Shallow up the creek

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

Launched at Bridgeport and headed up Flat Creek 51 degree water temp.  Crappie are thick in the channel but didnt want to cooperate so i decided to see if the bass were still eating and man they were. Lost count on how many but had a few keeper largemouth and a few keeper smallmouth.   Lots of shorts, but it was fun those short smallies pull like crazy.  I rarely had the boat in more than 7ft. I was casting right on the bank paralleling it.  One smallmouth got his revenge and put a hook through me. Big fish was 3.08.   It was a lot of fun. Great shallow cranking days are few and far between on the rock for me.  

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[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

[Sore Thumbs]

Nice job! 

[Johnsfolly]

Ouch on getting yourself stuck. Nice bass catching!

[Ham]

You Da Man! Great Trip

[Quillback]

That's great, good to see them up shallow!

[Dutch]

Heck of a day there.  I hope I can do half as well.  Did you throw the Arig any?  I am heading up James tomorrow morning and planning to use it some.  I try to stay away from treble hook baits since a spot put a Zara Spook hook to the bone on one of my fingers a while back.

[dtrs5kprs]

I feel every second of that last pic. Yellow Magic and a brown fish for me. 

*shiver*

[rps]

Great fish!

Right after I took my fourth hook, I bit the bullet and bought a Boga grip. I hooked it to a lanyard with a pool noodle section. I combined the Boga with a good pair of locking forceps. I have avoided any more personal hookups.

BTW, the pool noodle has already saved me the loss of the Boga. I wasn't paying attention and a fish flopped while I was getting my phone for a picture. The fish and the Boga went over the side. I got my floating Boga and the fish back.