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fancy rig to bring in some whales at Lake Conway. Yesterday, fished from 7 am till bout 2:15 pm and had not one bite. All of sudden, wham, they turned on and I caught all these. Left at 5:15 pm with a great smile and big pile :fish All were caught between Adams Landing and Green's Lake in 7/10 feet of water fishing a tight line single pole jig 6.5 feet deep. They were hanging tight on the cedars. Lead head 1/16th jig with a nimrod special tube :biggrin. Smallest was 11" - largest was a tad over 14" - with most of the others running 12-12 1/2". Two were female, the rest were males. The eggs were starting to get mushy looking and not firm (what does that mean? bout to spawn?)

Sorry bout that green carp :Rofl

Paul

What do you have them packed in?


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Great post and pics, Congrats!!

Congratulations! I have been wondering when we would have a report from Conway. Thanks for sharing.

Chris

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After I fillet them and cut out the rib cage, I wash them in cold water and put them in a 1 quart freezer bag from Kroger, then wrap the bag with aluminum foil, weight em, describe em, and date em. Been doing that for bout 30 years - keep it simple. I never have more than 5-6 bags ranging from 1-1 1/2" pounds per bag and they never hang around more than 4 months, usually not near that long. Taste like I caught them this afternoon when I fry em up in some peanut oil or bake em with a butter and cracker batter (ummmm good). Paul

I thought you were going to say "Don't take no for an answer" to which my first thought was "I agree, or else I wouldn't have any kids". But you just threw me off for a minute. And those babies (fish) are from the man who used to say he could catch any good ones on Conway. Way to go Paul! The man from Newport showing us how to make it happen, never give up.. or take no for an answer.:biggrinI'd say she has spawned.

Thanks Mac, learning Conway slowly and with a lot of help from some good people on CC. Many subtle and straight forward tips from people like Nimrod, CrappiePro, JiggingPoleJoe,, DanoGoldCreek, D-10, yourself, and the list goes on and on.

I agree with the "no kid" discussion :Rofl

Paul

can anyone turn that first picture around so i don't look like an amateur photographer, hehehe.

Great pic and post. Like to be down there this weekend to catch a mess but the turkey fever has kicked in. Gotta try my luck in the woods first. Congrats on the mess, way to hang in there.

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.:biggrinI'd say she has spawned.

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Nice job. Think eggs would be more transparent if was about to spawn.

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can anyone turn that first picture around so i don't look like an amateur photographer, hehehe.

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thanks Windstone. Poor boys crappie machine.

Got it turned in the original post as well. Sorry not in the original order.

Nice bunch of fish caught in a tough fishing lake. You are on your way now.

Nice catchin Paul! I see why you did holler at me at the office today. You were too busy feeling the thump! The eggs still look fine to me.

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Nice catchin Paul! I see why you did holler at me at the office today. You were too busy feeling the thump! The eggs still look fine to me.

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Didn't not did. Fat thumbs....

Thats a fine mess o Crappie . That purple/chartruse seldom lets me down . I caught a limit Thursday on the big D using those on the 1/8 oz jighead as always .

That is a nice pile of fish. Obviously, your persistence paid off. I just noticed you are from Newport. Bill Keedy and I were good friends from college. "Hot" Keedy told me one time he made Newport famous. For those that are familiar with his success as a high school football coach they would probably agree. Again, congrats on the good catch.

Great catch, congrats!

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That is a nice pile of fish. Obviously, your persistence paid off. I just noticed you are from Newport. Bill Keedy and I were good friends from college. "Hot" Keedy told me one time he made Newport famous. For those that are familiar with his success as a high school football coach they would probably agree. Again, congrats on the good catch.

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knew Billy my whole life, he was a few years older than me, but he was a great second baseman in legion baseball and a super quarterback. tore his knee at ASU and that was it on the playing. Was in his sister's (Cynthia) class in high school.

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Nice catchin Paul! I see why you did holler at me at the office today. You were too busy feeling the thump! The eggs still look fine to me.

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actually I did call about 10:30 or 11, but got the office message no one was in so just kept on fishing the roots ��

All calls go through the automated message if the secretary doesn't answer. Just follow the promts to get one of the biologists.

ah, ok, will do. thanks. still need to pick your brain :notworthy

Your rig looks about like mine. I figure if it was good enough for grampa it's good enough for me. Nice looking fish and good report. i went up to gold creek
last friday and got plenty of dinks but no keepers.