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We went after she off of work yesterday afternoon, but since she was late getting off we only got to fish an hour and then today it was pretty cold so we didn't go until 9AM and came back at noon. Got some nice ones, but a little smaller than last Sunday. Still 13" to 14" fish is good which we had several that size.
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Lure making forum (nice catch though)
Yes and caught on my hand tied Roadrunners! Believe me I know what this board is.
You're killin me Skip. Had to work yesterday and high winds today. Good job. Soon.......
Spoonminnow, the way it works here is a select few of the "Good Ole Boy" club can post whatever they want where ever they want and even advertise the products they make. The rest of us have to follow the rules & if we don't we get banned. It's just the way it works!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Spoonminnow
outstanding catch Skip, you and the Misses did a great job sir
could you post a pick of your jig you used
again a dandy mess of fishs sir grats to you and the boss lady :cheers2
when you have been here 9 years and have over 10,000 posts, have help the site and community as much as this man then you to will be able do this .........
I dont see a problem with the way Skip posts on these forums
sorry I'm done with my tiff
You want to post you catch, post it! You want to post pictures of what you tie, then do so like everyone else does. No specail rules for different people. Your just wrong. I nor anyone else can advertise their products and even if someone sees a jig picture they like and ask price, it need to be answered with a PM as we can not post prices. If you are a sponsor there is a board for advertising your products and most of us use it when we want, but I do advertise in my post here. I do have a Sif, but that is part of what one gets when they pay a yearly fee for being a sponsor. SO maybe instead of posting stuff like this you shoud step up and be a sponsor?Quote:
Originally Posted by skeeterxs170
However even if not a sponsor you can show what you tie if you wish! Also if you have some good luck we all would enjoy seeing a pic of your fish!
Nice, your making me want to move back south.
You bet, Here is the one after several times out this week... (Just a note, since my neighbor fished a lot more than I did this week he finally had to change his Saturday because almost all the tail was gone, LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by short grub
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Here is what it started out like, LOL!... (After looking at this picture I used a different mylar Chenille on the one used and it's a little lighter blue is about all.
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I don't know how you guys live up North with all the snow and cold. Always welcome back South?Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank C
Very nice fish Skip and I also think at times about moving south because up here in Northern Indiana this weather is getting difficult every year. I can remember years past of always going ice fishing before Christmas now I have only been out once with present ice going fast with all of these warm up periods...Quote:
Originally Posted by skiptomylu
thank you sir
a nice looking tie that was thrashed by fishs
again grats to you
Man I have a good many really nice customers that live up North and I just can't figure it out unless they still work and then it's a matter of making a living, but there is no way I would enjoy living up there in the frozen tundra. It gets a little more hot that I like here at times in summer, but we have AC for that and even then it's just not that bad. I don't know how you guys do it with all that darn ice. I feel for all of you for sure when this time of year comes. The older we get the worse the cold seems to be. Heck I use to just ware shirts in the 40's, but now that I am almost 65, the 40's is cold, LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by Len
I have used that color for a good many years every spring early and just do great and all my customers down here that use it have found the same thing I have. These little Roadrunners and even regular jigs in 1/32 slow long line trolled will put a lot of crappie in your boat. BTW the color that was on the real one was Cactus from Hareline and I think Minnow Blue.Quote:
Originally Posted by short grub
Nice catch Skip, congrats. The fishing is starting to heat of as the crappie are getting ready to spawn. Got to love this time of the year :) Thanks for share the pics.
No disrespect intended. Other forum moderators remind members when they post something in the wrong forum or move the post to the proper one. You're the boss and can post anything anywhere. If I had posted caught fish rather than crafted lures in this forum I would have expected you to correct it.
Someone beat me to it asking you to post a picture of the lure you crafted. Thanks for the photos of the lures. I have never caught a fish on a Roadrunner and since many on Crappie.com use them successfully, I'll have to get them out of storage.
As far as living up north goes, we cope when not drilling holes in the ice and fishing them or at home making lures.
Really, it's very comfortable (even too warm) in the sun when the air temperature is above 32 degrees. Besides that the exercise is good hauling around gear and chatting with fellow fishermen. The challenge of finding fish is no different and when you hit a school of 50 plus crappie, it's heaven!
(BTW I'm a bit older than you (been a diehard angler for over 60 years) and a pm would have been appreciated before this got to the point of opening a door for a few to pile on or at least moderating some of the comments .)
Well I will make sure to not post any more catch pic on this board. I am no boss and just post of a lot of different boards and try to not cross the line and thought some would like to see some fish. Even when I was the mod on this board I posted some catch photo's and never remember telling anyone they could not post a catch photo. Still wouldn't want to live up North, but would love to hunt up North and even Canada.
