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First crappie of the year.....

Discussion in 'The Water Cooler' started by mobow, Mar 17, 2009.

  1. mobow

    mobow Die Hard Bowhunter

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    I'll just get this over with........No pictures. This was kind of an impromptu trip, and I didn't bring my camera with me. And, desiring a little peace and quiet, I left my phone in the truck. Good thing, as it turns out. We dumped pert near everything in the water at one point or another. :confused: :d

    We caught a few smallish bass, read under 2 lbs......But I was most excited to pull in the first 3 crappie of the spring. The biggest was around 10" and weighed....oh I dunno....half to 3/4 lb I guess. Sure was nice to see the ole paper mouth on the end of the string. Hope there are many more to come, but.........We're beginning the process of buying a house so I'm not sure how much time I'll have.

    Ya'll been on the water yet?
     
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    Nice pictures! :evil:

    In all honesty, I saw some guys fishing on a pond near the farm today. It really reminded me to get my new hunting/fishing license and get fishing.
     
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    It'll be awhile til we can hit the open water here. My brother went ice fishing north of here today and they were still driving trucks out on the lake.
     
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    I haven't been on the water yet but I caught my limit of Walleye through the Lake Erie ice the day before all the guys got rescued last month...:d

    http://news.aol.com/article/lake-erie-rescue/333225

    The biggest was 29 1/2" and I'd guess it to have been around 9 lbs. or so.
     
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    Bummer......it was 80* here today.
     
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    It was 62* here today.
     
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    not here yet, water is way to cold yet. panfish is all that is open.
     
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    75 and a stiff wind today.
     
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    I went with a few buddies on one of the rivers near school. I caught a 2lber or so. It was around 15" or more. I didnt measure it, but it had a belly on it. The only pics i got were on my phone and I lost the cable to hook it up. The water was in the 60s, but that's because a charcoal power plant's water flows into this river.It felt really good to be on the river again.
     
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    Act like you are making a picture message but enter your e-mail address. It will send the picture to your e-mail and you can upload it from there.



    I havn't been out fishing yet, the lakes are going to start warming up soon, but I am waiting for trout season to open up. I am gonna hit the streams hard the first week and then I will focus on pike/muskie fishing the lakes for a few weeks until the pressure on the streams dies down, then I will be hitting the trout hard right up till archery season starts up.
     

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