It's a Christmas Miracle ...

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Wifey and I went fishing on Griffin this morning and lookie what we caught.

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On Arkie Crank baits on top of it. Wifey got hers on Road Runner (see pic above). I use my slab rigs on the inside poles, but on the outside rods I use Arkie Crank Baits because they float up to the top on turns as opposed to going to the bottom and picking up muck! And they still wobble nice at slow speeds. I like this theory, works well, seems to attract the more aggressive bigger fish on the crank baits. Like the BnM Christmas shirt I got at Whitey's camp last month. And yep, it was caght on BnM rod, of course. A 14 ft PST pulling a Splattershad Arkie 250 crank bait not real far behind the boat (maybe half a cast away) because I'm only fishing 5-6 feet of water.

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Almost reaches 14 inches, for lake Griffin, wow. Might be a lake record, at least for the last couple years! lol

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I released it so I can catch it again next Christmas. Marked the spot with an x. :biggrin

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They were hitting those crank baits hard. They must have been hungry cause they could not even find where their mouths were sometimes! lol

Good job Slab. You and Wifey done real good.

Good job slab and congrats to the wife on the slab and merry Christmas to you and yours


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Now that's a sure fire way to promote a Griffin Slabtogether Ed, isn't it great at Xmas down here, no double prepping running around for both sides of family, ect...you luv them all the same, but don't need all the drama....

That is awesome slab, great catch there on the 14 inch fish because that is a good size speck for any lake in the Harris chains. Thanks for sharing and you and the family have a Merry Christmas.

Thanks for the pictures and the report. Can't wait to fish Griffin.

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You should send the first pic in.... You might get a shot at the CDC calendar.....December 2017

Nice big fish

Beats the heck out of those one fish days back in Illinois don't it. Attachment 254911Merry Christmas to you and your family Ed.

Great catch!, Merry Christmas to all

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Illinois has lots of crappie,just not many over 2#.

Nice catch Slab and the misses. Thanks for sharing

What color cranks do you like the best?

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What color cranks do you like the best?

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That splattershad in the picture is my go to color. Other than that you got to try different colors and see what they are biting. Just like plastics.

I like all of these Attachment 255025 Arkie 220s and 350s

I like the idea of floating plugs on the outer rods to keep from fouling on turns. Have to give it a try.
I've been told only one species (can't rember if it was black or white) will hit plugs with any consistency. Any of you had that experience?

both hit the cranks...seems like the white are easier to catch though....blacks prefer more realistic colors and you have to hit them with the cranks to get them to bite em....

Black Crappie seem to like smaller baits. That's why I use the smaller Arkie 220's for them here in Florida. All we have here are black Crappie. So I think it's a good combo. Slab rigs on all the inside rods (with the Roadrunner/Tru Turn Hook combo), and on two outside long rods I put the smaller Arkie 220's. Smaller, and perhaps more finicky Crappie might hit the plastic grub on the tru turn hook, more aggressive ones might hit the Road Runner, and the big boys hit the Crank Bait. Having said that, I've found no rhyme or reason to the catching. I've caught tiny crappie no bigger than the crank bait on crank baits! But as a general observation, the bigger ones are caught on the bigger baits.

Nice catch with all the baits.


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Have caught some nice crappie while trolling for bass, I picked up a crankbait for crappie and hope to give it a try next time out

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Illinois has lots of crappie,just not many over 2#.

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What part of Illinois?

half way between Decatur and springfield.