Cold Water Bite is On!

Since last Friday, I've had several good late afternoon sessions before sunset (an hour or less) reeling in good numbers of crappie and white perch. Today was especially good as I got into some larger crappie. They were swallowing the 1/4 oz Dark Sleeper with vigor.

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Later the bite slowed down, so I went with a smaller lure, the tiny Cultiva Pin Worm. I've had these for about a year and never seemed to get around to using them. Glad I did.

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Rounded out the catches with a bluegill, catfish and a 3 pound largemouth. All in all, a good afternoon!

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very nice

What a great day....thanks for sharing

Good trip, thanks for sharing.

KABOOM is the word :cheers2

Nice catch!

Great report with lot of details much appreciated! Couple of different baits that you normally don't see so that was interesting! I have bunch of baits caught on sale and have never tried. You inspired me to give them a go!

Nice Ambassadeur... never saw one that small. I have 3 vintage 5500C reels I bought in the 70s, and I still fish with them. Upgraded the drag washers to carbontex and installed new bearings. :ThumbsUp

Nice catches !

Great job and some really nice crappie there! I've got 4 Abu Ambassadeurs too. Great BC reels.

Great reels. I have a 5000, 5000C and 5500C. Fun to fish with, the 5500C being the most useable for the type of fishing I do. You can get almost any part for these reels, so maintaining or upgrading is quite possible.

The one in the above post is a 2500C, from 76 or 77. It was a smaller version of the more well known Ambassadeurs. They came out in 1976. I think about a year later the 1500C was released - same diameter as the 2500C, but with a narrow spool. These small Ambassadeurs gained a cult like following in Japan and I think that's where most of them were sold in later years. They are still used by the some of the BFS trout fishermen there. I think the last year these were produced was 2008. You can still buy a brand new one from Don Iovino.

I've done some mods on mine and can throw 1/8 oz lures with it, no problem. I think 3/32 oz should be possible. That said, it will handle decent sized bass without any trouble. I upgraded the drag washers with new carbonex ones.

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Originally Posted by jawjatek

Nice Ambassadeur... never saw one that small. I have 3 vintage 5500C reels I bought in the 70s, and I still fish with them. Upgraded the drag washers to carbontex and installed new bearings. :ThumbsUp

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Very nice catches Fishfish.....