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Just got back a few days ago from fishing's promised land.....Toledo Bend. Lots of crappie and bass. ![[Linked Image]](http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t32/JGrimes_2007/Toledo%20Bend2018_zpszhxatxeq.jpg) You need to let me know when you're gonna do that.
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Hula Popper? How old are you? Lol Haha! I had a couple I inherited from my grandpa, along with a Jitterbug or two. I used to collect lures more than I actually fished-or so I've been told. Well...I'm old enough to remember when Hula Poppers were hi-tech and plastic worms hadn't been invented.  You might be older than me, Pat...but not by much. I think I'm gonna hop on eBay and try to pick up a couple of Hula Poppers-for old times sake.
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Just got back a few days ago from fishing's promised land.....Toledo Bend. Lots of crappie and bass. That's fishin Johnny, nice work.
Ping pong balls for the win.
Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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I know trout arent as good to eat as small bass, crappie, catfish or speckled trout, but that was big enough to stink the grease. I would have let it swim in a skillett. I'm not a fish lover, but every spring we look forward to a couple of big crappie fries. Last I caught 25 slabs on T-Bend. They're in the camp freezer for turkey season. You wanna come turkey hunting out here?
Ecc 10:2
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
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That's a nice fish Owen caught. Does Pyramid Lake have a slot limit. The bass have been hitting at Mead; time to get the boat prepped. Yep The slot is: keep 17"-20", throw back over 20 to 24, keep over 24. You can keep two fish, two of the lesser length, or one lesser and one over 24. 20-24 are caught at the mouth of the Truckee River and milked for the hatchery, then put back.
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Religion: A founder of The Church of Spray and Pray
Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”
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Just got back a few days ago from fishing's promised land.....Toledo Bend. Lots of crappie and bass. You need to let me know when you're gonna do that. Yeah, for sure. Me too. Thanks JG. How deep were the crappie and did you get them on minnows or jig rigs?
Ecc 10:2
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
I Dindo Nuffin
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I prefer Catching...so I do. A couple frames,from the day before yesterday. Nothing this year yet,under 28". Canon G-12 and pardon the skeelz. ![[Linked Image]](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1280x1024q90/923/Jeq77f.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1280x1024q90/923/5bPiTn.jpg) Yesterday was fair to middlin',today was a slower roll and because I was schleppin' the chainsaw all day,my Wingman was gunning the frames. Bokeh Bitch Season...gunning a 1D3 WFO @ 50mm F/1.2 today and there wasn't much time to [bleep]. A slight weather turn is forecast and light levels should wane,which'll make it easy to drag shutters and gun some fluidity. Tossed an Intervalometer in the pack,RC2 plates stay affixed and I'll tether a tripod to the works. Should prolly throw in a flash unit or two and bang some High Key frames,if only for giggles. 1D4 and Artsy Fartsy Siggy 35mm F/1.2 go in the bag,prior to daybreak in the morn'. I prolly ain't kidding. Hint. Hardest part is deciding which rifle to tote,for posterity.(grin) Am thinkin' the Vudoo is "lucky". Laughing!................... They sure light up! Beautiful fish!
Hunt with Class and Classics
Religion: A founder of The Church of Spray and Pray
Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”
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Most people say I fish too much. Most people don't fish enough. I caught a 4lb bass on a panfish popper in a road ditch this morning. You'd have though I was six years old. That would make most of us act like fools, for sure.  
Hunt with Class and Classics
Religion: A founder of The Church of Spray and Pray
Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”
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I know trout arent as good to eat as small bass, crappie, catfish or speckled trout, but that was big enough to stink the grease. I would have let it swim in a skillett. I'm starting an Easter Dinner thread. Have a look in a few minutes and try telling me trout aren't as good. They're different. H  ll I like them all on a plate. 
Hunt with Class and Classics
Religion: A founder of The Church of Spray and Pray
Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”
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Hula Popper? How old are you? Lol I resemble your remark, and I still have one around somewhere, next to my mint Pumpkinseed and Zara Spook. Dang! I Am old... 
Hunt with Class and Classics
Religion: A founder of The Church of Spray and Pray
Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”
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Landed this AJ a few weeks ago. Naturally season is closed so he continues to swim the deep blue. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/medium/69397.jpg)
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No open water yet anywhere near me with fish in it...but the view is nice enough to make fishing under the ice still worth the trip. None of that fancy ice fishing gear for me though... ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/gQW09Ua.jpg)
Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.
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Hula Popper? How old are you? Lol I resemble your remark, and I still have one around somewhere, next to my mint Pumpkinseed and Zara Spook. Dang! I Am old... Nah, i gots a Genuine Guinea Feather tandem spinner and a Shannon Twin Spin around - somewhere. Oh, almost forgot my Hawaiian Wiggler by Fred Arbogast. 
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Ecc 10:2
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
I Dindo Nuffin
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Hula Popper? How old are you? Lol I resemble your remark, and I still have one around somewhere, next to my mint Pumpkinseed and Zara Spook. Dang! I Am old... Nah, i gots a Genuine Gennea Feather spinner and a Shannon Twin Spin around - somewhere. Oh, almost forgot my Hawaiian Wiggler by Fred Arbogast. I had a Hawaiian Wiggler as a kid and never had a bite off it. How about a Gibbs Stewart? They were 40's and 50's tech. I caught a 20 lb+ cutthroat off the only one I had and lost it to a bigger fish a week later. I'm amazed we caught anything without all the new electronics and hi-tech equipment. But, then again, we shot deer through Weaver scopes and old '06s. We were just luckier back then and had success in spite of our handicaps.
Hunt with Class and Classics
Religion: A founder of The Church of Spray and Pray
Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”
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Me too ! Here's a couple of Mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus) I've caught over the last few years. Between 40lb and 50lb a piece. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/hTxC84g.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/1mX3x3t.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/qWGO0Wu.jpg)
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Nice fishes.
We have 3 feet of ice on our lakes and the season closed the 31st. The state's ultimate April Fool's joke is that open water season opens the 1st. We won't have open water until May.
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Hula Popper? How old are you? Lol I resemble your remark, and I still have one around somewhere, next to my mint Pumpkinseed and Zara Spook. Dang! I Am old... I have several hula poppers. They still work. (It is said, that "a man with a boat, need never buy fishing lures" , and there is some truth to that. I often find lures caught in limbs and logs, and rocks. Caught a whole pole and reel with the fish still on it, a few years ago.
An unemployed Jester, is nobody's Fool.
the only real difference between a good tracker and a bad tracker, is observation. all the same data is present for both. The rest, is understanding what you're seeing.
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Crappie on T-Bend are in about 6', on hydrilla. I caught the last week on blue/white and pumpkinseed/chartreuse tubes and roadrunners. Females still have eggs. Bass are up in the flooded timber.
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![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/hyWlLsI.jpg) My youngest boy. You know the little bass spot up Six Mile Canyon and the way to Virginia City, Safari? The old pit mine filled with water? That's there. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/2lSzrbz.jpg) One I dredged from the depths at Pyramid. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/EHfbBQ3.jpg) A few rainbows a long time ago from Adams McGill Reservoir down south of Ely. I could do this all day, and if I didn't have to go to work I would.
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