The Great Lake Harney Slabtogether

Eight boats and 10 dedicated crappie.com fishermen showed up around 6AM this morning ready for a day of fishing on Lake Harney. None of us knew what to expect as far as the bite. We were prepared for a mild morning with winds of 4 to 5 mph. The temp was 48°. When we left the river going into the Lake we were met with WIND and white caps! Weatherman was WRONG again! So, just about everybody headed for the north side of the lake to find some calmer water. Not much of a bite there and after the sun came up good the wind began to calm and folks went in several different directions. I went to the SW part of the lake where we caught 30 fish by noon.

Just about all the fish caught today were in the 1 1/2 lb range with several pushing 2 lbs and one over 2 lbs. THESE WERE 15" FISH FOLKS! Watch out Talquin and Crescent... Harney's knocking!

Great day of fishing and fellowship!:cheers2

Here are some pictures.....I don't have all the weights and details and flycaster is without internet at the moment. As soon as he's up and running he'll add the details.

Russ and Stu talking over a game plan ready to head out

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Sunrise over Lake Harney

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Flycaster with his big fish of the day

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Crapslabstu with a couple of big ones

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Spectacklure with some scale breakers

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Pontoon pappy with the big fish of the day

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The winners

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OH YEA! Rooster tail ran out of gas JADA!!!
65Pontiac's towing/rescue at work

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Nice day for sure. Would have been there but was not home from cruise till 1:00 today.

Nice Wish I Could Have Had To Work. Nice fish

Did Speck Detector show? Where has he been?

Congrats to all, looks like a great day was had by all. Well not all Rooster tail ran out of petro.

Great job all. I was at Bitter's helping lots of people get out to enjoy a beautiful day on the water. Some really nice fish!!

Good job guys, and some excellent fish!!. I left Nashville last night at 23* and got to Cincinatti at 18*, Y'all make me jealous. Might fish a little in the morning but we don't expect over 50 anytime tomorrow.

Results of Lake Harney November 15, 2014.

Big Fish: Pontoon Pappy 2 Lb. 1.3 oz

Heaviest 5 fish:

Specktacklure: 7 Lb. 8.0 oz. First Place -------- Big Fish: 1 Lb. 12.0 oz.
CrapSlabStu: 7Lb. 5.0 oz. Second place ------ Big fish: 1 Lb. 12.8 oz.
Pontoon Pappy: 6 Lb. 10.5 oz. Third Place ----- Big fish: 2 Lb. 1.3 oz.
Speckanator: 6 Lb. 6.0 oz. ----------------------- Big fish: 1 Lb. 5.6oz.
65Pontiac : 6 Lb. 0.0 oz
Crappieday: 5 Lb. 14.5 oz. ------------------------ Big fish: 1 Lb. 7.5oz.
Roostertail: 5 Lb. 0.0 oz. -------------------------- Big fish: 1 Lb. 7.2 oz.
Flycaster: 3 fish – 3 Lb. 11.5 oz. -------------------Big fish: 1 Lb. 15 oz.

Love it, thank you for sharing. Great job.

OH-MAN sounded like you guys where wearing some tackle out. As tradition would have it Nov./Dec on Harney is all about the double fist'n Skecktacklure is displaying WTG & 3oz off the pace CrapSlab is goin to have a asterisk next to his name at Harney as "unfair competitor" LOL...sure would like to know what that knot in the belly of Pontoon Pappy's speck, can't believe that's roe already. Strange thing about that lake is the only reason to be out at sun rise is for the parking, bet the best bite was 9 to 11:30......Jealous of all, looked like good times!! WILL BE ON THE WATER SOON !!!!!

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Did Speck Detector show? Where has he been?

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Been on-call the 1st (2) gatherings & sold the boat a couple months ago, situation to be remedied soon ! We'll be getting after them sooner than later since mother nature has decided to take her cool hand & slap the !$$%#@@! on these lakes. Tight-lines my friend.

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Originally Posted by Speck Detector

Been on-call the 1st (2) gatherings & sold the boat a couple months ago, situation to be remedied soon ! We'll be getting after them sooner than later since mother nature has decided to take her cool hand & slap the !$$%#@@! on these lakes. Tight-lines my friend.

