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Drifted the river this morning with minnows and picked up 7 keepers and maybe that many throw backs. My son had the hot hand and caught 2 just shy of 2#. Quite a few other boats and no one was tearing them up. A little chilly but a beautiful day!
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Congrats
Nice fish guys.
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That's a stud fish, nice ;)
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Nice pics, nice fish, thanks for sharing.
Way to go Hoosiers! Nice job on the specks in your sunshine paradise.
Nice fish and better times. Y’all will remember this trip for a while. I bet that big one gave up some nice fillets.
Yesterday my son and me took the kayaks over to Port Orange to see if we could get any salty critters to bite. We were after sheepshead but every bait shop was sold out of fiddler crabs because the bites been so good. We opted for sandfleas and it didn't matter...they were hungry! Lol. What a blast it was with these little fighters from the kayaks. Ended up with 5 keepers and had 2 big fish break me off.
Dad stayed in Astor chasing specks and it paid off. Had is best day of the winter with 15 in the livewell.
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32nd oz with a 1. 25 Bobby Garland itty bitty in monkey milk or the glacier got 18 for me on Monday in about 3 hrs single poling weed edges.
Six came home and 4 of them had eggs, none of the 18 were big fish.
Trolling speed was one notch above dead still. Very little wind made the difference.
Go down to Lake Woodruff. Troll 1/16 oz jigs with pink twisty tails.
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My son put together a video of our day 1 Astor adventures.
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Good video of the 3 generation team, haven't seen any Woody videos, so the tough bite conditions up to that way, has to be true...sad that spraying situation....
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Lake Woodruff is a wildlife refuge. Why can they not let it be wild?
Yeah, my folks have been spending winters crappie fishing the area for over 20 years. They almost exclusively long line trolled Dexter and Woodruff until a couple years ago when they started fishing the river due to the slow bite on the lakes. It's hardly worth the ride back to Woodruff anymore although it does have it's days.
One of my favorite things about Florida is there's always something biting! The bite was a little slow with the specks so we headed to the salt. :highfive
https://youtu.be/jECFNJ6kJQ4
Awesome
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Nice video [emoji106], too funny, did the exact same thing Saturday morning to stay out of the wind, fished the backside of bridge pilings to no luck, then found a overpass just like yours in video & caught 6 fairly quick, however, only 2 legal at 14", key was rising tide flow, switch went off with slack tide ....pan seared butter, garlic glove, salt/pepper for dinner,,,, tacos look good though, maybe next time....BTW lost first one on 25# fluro leader, went straight braid & never lost another....Attachment 366462
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Your prisoners now, Jeff = eat up! Using fleas?
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Good video and great thread. Y’all had a few good trips, glad you enjoyed your time together.
Any experience with frozen fiddler/fleas?
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Yep Doug...live sand fleas...no fiddlers at area bait shops...was ironic Greendog's video was a carbon copy of my experience, thus posting...Quote:
Originally Posted by up2specks
We went back a couple days later and it was a tougher bite; darn near impossible to hook 'em! We were running out of live sandfleas so I gave my son what was left and I switched to frozen. Had both sandfleas and fiddlers I had saved in the freezer from last time down but I couldn't buy a bite with them. I've heard of folks catching them with frozen bait but they sure weren't wanting it that day. I ended up tying on a DOA crab and had a few bites but couldn't hook up.Quote:
Originally Posted by up2specks
Years ago when the bridge at NSB wasn’t a high span and folks would fish from it, I stood next to the best sheep master I’ve ever seen. His opinion was that live bait was the only way to guarantee good fishing unless all the planets aligned and then frozen would work. I’m no authority having caught less sheep’s in my life than I have fingers. One day......
i have never eaten those taste comparison?
Sheepshead?? They're pretty tasty, mostly taste like mutton but a little fishy :biggrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Crappiegirl1
Another video from our southern salty crappie trip. :fish
https://youtu.be/NekegszWnx8
Woodruff was full of trash a week ago. Is it better now?Quote:
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I haven't been to Woodruff in a while. It sounds like they sprayed and all the kill is floating out to the river. You pretty much have to constantly clean your jig when its like that.
Another video from our Astor trip!
https://youtu.be/lN10L2ZYHs4
wow this is a busy thread my eyes are crossing---striped fish everything going on
Catch, clean, cook... oh and eat. nice day!
Good video guys. My hats off to you for some good footage of a good trip. May not have been a barnburner but y’all had a good time.
I suspect that you were using Crappie carcasses for crab bait. My extensive crabbing experience rate any non-oily, freshwater fish as very low productivity. Better alternatives would be: mullet, shad, ladyfish, trout, reds, lizardfish etc. ie- fresh, bloody, oily carcasses are best. Even store bought chicken legs/thighs are decent enough to substitute. Just so you know, starting 2020, all recreational crabbers need to register with FWC (free) to obtain an assigned number ID.
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I was using both crappie carcasses and sheepshead, just what I had on hand. I am registered with the FWC as a recreational crabber. You actually get a registration number for each of your 5 allowed crap traps that has to be displayed along with your name/address on each trap. Thanks for the tips!Quote:
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Last video from this trip....I promise! :fingerdance
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I’d have to buy another boat to get under there! Good stuff guys, enjoyed em all.