break my bones but Slabs will never hurt me!:Rofl Feeling well enough to follow doc's orders to "take it easy" with some moderate, conservative stretching for these bruised ribs. Well with 2 rods "sticks"(moderate) one new to me ACC Crappie Stix 11' rear reel seat & 5.5' Fenwick light w/4 lb. mono, I set my 1st trip back(11 days off, feels like 21) to SJR "Stones".:ThumbsUp Fishing for Crappie while only single-poling is what I definitely feel could be classified as moderate, conservative stretching(line):highfive With doctor's orders in mind, I set off to scratch this idle-time ITCH! 6th boat @ramp w/7am arrival brought peace of mind w/no waiting. The river flow was about 75% less than my last trip to SJ about 2 1/2 weeks ago which also provided confidence. My plan was to search skinny water in search of the love-sick spawners and w/ 68* w/t off I went. Dipping pads unsuccessfully w/11'r turned my attention my confidence setup and it didn't take long to find my targets, though relatively low in numbers(11), yielded 7 for a couple good meals anyway. Biggest fish 14"(1.75lb) turned out to be a spawned-out female that almost snatched the rod out of my hand!:yikes Caught a bunch of stumpknockers(always a blast on ultralight), 5 largemouth<14", and a healthy warmouth that was released as well. Only two well-ripened roe fish were kept. 1/64 hair-jigs were good baits but even better were 1/32 oz. curly tails in both parrot and bluegrass colors. No bobbers or split shot were used. Like Arnold would say "I'll be bock"!:biggrin Only drawback when fishing the picturesque SJ is the pleasure boaters and luxury-liners that NEVER yield to courtesy slow-downs. The thick-shouldered 10.5" and above I kept far outweigh this although the weekend armada could significantly disprove that. Enjoy the pics...ribs have dramatically improved, TG!
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