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Hit willard this evening around 6:00 PM on my float tube. Tried an assortment of jigs/lures with no luck. Tried worms and still nothing. Finally I decided to throw on an orange spinner and BAM I found my reel whining. Landed my first ever wiper which was an awesome experience! I then proceeded to catch two nice crappie with the same thing. It got dark, so called it a day. Fished next to 2 boats for a while who seemed to be consistently bringing in Crappie.
Great day at the bay
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Congrats on your first wiper!
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I probably passed you as I was heading out of the pond. Good job on the catchin'.
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Thanks for the report, I'm wanting more and more to give Willard a try next week. Out of curiosity what kind of spinner were you using? Was it an orange Panther Martin or Mepps? Just curious.
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Orange spinner, wow. Congrats on the wiper, AND the crappie.
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Were you floating as well or on a boat?
I haven't been active on this board long, but would love to put some faces with names out there fishing.
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Thanks and thanks for your help. Took me a few trips, but finally got it =)
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It was that orange panther martin that did the trick, who would have thought...
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I was in a boat. Lots of times I go out in my toon. Here are pics of both.
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Now you are going to be hooked hunting wiper like the rest of us! and to think, we used to drive 3+ hours to go trout fishing in freezing cold temperatures...lol
Good Job!
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