Patience pays off...eventually

It was beautiful morning...

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Shu gave it a thumbs up so I knew something good was going to happen...
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But we fished and fished, and waited and waited, and we caugh jack squat.

We were fishing deeper water and hardly even got a bite. So I said, OK, we're pretty much done, were just going to troll back towards the house and go over to a little less deep of water (7-9 ft). We switched out our deep diving crank baits to shallower running Arkie 220's to see what would happen.

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Well low and behold, we started catching'em.

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We did a few circles and caught some nice fish.

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Even caught Green Carp.

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And they were swallowing'em. Not all were like this but it was exciting. Finally got on some fish on Griffin. Not a ton of keeper size fish, but all in all, Shu and I had a great time. We were really hopping the last quarter of our fishing trip today until the heat chased us off and we were done.

You two had a good day! Was this on Harris? Shoots the theory that there's only one fish there and you catch him several times. Way to go guys.

And I forgot to mention the best part. Shu made gewbers.

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They are great. Love'em. Nothing at all like the slimey ones you buy on the side of the road. Never gonna do that again. Now shu has to keep me in gewbers! lol

Great job. Glad you had a good day.

Love me some boiled peanuts. Like mine in crab boil and looong cooked and loooong soaked. Best time to cook em is right after a crawfish boil. That seasoned up water does em up right fitting. Nice day fishing to boot.

Awesome fish! Nice pics Way to go on thinking outside the box and catching fish in places most folks wouldn't even try this time of year.

Good job guys....I knew if you paid attention to Shu you would finally catch some fish

The Arkie hat looks great too......needs a C.C hat pin on it tho

Here's the deal..... dos fish are sick of seeing those cranks everyday.....so they decided to fight back and bite em!:Rofl

No Speckanator, you missed the clue. They was chummin with goober shells!!! That's Cheatin!!

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Originally Posted by skeetbum

No Speckanator, you missed the clue. They was chummin with goober shells!!! That's Cheatin!!

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"G"'s a guber. And yep, I need a cdc pin on that hat.

And I did not bring the goobers with to throw the shells out. I et them when I got back. Once we started catching fish we we too busy to eat goobers anyway. Barely had time to answer all "G"'s texts! lol

And Speckanator, I think you're right. I done wore them out. They got sick and tired of me and finally decided to bite. As long as all those gators out there don't feel the same way, I think I'll be OK. Dang this lake got gators. They swill right up and look close at you. I thought shu was gonna be a gonner!

Just remember, you are what you eat. Guber!

"And I did not bring the goobers with to throw the shells out. I et them when I got back"

Rats! Thought I may have been onto something new. Oh well.

Great day on the water you guys, thanks for sharing. Good to see you can catch em on crankbaits.:ThumbsUp I've tried a couple times, never had a bite? :dono

Who would think you could have a good day in the heat of July? If we keep using crank baits I'll almost think it's a valid way to fish(really need a pole in each hand). Thanks for another great trip.--shu

Great trip in the heat !!:ThumbsUp

Did you pull those crankbaits on a long line, or did you rig them with weights?

Thanks.

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Did you pull those crankbaits on a long line, or did you rig them with weights?

Thanks.

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Longline. About a cast back behind the boat. Brighter colors, silvers and chartrease. Arkie 220 series. 7-9 ft of water. 14 ft of water showed fish, but never got bit there.

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good help G

Back from Vegas, and this was the first thread I opened. Nice seeing you guys getting out and catching a few. Been meaning to get around to dragging cranks, and this was just the ticket to get me started. Ordered a good chunk of cranks to get started. And made sure Arkie was aware I appreciate the support of the site.

Good stuff guys!

Hey Slab,

This is good to hear! I have tried a few times with crankbaits, but no luck. How many rods were you guys using?

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Back from Vegas, and this was the first thread I opened. Nice seeing you guys getting out and catching a few. Been meaning to get around to dragging cranks, and this was just the ticket to get me started. Ordered a good chunk of cranks to get started. And made sure Arkie was aware I appreciate the support of the site.

Good stuff guys!

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Hey Stu,

Best of luck to ya with the cranks, hope you keep us informed how you do.

Regards,
pescador

Good catch Slab glad you all kept at it and found some

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Hey Slab,

This is good to hear! I have tried a few times with crankbaits, but no luck. How many rods were you guys using?

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Four in back, four in front.