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I know that feeling all to well. What ya gettin next? Hollar if ya get an itch ya cant scratch. Your welcome in my lil boat anytime.

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Originally Posted by Speck Detector

Been on-call the 1st (2) gatherings & sold the boat a couple months ago, situation to be remedied soon ! We'll be getting after them sooner than later since mother nature has decided to take her cool hand & slap the !$$%#@@! on these lakes. Tight-lines my friend.

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Good to hear from you even if you out of service for a while.....folks always asking "where's the tall guy from Oviedo?" See you soon!

If you haven't seen the HOME page check it out.....you guys are celebrities......:Rofl

Excellant reports Mike & John.........If you hadn't said where caught, would have thought
you were at Crescent..............Really night fish..
Pictures really back of what is said...................Looks like everyone had good time,
once wind and a little warmth became liveable
Excellant day - Even with extreme high pressure setting in from cold front...

Looks like a great time. Congrats, and nice catch.

Looks like another great day of fishing!! My backyard is DEAD!! im gonna have to figure out how to tow nd launch the crappiemama by myself I guess, test out the new KNEE!
Congrats to all! Stu you look like your feeling much better!

Man, I am jealous! Nice tournament fellows and congrats Specktacklure! Good to hear the Speck Detector is still out there. Keep in touch!

What a day it turned out to be, hadn't been there since last year so had no idea what to expect but know what can be found there !! wow:ThumbsUp

We didn't catch a ton but some nice fat fish, good to see everyone - might be goin back there soon:fish

Nice looking fish, congrats.--shu

Great day everyone. I'm solo ready to see fish as they not in my yard

Looks like another good time was had by all....Nice fish!!!:cheers2

What a great day to be out on the water! Add a few friends and now you have the makings of another small blessing :)

I cant even begin to express how excited I am about fishing any lake in the St Johns river system this year. Monroe, Harney, Crescent all seem to me producing larger average fish then 3-4 years prior? maybe its just me but I'm convinced this winter is going to be a banner year.

Thanks to everyone who managed to find the time to hang out a bit and enjoy a wonderful day on the water with us. We always very much appreciate your support and camaraderie.

As far as the details...... due to some weed debris I went with pushing tipped zip jigs single lines, and caught most .4 to .6 mph in 10-14 fow. Blue / Pink / white all seeming to be preferred.

Awesome looking fish this year. Pappy had a PIG! and John had that sweet Black as night male........

all in all, we all did well and everyone Im sure enjoyed the day out on the water.

Thanks to Mike and John for their continued fest efforts, you are both appreciated very much.

Got home in time for a quick nap and a Seminole WIN!!

All in all a very blessed day indeed!

Looking forward to seeing you all at next months slabtogether at Monroe, and you KNOW we will all be seeing each other out at CRESCENT :)

Ahhhhhh the stinking hot summer is over..............let the slab hunting begin!

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What a toad (I'm talking about the crappie)!

That fish looks like it came out of the Dark Ages. A cat that lived through all it's nine lives. What a battle hardened beauty.

Is the area marked from the ramp to the Lake . ??? RR

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Is the area marked from the ramp to the Lake . ??? RR

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From SR46 the run to Harney is not marked, it curves back forth & with the high water you wanna know the right way to go. When you get to lake you will
wanna stay east/northeast before turnin out into the lake since there is a sandbar on the left. There used to be white poles markin it but with the high water I only saw
1 showing at this time.

If you put in at Lemon Bluff, the river is marked well & goes right to the lake but it's prolly a 10-20 min boat ride depending on motor size.

Thats what I thought , No marking lol , Is there a ramp off 46 near Lemon Bluff ?? Have done some bass Fishing from Mullet Park area , long run to Harney tho. RR

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Thats what I thought , No marking lol , Is there a ramp off 46 near Lemon Bluff ?? Have done some bass Fishing from Mullet Park area , long run to Harney tho. RR

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Lemon Bluff ramp is off SR415 at the end of Lemon Bluff Rd, fairly close to Mullet Lake Park - prolly better to use Mullet Lake if coming from 95 or the
ramp at 46 - if ya have a decent GPS you should make it ok or get there early & follow the crowd to the lake

LOL thats what I'll do , follow the leader and hope they know where they are and make sure it a heavy Boat ! RR