AllenOK
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Been doing some fishing. Got out one day last week, caught a Smallie on a custom jig clipped to a jig-spinner frame.
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Headed out to a spot I've fishing several times and always get skunked. Yesterday (Sunday) I managed to catch a Dogfish/Bowfin on a jig I painted/tied. Didn't have my net or lip grips with me. Tried to drag the fish up the rip-rap to where I was standing, and the mono leader broke. Fish swam off with my jig. Sorry, no pic. I realized that this particular spot had a counter-clockwise eddy current with a large patch of foam on top of it, that was screaming "CATFISH" to me. I decided to go back today, armed with a bunch of nightcrawlers that I had caught a few days ago.
Well, I caught just about everything EXCEPT catfish! Only got pics of the Smallies, but I also caught some decent Bluegill, Pumpkinseeds, Rock Bass over 9" that fought like Smallies, a couple LMBs, several small Crappies, and even a small Pike. I blew threw about 30 nightcrawlers in about 3 hours, then switched back to hair- and feather-jigs under a float, tipped with a Gulp! Minnow.
Unfortunately, I only got pics of the Smallies. This one grabbed a nightcrawler.
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These last two were on jigs. One of them grabbed an unnamed pattern I did, Ruby Slipper head, white artic fox for the tail with a little flash, and red metallic embroidery thread for a neck. The other grabbed a Flash Duck.
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Headed out to a spot I've fishing several times and always get skunked. Yesterday (Sunday) I managed to catch a Dogfish/Bowfin on a jig I painted/tied. Didn't have my net or lip grips with me. Tried to drag the fish up the rip-rap to where I was standing, and the mono leader broke. Fish swam off with my jig. Sorry, no pic. I realized that this particular spot had a counter-clockwise eddy current with a large patch of foam on top of it, that was screaming "CATFISH" to me. I decided to go back today, armed with a bunch of nightcrawlers that I had caught a few days ago.
Well, I caught just about everything EXCEPT catfish! Only got pics of the Smallies, but I also caught some decent Bluegill, Pumpkinseeds, Rock Bass over 9" that fought like Smallies, a couple LMBs, several small Crappies, and even a small Pike. I blew threw about 30 nightcrawlers in about 3 hours, then switched back to hair- and feather-jigs under a float, tipped with a Gulp! Minnow.
Unfortunately, I only got pics of the Smallies. This one grabbed a nightcrawler.
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These last two were on jigs. One of them grabbed an unnamed pattern I did, Ruby Slipper head, white artic fox for the tail with a little flash, and red metallic embroidery thread for a neck. The other grabbed a Flash Duck.
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