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As I watched the eastern sky turn pink I knew it was time to head down to the lake and try out my 4 new Pinnacle rods I received for Christmas to round out a matched set of 8 for my crappie catching machine.
The minnows I found had a case of the funk and soon where dropping like flies. Good thing I was optimistic and got a pound :)
Eased the boat in at Whitey's, turned the corner around the cypress and low and behold the Tiptonville armada created me. Man there where a lot of boats out there for a breezy 29 degree morning. Everyone must be desperate to try out their Christmas gear. Just like me :)
The WSW wind kept me from trolling the area I would like and kept shifting from W to S so my little boat was spinning like a compass much of the time.
Persistence paid off and I found active fish in water from 10ft to 16 ft of water while trolling straight minnows
Ended the day bringing 30+ to the boat and keeping 17. No monsters but there where a couple of TARP fish in the mix.

My Crappie Machine

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The catch. Iced and ready to clean this morning

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Excellent !!

Dang! I just noticed that my Boat registration is expired!
Double Dang! SO is my truck!!
I better get down to the county clerks tomorrow!

You be Lucky!!

Great job and better get that boat and truck tagged. :)

With how bad duck season has been here, I myself is about to get rigged up and go out into the deep water. Yall are killing me!

There will be twice as many boats now! :)

Good looking catch.


Regards

Very nice catch.

Nice.

Nice start to the year!!