8/8 trip report

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Put in around 6:30.  Water was up and murky.  Ran 4 miles to see a guy on my starting spot.  Ran another mile and started catching spots on a spook junior I painted.   Switched to a black/blue jig and caught quite a few more while fishing back down.  Different guy on my starting spot.  
 

I Went on past catching spots here and there nothing big but fun.  The rafts and pleasure boaters showed up thick.  Ran down past all of them and caught this smallie on the spook junior.  Didn’t quite touch 18 inches.   But he absolutely crushed it.  His back was out of the water a good 2’ away.   Packed it in and went home.  
 

[Gavin]

As good as it gets on the Meramec!

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38 minutes ago, Gavin said:

As good as it gets!

FIFY

[wily]

Nice fish...Let’s see a picture of the spook...I’ve always wanted to try it

 

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33 minutes ago, wily said:

Nice fish...Let’s see a picture of the spook...I’ve always wanted to try it

 

 

 

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@wily I buy that color and just paint the belly chartreuse.  It’s a spook jr 

[wily]

Cool...looks good 

do you use a brush?  Or airbrush?  What Brand paint?

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53 minutes ago, wily said:

Cool...looks good 

do you use a brush?  Or airbrush?  What Brand paint?

I rough up the belly and this on.  With a coffee straw last time I think.