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Looks like a great trip and a nice cooler of fish. Nice boat you were tooling around in too.
Excellent trip, it's always great to share in the fun.
"gene"
good mess
nice fish..well done!
Good trip guys, nice fish and pics!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice catching!
Good mess of fish.
Wow! Nice mess of crappie. Thanks for the fishing information and pictures.
Some great looking slabs, thanks for sharing.
Very nice Ray! Enjoyed the post.
Real nice catch.
Nice read and good pics too. Sounds like a great trip with a good outcome. Thanks for sharing.
Looks like a fun day.
Good catch. Good pics. Thanks for sharing.
What a great report with some awesome pictures!! It looks like you two had a great day on the water.
With the new addition to the family I haven't had the time to fish this summer like past years, but I love single poling in the summer heat. I've always found that some of the shallowest, most unsuspecting, structure will hold crappie in the dog days of the summer. And you are right, there's nothing like feeling that thump!
That's an interesting tid bit on the braided line. I use braid on all my jig poles but I tie a fluorocarbon leader on. I love the braid for the added sensitivity and the fluoro has less stretch than mono. I used to use mono exclusively but switched over a few years back. I can say first hand that I've seen line type and size make big differences in a days fishing.
If the stars line up properly I plan to be on the water this coming Saturday morning. It'll be the first time in nearly two months my boat has seen water other than a few sprinkles of rain. I believe in going to reline a pole with mono just to see what difference it makes.
What pound test do you use Ink? I used to use 4 lb when I fished mono on the jig pole.
Derek, I use 8 pound test the majority of the time. I really have taken a liking to Vanish. When fishing heavy vegetation, or when the big fish are real shallow in the spring, I use 20 pound braid so I can hoss the fish up and out of the cover without fear of breaking my line. I haven't seen any reduction in bites due to braid. Of coarse, the water is usually somewhat stained early in the year.
Like already said great report and pics. Congrats on the day.