A few after work.

Got off a little early and my queen and I went for a salad bar and sammich at our favorite BBQ place. I told her that I wanted a couple of hours on the water when we were done and as luck would have it, it all worked out. In about 4:30 and out about 6:30. I never fired the outboard until it was time for the ramp. Hadn’t fished 5 minutes before I got the first crappie. The next two were solid keepers and fought real good, I was loving it! Things slowed down and I broke off so I moved to another spot and retied along the way. The trout magnet gave me no love so I changed back to the rooster tail and finished up with that. The inch and a half curl tail grub was the best producer but low light and small line and jigs had me use what was already pre rigged. Eased around and total catch was a dozen with no gills in the mix. However, there was a dandy Warmouth that came to visit and made me think it was another good crappie. As usual, CPR. Here’s the pics, thought y’all might enjoy em. Skeeters were thick at the ramp, kinda early for that. Hope y’all get out some and stay warm.
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Nice looking crappies and a dandy warmouth .
Hard to beat a Roostertail sometimes.
My fishing buddies favorite.
Hit 70 here today ,but I couldn’t get away .
Next week is looking good if it holds .

Good job and nice catches. It does seem early for the flying bugs

Nice!

Regards




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Those have great colors. Glad you got a couple hours.

Yep I agree on the pretty colors those are sporting. Even the warmouth has his sporting colors on. Congratulations on a fine evening...

I haven't really used a rooster tail, might have to try it more

Happy, those and a beetle spin are great search baits. I usually have one rod set up with em.

Looks like a Great day.

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Good job and nice catches. It does seem early for the flying bugs

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This weather in Raleigh has been nuts, was way below average now it's showing 77 for the high next thursday

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Happy, those and a beetle spin are great search baits. I usually have one rod set up with em.

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I bet the rooster tail would work good on white bass too, they're a blast to catch, here's my pb

I agree Happy. There’s some made that I find through BPS for trout with a single hook. Much more weedless and safer when you’re unhooking them. They all work good. I like the lighter models of any of the blade baits cuz I can slow down the roll and aggravate more fish doing so. We have no white bass or white crappie here but some good hybrids show up now and then.

I also prefer a lighter lure for a slower presentation, crappie will chase but generally their strike range is smaller compared to a bass and something swimming by slowly will get more bites