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Reply With QuoteNice mess of crackers Ray. Liking the way that new boat is coming along too.
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Breaking in the Duracraft
After finally getting most of the things installed on my new/old boat I took it to Murray today along with one of my fishing buds, Jeff. He and one of my other buds and I decided awhile back to learn how to fish for Shellcrackers on Lake Murray. While Murray is not regarded as a hot crappie lake, it is considered to be one of the best Shellcracker lakes in the state so we decided we needed to learn to fish for them so we hired Brad Taylor as our guide. We had scheduled a Friday in May several weeks ago. Who would have thought that we would face 20 to 30 MPH winds and a cold front? Needless to say fishing was tough but we learned a good deal about how to target Shellcrackers.
So, today Jeff and I set out around 6:30 to try our luck.
We set up at 10 FOW on a point that dropped into deeper water and fished on the bottom with wigglers and blue worms. It was not long before we got some action along with the Osprey in the tree in front of us.
We ended up with 16 nice keepers averaging around 10 to 13 inches. We culled about 50 Shellcrackers to get the 16 along with about a dozen Channel Cats that would have been excellent eating as well. We were too lazy to fool with cleaning them.
We called it a day around 11:30 and headed in. Here is a live well and a bucket shot just for Butch.
I was pleased with how the boat performed. I still have to get some rod storage figured out and a couple more minor items but it is getting there. The weather was mild and overcast which made for a great day on the water.
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Nice mess of crackers Ray. Liking the way that new boat is coming along too.
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Thanks, where you been?? Haven't heard much from you lately. We need to get together with Gerald for lunch before long.
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Sounds good......between my daughters graduation and a couple family weddings I haven't had a chance to fish in over a month.
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Good deal Mr. Ray! New to you boat, nice mess of of fish, doesn't get much better than that.
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Ink, you still fishing Santee? Where do you put in most of the time? I thought I may have seen you several weeks ago.
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Depending on weather conditions, and area fished I could use any number of ramps. I most frequent the State Park, Popular Creek, Jacks Creek, or Carolina King. I also use the public ramps on Taw Caw and Wyboo creeks.
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Good report Ray! It is good to see the boat is being broken in rightThat is a nice mess of crackers, congrats on the catch and for being able to put everything together to find them.
Boat is looking good
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Ray, that's a nice mess of fish. I bet it was fun and getting that smell on the new/old boat was even better! Keep the reports coming in. Great pictures thanks.
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Nice mess of fish Ray! Pretty looking fish too. Glad the new rig is working out to your liking. Looks very fishable!
