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Congrats. Good trip.

There is a place called Steak in across the bridge but I don’t know if they do breakfast.

You may want to get something before there. I’m not sure where breakfast is served down there.

I just cleaned some specs. I think I’ll give that a try. Thanks.

No misdirection intended, but since I only found one place and plan to try it again Tuesday I won’t be posting any lat lons.😁

Since I really don’t know how to fish brush piles for crappie I decided to try to find some in other places. I scanned 5 roll off areas above Cape Fair looking from 18 to 30 feet. I only found one that showed any fish and it was only 100 yards long. I fished it 3 times and caught a dozen crappie and a few spots. Only 5 of the crappie would measure and they got a free ride home. One of the throw backs was an Arkansas black nose. Water clarity was good and the temp ranged from 43° to 45°. It was cloudy and cold all day long. When I started out I had a chartreuse stinger on an orange head. They hit it so I didn’t change until I lost it. Then I used a chartreuse swimming minnow on a chartreuse head.

Wrong forum brain fart.

Me either. I sold mine on BBC.

I had an astigmatism and was having to wear corrective lenses. I had cataract surgery in 2011. I bought toric lenses which corrected the astigmatism and saved me many pairs of prescription glasses. I have had soon to be 9 years glasses free saving me over $4000.

Just curious. Did you sell them to someone on this site?

I leave my Costas in the truck. I wear polarized glasses from Walmart in the boat because they have a little bifocal that helps when tying small jigs. They only cost me around $20.

How did your club tournament go. It wasn’t a real nice day up here.

My grandson has signs on the farm that say IF YOU CAN READ THIS THEN YOU ARE IN RANGE. That is probably true as he is zeroed in at 650 yds.

You guys never cease to amaze me with the ideas you come up with. When it gets warmer I may have to pour up a bunch and get some of you to try them out. About the only idea I had was to cut off the tail and see if crappie would bite them.

You are so correct. I got caught up in the moment. Now about that pro staffer position.

I think I remember signs in the past stating that the courtesy docks were for loading and unloading. Have they gone away?

Green pumpkin with black or purple flake?

This is about techniques not colors. We can talk colors if you get on my pro staff.🤣

I hadn’t thought about Arig. I usually use a fluke or swim bait on them.

I have caught bass to 60’ and seen no problem when they have been released. I see a lot of crappie that come from 30+ fow and they seem to have the bends. One thing guys do is fiz them. I have heard pros and cons about that.

Ned, drop shot, damiki.... I got the mold in a blind trade from a guy in Ohio. It just came today and I haven’t quite seen anything like it before. The baits are about 4” long.

I put my wpts on my friend's Garmin. I'm pretty sure that I saved them in gpx format before I loaded them to his unit.

That puts you a few miles from the dam down in the clear water. A few miles to the is the confluence of the Little and Big Sac rivers. The Big Sac runs north and south there while the Little Sac comes in from the South East. There is little timber in the lower part of the lake. Price's Branch in the Little Sac (Pt 12) has some timber and the first creek above State Park Marina is Maze. It too has some timber. Everything else close is timber less coves. There are bluff ends up the Little Sac and up the Big Sac. Just south of the mile long bridge which you can see as you move south of Orleans is Hawker Point. It has a very large bay area with a variety of points and smaller coves. Most every point on the lake has some kind of brush pile or piles. Most of them are less than 25' deep. I hope this helps in some way. If I were on anything current I would pass it along and if I hear anything substantial I will let you know. Good luck Derek.

Are you in a tournament? If so where is the launch? Do you like main lake or up river fishing?

Last week Arigs were working in the State Park area points, bluff ends, timber. I have not been lately.