of any kind. Not even a dimple on the bottom. It took a while to get my first bite but by the second strike I had a pattern figured out. I had more strikes with cast and retrieve staying close to the bottom than I did vertical jigging. I think I took a pic of the big one. I'll drag it off the cell and put it on the next post.
If the weather forecast is accurate this will be my last fishable day for a week. Weather forecast does not have a very good track record so I’m still hopeful on the fishing. It’s 27 degrees here and I am getting ready to go fishing. Another solo trip as nobody wants to go in the cold with me.
I forgot. There is one that would fish with me in the cold but Kansas is a long drive to go fishing for a day.
Congrats on the nice mess yesterday. Looking forward to pictures of today's outing!!
Nice catch cw
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Thanks
Yesterday I had a lot of strikes and only 10 fish. Today I had 15 strikes and 13 fish. It's hard to complain about small numbers. I have lived on Texoma for 15 years and this is the first year I have been able to catch crappie in January in the main lake. I finely got completely over the medication and was able to get past the tunnel vision I was suffering from yesterday and managed to engage both brain cells at the same time and put together a pattern.
I most often use a #2 hook but for the last 3 weeks I couldn't get a good stick until I changed to a #4 hook. Today was just the opposite. I missed my first 2 strikes and went to #2 hooks and didn't miss another strike. The catch is in the details. At times a seemingly insignificant change will make all the difference. When looking for that working pattern remember to try all available options. The fish I threw back were legal just a little smaller than I like to clean. I cleaned 9 all over 11".
Afternoon fishing may be the ticket right now. I fished all day and again didn't have anything until 3:00 pm. Color didn't seem to matter as long as it was bright. I think I did best on orange and chartreuse. The bite for was very light again. For me anyway. I could see the fish on my sonar just couldn't get them to hit till 3:00. They did prefer to be deep inside the brush today as opposed to yesterday.
As a bonus to myself I set 2 more brush piles today. Old Russ Bailey would have been proud of me if he knew I existed :)
Striped Bass are still simple to catch if that's what anyone wants. I had a couple again today. They sure put the old ultra lights to the test.
The Unknown Fisherman saw that I was wanting to film some fishing and hunting trips and had a Gopro 4 that he is not using and is sending it to me. Thanks Mr Unknown. I will have to edit so that no bank or background information will give up where I'm fishing.
Mr Unknown came down from an unknown state last week and went fishing with me. We had a good time on the water.
Wrangler, I saw Russ today and told him about you.
Glad to take care of that for you. LOL
Thanks for the plug with the crappie cleb ��.
I guess I forgot today’s pics.
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Jon (Montanaboy) says that the GoPro is the way to go, pro.
Are there any crappie left in Texoma since you've been fishing there wrangler? Haha
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I just help fish and game with population control. It’s my civic duty.
I took my regular fishing partner yesterday at his request. He is older than me and on blood thinners so he quickly became cold. I moved to an out of the wind area for his comfort and then came in because he couldn’t warm up. This is all we came back with.
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You still came home with 2 dinners!
Also you helped someone get out and enjoy the day.
Kudos buddy.
I took the day off fishing to get a 300 hour maintenance done on my boat. I bought the boat last April and didn’t do the maintenance because I became sidetracked over the broken trailer. I remembered a few days ago and dropped the boat off to my mechanic this morning. Went on a test drive after my mechanic talked me into a new prop also and found that I now have an additional 7 mph. Always need to get that 300 hour maintenance done when purchasing a used boat. Among other issues we noticed that the boat had its original lower unit oil. That would make the oil 19 years old and it looked it.
It took many years but I finely found a good boat mechanic a few years ago.
Assuming it’s not raining tomorrow I’m going fishing.
Today’s fishing could be best described as having maximum vacum. In layman’s terms, it really sucked. I never got a single crappie strike. All I caught was 3 Striper. All 3 in the 26” range and while they were fun to catch that doesn’t keep them from being trash fish.
To date, I have never caught a crappie in the main lake here at Texoma in February. I plan on changing that this year. It’s kind of like flipping a switch on January 31. For me they just turn off. I usually wind up going to Eufaula a few times in February. I plan on resisting that urge this year. I may have a lot of dry trips but I am going to stay after them here on Texoma till I figure something out.