Took Too Long To Find 'EM

Fished on Tuesday trying to catch a mess. My opinion was to start in 30' of water so my plan was ON. Started with 1/16th jigs but was marking everything between 13'-20' deep with others deeper than that. Spent a good hour trying to get jigs in their faces but the fish wasnt cooperating. Tried pulling both sliders and curly tails but NOTHING bit. So....moved back up the creek to 20' of water...same thing, plenty of fish and bait deep (13'-15' deep) but only a bite or two. No fish after a couple hours of fishing. By now the sun was getting high and HOT!

One last resort...look shallow. Who woulda thunk?!? Hit the flat in the back of the creek trying to pull 1/16ths but was dragging bottom. Caught a couple then had to re-tie to 1/32nds. Picked up another 10 or so but it was getting hot quick and the fish and bait was disappearing from the graph QUICK. Guess they went into the mud because it wasnt long and EVERYTHING went blank and the fish quit all-together. Pulled out the umbrella and trolled for another 30 minutes with only 1 more bite so I called it quits. Man...I will tell ya that as I get older this heat mixed with fishing AINT NO FUN! Anyway, I did catch a dozen and kept 8 for a mess. Big fish about 13" and kept a few of the 9" fish to make the mess.

Sorry, no pics of the trip but did take one from tonite. T'werent bad if I say so myself.:)

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Looking good Butch thanks for sharing. That is all I look for this time of year just enough for supper. Don't wanna clean no more

Good to hear you found them after some looking. This water has got hot so it doesn't surprise me that you found some shallow. That plate looks very good, time to pull out some fillets :) Enjoyed your report

Nice report Butch, shallow water is the most overlooked in the heat of summer. We catch some like that year round. If there is bait, there will be fish. Crappie survive just fine in Florida's shallow, hot waters. Congrats on the catch, and thanks for the pic. Now I'm hungry!!

I'll have to get back out there


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I would be thinking deep too! I guess at first we should try shallow first and work out to deep from there. Old habits are hard to break!:banghead I also would have been tight lining for them. :Doh:

Thanks for sharing.

Good report and pics. Thanks for sharing

Good catch in all this heat. I'm with Ink, shallow water in the summertime is always overlooked, but that's where the majority of my fish come from. The body of water and location on that body make a difference, but not many people check up there.

That plate sure does look good! Reminds me of my lunch I had today [emoji6]


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I have sadly come to accept that a "bad" day for Butch is a good day for me.
Thanks for sharing.

good deal GBM glad you got on um and took a mess home for supper
thanks for the report and pic

Glad you caught some for supper, but looking at the plate, do you make your own hush puppies, they look almost as good as the fish

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Glad you caught some for supper, but looking at the plate, do you make your own hush puppies, they look almost as good as the fish

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Chevy55, if you have never tried House Autry hushpuppy mix (with onions) then I suggest that you do. For many years my wife prided herself with her made-from-scratch hushpuppie mix loaded with onions and peppers (and they were really good too) but every since I was turned onto this House Autry mix that's all we've used since. Theyre some GREAT puppies and I recommend anyone that hasnt tried them to go get a bag and see for yourself.:)

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Chevy55, if you have never tried House Autry hushpuppy mix (with onions) then I suggest that you do. For many years my wife prided herself with her made-from-scratch hushpuppie mix loaded with onions and peppers (and they were really good too) but every since I was turned onto this House Autry mix that's all we've used since. Theyre some GREAT puppies and I recommend anyone that hasnt tried them to go get a bag and see for yourself.:)

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All I use as well. I use their seafood breader on the fish.

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