Hand modeling on the Bonne Idee

Got there at day light, caught 2 fish on my first stop and didn't catch another fish till 8:30. I covered about 4 miles of water today running and gunning tree in the middle. Out of all the stops I made I caught 15 out of 20 fish on 2 trees that were 1/4 mile apart. I can't make any sense of that.

I'm gonna rewrite that Donna Summers song and change it to "He works hard for the fish"

And the pic of the tree with the hole is a bee hive
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Nice catch

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Those will work.

Real nice mess.Great pictures.Thanks again

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Nice 20, ......beats goat farming any day


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Nice 20, ......beats goat farming any day


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That's for sure. [emoji38]

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What kind of jig is that, in the 3rd picture? If you don't mind me asking

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You catch em on trees? And not on laydowns?


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What kind of jig is that, in the 3rd picture? If you don't mind me asking

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Originally Posted by fishervet

You catch em on trees? And not on laydowns?


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Didn't get a bite on tops. This time of year the fish hang around the really big cypress in the middle. The biggest trees have outcrops of knees that extend out around the tree but stay below the water surface most the year. Usually by now the farmers have pulled the level down enough i can start seeing them around the trees but level is too high. I just have to fish them off memory

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Very nicely done. Thanks for sharing.

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Didn't get a bite on tops. This time of year the fish hang around the really big cypress in the middle. The biggest trees have outcrops of knees that extend out around the tree but stay below the water surface most the year. Usually by now the farmers have pulled the level down enough i can start seeing them around the trees but level is too high. I just have to fish them off memory

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So you fish the knees and the trees....and tops.... problem I have is depth the trees are in....crappie would rather a little deep water with cover in it and the trees are not in deep water.....but I haven’t the time to explore ALL the trees.....just been my experience here....the tree tops on the main channels......my o my....


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Yes. On bonne idee tops are usually late spring and fall thing, they move to the big trees in deeper water once water gets hot in summer.

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