Nice fish skip... I enjoyed the pics! I still find it crazy the length of the tails that some of you guys use but it for sure works lol... Maybe I should make my tails a little longer :) Do you also make your kip tail jigs that long usually? Nice fish tho!
Thanks for posting the picts Skip. Seeing as I gotten too old to ice fish I haven't seen a fish in months sure enjoyed seeing your pictures. Looked like some of your crappies had their spawning colors on.
Not quite as long for Kip tail and that is really a lot to do with how long hair is on Kip tails, but I do admit I look for longer hair on Kip tails and while not as long as marabou (not all of it is long either) I will tie longer hair longer than I can with the ones with short hair. I know a crappie guide that ties his own and uses Craft Fur and ties it full length, now that is long. If the world was perfect in Kip Tails I would prefer to get all the ones with longer hair and while I would cut the length of some I have as it gets close the the end where it's really long, I do cut that a little more. I have seen a lot of kip tails that are all really short, but I prefer medium in that I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by VaCrappieMan
Crappie suck them jigs in all at one mouth opening and it all shoots in so tails length to me is a lot more important in Blue Gill fishing. I am not going to say a crappie never short strikes, but I don't believe it's often.
Yes most we caught this week were really black and looking for their nesting grounds I think. Just hanging out looking around. Not bunched up a lot and trolling we pick up a few hear and there and soon have a bunch.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaxsprat
Good to know moderation is kind of flexible - unlike some other sites which castigate you if you fart a wrong note. :bash
I noticed you're from Texas. I was stationed there four years in the 60's and fished the lakes around Wichita Falls as much as I could. Even did some night fishing for crappie under a light. My favorite bass/crappie lake was L. Texoma. If there was any place in the world I would move to, it would be east Texas just to be able to fish that lake and enjoy the blue pine.
Opps, sorry, I posted in the wrong spot and just noticed my underwear is on backwards. Tough being old.
Hey Skip, Nice catch sir. What is that attached to the hook eye in the top picture above?
Well I am a bit partial to East Texas since I as born and raised in SE Texas and have fished Toledo Bend since it opened as well as a little Sam Rayburn fishing as well. I lived up here in the very late 1970's trying to break into guiding, but the tax laws changed and there was a ton of guides back then. Heck the Marina I fised out of had over 50 guides all spring and all booked solid up to May. I was a bass guy first back then, but also got very interested in crappie. However moved to near Corpus for work and lived there 11 years, then moved back to Orange, my Home Town. A few years later I was again coming back up here a lot and eventually bought a place here and soon after that moved here. We had wanted to always ccome back here to live. I mean what's to not like, 2 huge lakes that are full of fish surrounded by National Forrest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spoonminnow
This site has it's rules, but I have never seen a catch board so see no reason not to post a few catch pics even on this board. I post on this board, the main board and Texas as well as Louisiana board a little. Every once in a while several other state boards wspecially if I want to or have fished there.
ONe thing is right you said and that is, it is tough being old, LOL!
There is a little story about them. That is a Quick Twist Clip size #20 and the guy that was importing these is a saltwater guy and too many of his customers were buying this small size clip and trying to put way to big of a bait on it so he was stopping the import and selling of this size. I had a friend show these to me and I ended up calling him to find out what the deal was. Short story...he was stopping this and one other size of these so I ask how many he had and ended up buying all of what he had of these and started selling them on my site. I was a bit disappointed the packs with more in them were all gone and all he had were packs of 3. So I have several cases of these, LOL! I do love them so I can change colors fast and easy without having to re-tie.Quote:
Originally Posted by stevefishes
I noticed you used a duo-lock clip on the lure. Why not just use a loop knot?
nice fish and jig
Actually it's quick twist clip and I use it so I can change jigs/color without needing to tie again. I use Braid sometimes and I hate having to cut that stuff and needing to tie again. I use them with mono too though some time. I like just being able to twist it off and put a different color on fast. With a loop knot you still have to tie it on again. I got the chance to buy all of these little packs left before they stopped importing this size so I have a lot of them so why not use them?Quote:
Originally Posted by Spoonminnow
I see your point. I rarely change colors of the soft plastic I use. Of course the twist clip wouldn't make much difference when pickerel are in the area!:yikes
Yeah you may need a stainless leader, LOL! For me and my jigs which I do use almost all the time especially in the spring I like to try some new stuff and change to one and then back to the original, LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by Spoonminnow
Me too! I've found it no longer enough just to catch fish - but catch them different ways that are unique. I guess that's why lure designers and makers get so excited when they discover something few have ever used, especially if the lure works year after year in different waters and wasn't just a fluke.Quote:
For me and my jigs which I do use almost all the time especially in the spring I like to try some new stuff and change to one and then back to the original, LOL!
i have found a leader of 40 pound braid works good for protection against pickerels teeth.plus i use hook snaps on the end of the line so i can quickly change out a lure or jig without re-tying all the time.nice buncha fish!