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Tin Boat Winter Tides Crappie Catching
One of my favorite conditions to fish Crappie. Unfortunately due to hooking "Shorts" as fast as I could drop a jig the Taco or better sized Crappie were few and far between. I feel the hard 9 degree freeze we had for days last year is to blame. There was a fish kill, I have confirmed thru bayou residents. Never in my lifetime have I seen a freeze like this. Anyway like shooting ducks on the water in these conditions. Just drop the jig and when your line becomes tight the thump is right there. One right after the other.
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The tide was so far out I had to put the 40 Mercury on Shallow Water mode to idle out of the slip. The waterline is usually right under the little pier stringer. You can see the high tide waterline on the stringer.
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I kept 15 Tacos then quit because handling the shorts has a mortality rate too. We have plenty for a big batch of Crappie Tacos. Natural colored plastics got bite after bite. Not exactly a attractive cooler shot. I was catching so fast I just left the cooler open to toss back the few that made the cut.
