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Well I had some plan changes today that freed up my day to hit Willard. I still had to take my daughter to daycare so I could not make a typical TD launch. I hit the ramp at about 8:00 am. It was beautiful, calm and not a whisper of wind .. woo hoo. Got geared up and started to kick out and try for some Crappie along the north side of the marina. It had not been to long until i figured out I did not place my bottom tie down on the rod rack, so back in I go to fix it.

Now everything is tied down so back out I go. I head across the marina and fish along the brush and nothing. I sitll do not have sonar on the tube since it is on my boat so I just a keep kickin and a prospecting. I get over to the private dock and start to drift pass them and my little boober takes a dip, i swing and fell a little weight on the end... fish on. She was not big but respectable. So I turn around and make another pass, and what do you know Blam there it goes again.

I ended the day with 4 total all came on chartreuse tubes with red flake and silver heads. I was fishing a slip bobber about 5 feet up and all hit with some movement not just dead stick.

Left at 2 after my right foot was full of water, I found that I have a leek just behind my knee. talked to a couple of guys that had been out hunting the Wipers and they said they got nada. I asked them what the water temps were like and they said they saw 59 degrees out in the bay.
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Nice crappie, I need to catch some of those tasty buggers.
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[cool][#0000ff]Nice work.[/#0000ff]
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Nice Crappies
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Why yes they were. Cooked up in some Zataran's fish fry, paired with some grilled potatoes & Asparagus. Ohh yea and the most important part a ice cold beer to wash it all down. ....mmmm

And thanks
Matt
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Nice fish! We fished untill dark and managed these nice buggers ourselves! Gosh those crappie are fun...and tasty too! We got lucky and found a nice school of them... we had to cast out into a 10 ft circle next to some weeds or wouldn't get even a hit! We fished just outside the north marina...about a 25 yard cast from shore! our best one was 15", with several around 13-14, but most about 10
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That is a nice mess o fish. Glad to see more and more Crappie coming out of Willard. Who knows maybe it will even recover if the water stays high for a while and gives them the cover they need.
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OINK OINK OINKERS!!! YUM YUM! Hey TMAS you and Bassattttic gettin ready to hit some EYE's??
Smiles Always![cool]
MA
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