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Nice Job out there Larry! They have been expecting you Sir!

Same here Larry, since turning 75, things have definitely become more difficult getting out there. I tell myself I got to get out, but the yucky weather isn't helping!! Nor is the ugly water.
Glad you got out. Going to try myself tomorrow.

I was starting to worry, I hadn't seen you out at San V this season! I asked a couple friends and no sign of you! Glad to see you could make it out there and continue hammering those gills!

Last week after a year of forced hiatus, I finally got out fishing and had a good day. But it only gets better, because this week I got to share it with and old friend. Like last week, it was a short day of about 3 1/2 hours. I always feel pressure to catch some fish when someone goes with me, but ...

Stringbean wrote: Mon Jun 12, 2023 3:28 pm If you keep that up your going to have to show fisheromen the yard stick you carry.

Just for the record, I do carry a flexible cloth tape made just for measuring fish. Officially the bad boy in the picture was 13.5" long with a girth of a full 15", weight was 2lbs 6ozs.

Sure was great to see you and the kids getting in on the fun crappie action. Even saw you guys with a couple double-hookups! That day I released more than a dozen, caught a whole bunch more and kept nine better ones for dinner.

Glad to see you getting out and doing the style of fishing that you love and have perfected over the years! Great photos, and keep the reports coming!

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My report over the last couple of Sundays at Lake Hodges fishing for crappie - it's been nothing short of spectacular from the kayak with the ultralight gear. I see a lot of guys bringing home limits(25) but, I end up releasing most of my fish and keeping a handful of the nicer models for various ...

Way to go, those are some beautiful fish.
With those new electronics there's no slowing you down.,

LOL, making up for three skunk days from shore at Sweetwater earlier this year in addition to two full days kayaking at Sutherland where I only caught one crappie each day! 2023 Dues are paid in ...

Went back for 2nds.

This time I got Dave out of his nice cushy crappie machine and into a good old fashion flat bottom rental. Fished moved on me but it only took a hour or so to re-locate them. Live scope not needed. Then we proceeded with the beat down.

daves crappie.jpg

Hammered them until ...

Very nice! Happy Father's Day.

Happy belated fathers day . I remember the days of the Carter administration well . My top grade float tube consisted of a 17 inch truck tire tube and a rudimentary sling to sit in $15 bucks at the local sporting goods store . The back bay of Currituck sound in Virginia was a paradise . The duck ...

Headed out on the beautiful Sunday morning bass fishing. Sure the bass cooperated on hard baits, but not as beautiful of pics or size like a few crappies. Didn’t toss anything smaller than 1/2 oz cranks.

Excellent work on the crappies!

Continued my quest for improving my kayak crappie techniques on Father's Day with a very lazy 'gentlemans hours' kayak launch at 10:30 am. Weather was bright sunny and the water temp pushing 74.

The deeper side of the lake in the deeper channel areas seemed to be the ticket for finding them. Used ...

Nice job out there Stringbean! You fishing from shore or float tube?

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Got some BIG BULLGILLS there Stringbean. Nice!

Very Nice! That is a trophy-size bluegill.

San V has the best trophy redear and SE strain bluegill potential IMO.