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Best day of 2021
A friend took me to a pond he fishes and said it wouldn't disappoint me and he was right. First seven casts produced gills in the 7-8 inch class and it didn't slow down much in the next four hours. Probably caught close to a hundred bass, crappie and gills in that time. Crappie were in the 9-11" range, lot's of gills in the 7-9" range with about a dozen bass up to 14". I was using tiny float n fly jigs tied with duck feathers with a 1/48 chub head on a #10 sickle hook under a weighted float. Fish were still biting when we stopped. It's been four months since my shoulder surgery and it's still sore but when fish are biting it's hard to stop no matter how much it hurts. I was so sore yesterday I could barely tie a jig.Attachment 415256Attachment 415257Attachment 415258Attachment 415259
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Great day,Great jigs, sometimes farm pond fishing can be unbelievable,thank you for sharing.
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Very nice!
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Well, if you are doing something that makes you sore it might as well be something you love to do. Glad to hear you got out to wet a line!
Bob
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A fine day of fishing ! Got to love them ponds . :)
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Sounds like one of those days we all dream about. Those are some nice looking ties !
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Good report. Cool jigs and cool 5cent piece.
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I like to tip these tiny jigs with Berkley power wigglers that I cut into pieces, get about four baits per wiggler. I slit them lengthwise first and then cut them in half. It gives the fish a little taste so they hold on long enough for me to stick them. Maybe these duck feather jigs taste like chicken, they sure do like them. I believe they eat a lot of little bluegill right now.
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Though it was probably overdone a might bit, your shoulder got exercised, which is good for the healing process. And what better way to exercise it than a great day on the water catching tasty morsels. Glad you got out. Love the jigs too. I need to figure out how to get curled up feathers to straighten out. I'll figure it out...Great job all the way around.
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Nice trip, glad you got the shoulder some exercise!
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I don’t know how this slipped by me for so many days, my apologies. You had a day that we all long for. Hope the shoulder didn’t get beat up too much and lays back down soon. Chub heads are definitely working for you and I’ve liked those ties for a long time. Now the wait until you get to do it again. Thanks for taking us along.
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Thanks for sharing. Nice outing
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Heck of a day JJJ and that's how you get your shoulder back in fishing shape. You did well few days later with me horsing in that PB crappie!
