Took a Chance....

& headed down to the Farm Pond, so the new Millennium seats could get a good test run...lone-line trolled 6 hrs & must say :ThumbsUp:ThumbsUp, 1st time in MANY yrs there was absolutely no lower back fatigue, should have done this yrs ago :Doh::banghead....so the "chance" part was that some fish could be found this late in the season further south... surface water temp got to 80F, water was a sheet of glass (as in photo below), & got a late start launching at 9 am....well there was plenty of action, although many went back to the water under 10", best fish was 14", but hey, it was more than enough to tickle my fancy...darker colors seen the most action...forgot to take a pic of a beautiful "pumpkin seed" that was pushing a lb. caught during 1 flurry (someone please explain to Phantom "pumpkin seed" is not a Deep-State code term:Rofl)...well practiced my social distancing the letter & forgot about things for a spell, yep that's the best answer that can be given to why I fish:biggrin...hope it's the same for you!!!

Very nice, all encompassing report, Jeff:HandsClapping Never caught a pumpkinseed in Fla(beautifully marked critter) let alone a lb.'r!!:cheers2 Do you troll on Port side too? = 10 rigs:scratchhead Use your beetlespins there?

Doug

Very good trip Jeff, and worth the drive and other necessary changes. Freezer lookin good about now too. Trim system malfunction has me staying close but it beats watching TV. Thanks for takin us along bud, vacation starts the 12th and don’t know where I’ll wind up.

Yes & Yes Doug, troll 10 poles, however, the 1 sticking up is my 4ft ugly stik that use to go in a rod holder attached to hand rail, but new seats are wider, thus have to find another area to mount & those 2 poles have the beetles spins (modified) w/grub paddle tails....Tim, was going to drop fish at Phantom's, but couldn't reach him by phone til to late, due to he was at son's place, have given a lot away this yr as well......& here's the best pick of that pumpkin seed out of many variations online, had a red tag on ear, orange/yellow blotches, & veins on gill plates.....

10 poles wow, most I can handle is 6...lol
Don't think I can ever go back to staring at bobbers..
I even listen to the radio with amp in aluminum boat, not loud, just enough, most say it scares the fish...I say it wakes them up, makes them look up..lol
Crappie on man..:cheers2

Very nice catch Jeff, so glad to hear the new seats are working out ok for ya. I don't know where that lake is that you fished but 80 water temps are very hot for this time of the year. Ours is just getting to 59/60. Thanks for the report and keep them coming.

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That’s a good lookin punkinseed. Very pretty markings. In my limited mind, if it has the red on the gill spot I call it a shellcracker. I’m sure there are many variations and now hybrids too, panfish crossbreed a lot more than I ever imagined.

Same "judge a book by its cover" mindset here too Tim:Rofl Further investigation shows that the PS (aka beauty pageant winner) has less margin of red earflap, and distinctive, angled lt. blue rivulets emanating from eye.:yikes That being discovered, I have caught those non-shellcrackers, lolJumping Jacks Icon
Thanks Professor Jeff, thought I was too old to learn.:biggrin

Doug:fish

What ! No Pic of the seats :dono RR

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& headed down to the Farm Pond, so the new Millennium seats could get a good test run...lone-line trolled 6 hrs & must say :ThumbsUp:ThumbsUp, 1st time in MANY yrs there was absolutely no lower back fatigue, should have done this yrs ago :Doh::banghead....so the "chance" part was that some fish could be found this late in the season further south... surface water temp got to 80F, water was a sheet of glass (as in photo below), & got a late start launching at 9 am....well there was plenty of action, although many went back to the water under 10", best fish was 14", but hey, it was more than enough to tickle my fancy...darker colors seen the most action...forgot to take a pic of a beautiful "pumpkin seed" that was pushing a lb. caught during 1 flurry (someone please explain to Phantom "pumpkin seed" is not a Deep-State code term:Rofl)...well practiced my social distancing the letter & forgot about things for a spell, yep that's the best answer that can be given to why I fish:biggrin...hope it's the same for you!!!

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Great Day Jeff thanks for sharing


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Rice Rocket, see the post titled eyes and back upgrades. Good pics there.

10 4 took a lookasee those are slick and right price Too :biggrin RR

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Same "judge a book by its cover" mindset here too Tim:Rofl Further investigation shows that the PS (aka beauty pageant winner) has less margin of red earflap, and distinctive, angled lt. blue rivulets emanating from eye.:yikes That being discovered, I have caught those non-shellcrackers, lolJumping Jacks Icon
Thanks Professor Jeff, thought I was too old to learn.:biggrin

Doug:fish

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All what I can profess is that I'm alive & kicking ....HA!...PS was chubby like a warmouth, so could have been crossed with a shell cracker, but just couldn't explain the gill plate veins....caught my share w/trips to Wisconsin, back in the day....

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Looks like you had a nice day on the water too. The stick looks slick............................

Great report and pics, thanks for sharing.