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Spider rigged White River Refuge with a good friend of mine this morning. We got a late start, it was hot when we got there. Had to grind for the few we got. This is the best 6. Kept a few more but didnt want anyone on here throwing rocks at me, lol. Im just hongray! Caught some more big gar. Not as big as last time but perty biggins. Any way, beats work.
Nice fish congrats!
Way to hang in there!!!
Look at the shoulders on dem fishies!!
nice ones!!
Judging by the color of those fish, the water must still be pretty stained. Nice fish for the lower White.
Try the Gar if the Crappie don't fill the plate.:twocents Good looking Crappie.:fish
Love That Place! Love it love it love it. Wish I could go tomorrow.
Congrats on the catch. Enjoy. Got a pic of them cooked up and ready to chow down on?
Water is still pretty high, and yes sir stained, but has cleared up a little since last week.
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This is a gar that I brought home to try just for u Nimrod. No where near the size of several gar I lost right at the boat.
Fry em - and try em?
Nice crappie. Now take some tin snips and clean that gar!
just wating till the water drops a couple more feet too try it
Where on the refugee? I grew up there at Maddox Bay. My brothers and I still own my parents place on the Bay. Once you have lived It you can never get it out of your blood. :-)
I camped at East Moon a week in the spring and a week in the fall from the time I was 16 years old. Fished East Moon, Swan, upper and lower Parish. I also had a cabin on East Lake that I was at any day I wasn't working. It was in Bream Village. When Townsen and Potlach sold to the Federal Fish and Wildlife things got too crowded and I sold the camp and moved on. We took a lot of fish and ducks out of that camp. East Moon has been in the system for a long time, except for fewer deer, it's pretty much like it was. I was told that the river blew out both ends of the chain of lakes. If it did and is not fixed, 20 miles of lakes will fill in.
Nice catch. Those are some nice size crappies.
My dad retired from the refugee in 1999. I use to date one of the Prine girls.
That was back in the 70's. Been a long time ago. Nice to see people using the White River Refugee.
Nice Crappie LP WTG!!!
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Originally Posted by mallardhunter
Love the refuge! Want to get down there, just a long drive.
Pretty long. Where you from? I live in dewitt and as the crow flies, its not too far, but still takes an hour from my driveway to the ramp!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mac Daddy
Hey LP I live in Batesville so it's about a 4hr drive for me to the refuge. But make no mistake, have boat will travel.
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Originally Posted by Mac Daddy
U requesting a trip? Or wanting to know which lake specifically? Either im up for! Im more available during the week than on weekends. Wife is off every weekend and I work every other weekend. So on my weekends off I try to do family time.
That is quite the trip! But when the bite is hott its well worth it!
Sure, when you feel the bite is right let me know and let's go. I know at one time you were interested in learning about trolling cranks. I'm set up for that but have never done it on any of those lakes but if you want to we can try that if what you normally do isn't working.
Your correct I want tutoring in the cranking department! Last trip to the refuge, which was tuesday I ran out of minnows spider rigging due to the gar, and broke out my cranking gear, that I just got all lined up, and gave that a shot! Caught several really nice crappie, but just didnt catch many. In my defence a huge front had just moved thru and high pressure hopefully is the cause for so few of fish. Caught 4 slabs in the first 15 minutes of cranking and didnt get another bite for 2hrs. Anyways, lets give it a shot sometime man.