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Poll results are tricklin' in from the Cooch
In an effort to maintain my earnest effort @Cooch's Crappie Conquest, I launched an hour after sunrise to gather some more data on this river's Crappie population. This time I remembered to bring my portable depth finder:banghead and obviously gain valuable structure/contour data:yikes. Strictly sticking with one-pole presentation(casting/vertical jig) with hand-tied jigs, I was rewarded on 1st drop with a tick that emanated from a feisty 8" lm that eagerly awaited his release. My 3rd drop resulted in the same(gotta love it) tick that yielded a more well-shouldered combatant. I initially thought lm>gar>catfish(definitely NOT Mr. Speck). After numerous 10' Ozark rod-bending arches, my curiosity was visually quenched seeing my 1/48 oz. hand tie planted perfectly in the corner of this surprise...a 3-4 lb. Bowfin!! Any of you that have experienced Mr. B know the attitude they genetically showcase. Although not renown on their tablefare ranking, their attitude is off the chart.Attachment 363555 My search throughout the day prove fruitful with some bream, copper-nosed gills, and yes Crappies!! (Only 3- 7-9" males) that I found in the river's plentiful hyacinth matting that needed to be "holed" to get my jig through. This attachment shows the modified butt on my rear-seated Ozark rod that I removed the butt cap from before inserting a 4 inch piece of spare graphite rod tubing which was epoxied tightly in place and then drilled out/glued a piece of hardware store cork. This modification was done to enable spider-rigging application = works great! Oh, pic also shows a well-shouldered CN Gil.Attachment 363557
Thanks for readin', until next time-:fish
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