T-Billy

☝️👍 Although most of us generally relate SM to boulders, my PB and #3 LM came off of large boulders in the spring on sunny afternoons. I catch both LM and SM off of them in the summer at night, but find them much less productive during the day this time of year. The crawdads are out at night, and the bass are there hunting them.

Slacker. 😜

Similar deal here, with no intention of changing. What I do works for me. I know I could catch more fish with FFS, but after mulling it over for awhile, I decided that's just not how I want to fish.

@TnRiver46 those carp on a fly rod sounds like a bunch of fun. When I was a kid. we had a cicada hatch, and a couple friends and I had a ball catching them with our zebco combos by hooking the bugs on an unweighted hook and drifting the shallows in my gramps canoe.

Went to the lake with my bride this morning, and she showed me how it's done. She went four for four putting them in the net with the quick strike rig. She was on a roll, 35, 38.5, 36, 37. Right at the top of each hour. It was impressive watching her pull that off. I have no idea how she did it, but each bite was within 5 min of the top of the hour. Atta girl Tammy!!! 😂 Best fishing buddy I could ever ask for. ❤️

That's ridiculous given the rate at which panfish reproduce, and carp are invasive.

Y'all know how I roll. #STRAIGHTBRAIDBRIGADE!!!

6"-8" is perfect. Too much room for them to miss the hooks with bigger crappie using my rig. I made my rigs with three pieces of 90# coated 7 strand. Swivel at the top, all three wires connected to a 150# welded ring to form a Y, and a 4x strong 1/0 mustad treble through the nostrils, and a 2/0 version skin hooked just below the dorsal. 3oz egg sinker to keep the crappie down where I want 'em. I'll be on this deal early next year. As soon as the A-rig bite shuts down, I'll be soaking crappie, while casting baits. It's got to the point here lately where I'm only casting baits occasionally out of boredom. Mostly just sitting in my Bill Dance chair, sipping coffee, keeping the baits close to the trees, and waiting to hear a clicker go off. 😂 Here in OH it's legal to use any fish that doesn't have a size or creel limit for bait. We don't have statewide limits on crappie, just lake specific ones, so it's legal to use them on some lakes but not others.

Flooded brush and weeds. Flippin rig, spinner bait, grind away all day long. Impossible to get too shallow in those conditions.

👆👍 My thoughts as well.

Thanks fellas. Both fish came on fresh meat. Those fish are still unbelievably locked in on crappie. My buddy that's lived at, and muskie fished the lake for 40 years hasn't raised a fish on an artificial for a week. He hasn't caught one on an artificial in two weeks. He's retired and fishes five or six days a week. I had two follows on a muskie killer last week, but couldn't get 'em to commit. They completely ignored everything else I've thrown lately. The fish are just cruising the big laydowns eating crappie. I imagine they're getting lots of easy meals from injured dinks that get thrown back. I've seen quite a few dead crappie floating the last couple weeks. I think this deal's about over though. The crappie are spawned out, and they've completely left the shallow trees I was catching my bait on last week. Only the big trees on steep banks are still holding fish. My wife is gonna go with me tomorrow. The lake will be super busy, so we'll get there a little before first light, get a half dozen crappie for bait, and camp out all morning on the point I caught today's fish on. It has several large trees on it, and it's a channel swing bank. I'm really happy with my homemade quick strike rigs. I've boated 5 of 6 skis hooked on 'em, and they've all been hooked in the corner of the mouth. Good deal for both me and the fish.

And... it's a 44" hat trick. Third one in a row. What are the odds? This girl was the best of the bunch. Super thick for this time of year, with a massive head. Followed up about an hour later by this 40" off the same big laydown. I think the 40" wanted to be friends. When it kicked out of my hand, it swam in a circle and just sat there looking at me for a minute before taking off. Also hauled a couple dozen small LM on a chatterbait before the lights came on. T'was a good morning.

👆👍100% agree.

No getting around it. Big rubber, and big blades are painful to fish. There's no fun in throwing them, until one gets mauled that is. 😉

Again... I like the way you think.

I like the way you think. 😉

Lots of OH fish have 'em too. I caught a crappie with one the other day.

At a high rate of speed would be my guess. Probably trying to jump that big mound of dirt to fish the ditch behind it. 😂

Thanks for sharing Andy. So happy for Lynn and you. Here's to her continued improvement.

Lawn police K-9 unit? 😂

That's a dandy @A-Jay!!! Congratulations brother!!!

Ark Invoker 7'4" H MF composite. All single hook moving baits, and baits with big trebles like ploppers and larger cranks.

Thank y'all.

Thanks Katie. They're highly pressured for sure, but we have a great stocking program (for now at least).

I agree 100%. In fact I rarely go above 1/4oz with a worm, and usually it's 1/8 or 3/16. Even ribbon tail worms don't have much drag, so it doesn't take much weight to get 'em down. + Slow is the name of the game with worms IMO. That stiching technique is a killer with a ned for early season smallies.