My Favorite indeed...

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  1. Str8t Slabaronies

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    Got back out to my all time favorite lake last Sunday... Haven't been here since Jan.

    The lake has dropped a lot since then... Good news to me.

    This is where I spend most of my time in the late Fall / Winter.

    Post card worthy...

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    Still trolling but when the water gets colder you have to go down deeper than in the Summer.

    You have to be careful not to get beneath them however... ya never get bit.

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    It didn't take long to track some down... Before I even had a chance to put my shades on...

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    Got into them throughout the morning and the size as you can see are a bunch of 2 pounders


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    Still hitting at Noon...

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    Ended the day @ 12:30...

    Also caught a bunch of bluegills and 3 bass. Lots of action.

    Quality over quantity any day in my book peeps...

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    Happy Thanksgiving All!
     
    #1 Str8t Slabaronies, Nov 25, 2020
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    Eating good there.. nice
     
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    Love your slabaronies reports since 2006. That's 14 years of str8 slobbery slabs!
     
    #3 SurfHooks, Nov 30, 2020
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    I got the spot lock trolling motor and triple shot graph to get on some of those. I hope to be out shortly.
     
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    Epic dude! Great to see an expert fine tune their craft so consistently! Enjoy those crappie!
     
    #5 scisports, Nov 30, 2020
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    Time to take out my skiff to that north arm lol
     
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  7. Str8t Slabaronies

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    I should be out again this Sunday Morning... Holla if ya see me!
     
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    Still on them... 36 degrees in da morning.

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    #8 Str8t Slabaronies, Jan 4, 2021
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    Excellent hook-ups and report...Oh yeah Go Raiders
     
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    Nice! What is your favorite way to eat these? I always thought crappie was the best fresh water fish I have had, walleye is good as well and catfish is just alright.
     
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    Hard to beat Walleye!
     
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    I always liked the white bass and yellow perch when I lived in the ice n snow
     
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    To me crappie was the walleye of the south. In terms of table fare fresh water species walleye is hard to beat.

    Sometimes I liked catfish and sometimes it was too slimy. Fried Gulf shrimp beats it all and you can keep your dirty crayfish -unless you purge them correctly and even then I prefer king crab, halibut, white sea bass and perfectly shucked blue crab.

    Why am I so hungry all of a sudden?
     
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    That's just awesome , Slabaronies,
    Rumor has it that trolling for bass was working pretty good out there today too.
     
    #14 Everydog, Jan 4, 2021
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    amazing!! #slabaroniescrappyguildeservice. I'd go!!
     
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    Thanks for the report Roy. Takes boat skills, a warm jacket, plenty of patience and LOTS of sunflower seeds to put a winter stringer together. The sunflower-seed shell on the tail is the Slabaronies trademark!
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    [... I'm dusting off the kayak soon ...]
     
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    Awesome. What do you look for on your fishfinder when searching for them?
     
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    Thanks All...

    Hey Larry! Let me know when your ready to jump back on the crappie machine!

    Crappies are 2nd to Walleyes... In my opinion. Maybe that's because I currently have no access to walleye? And they "crappies" certainly taste even better in the cold.

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    We do use a fish finder to locate schools and try to get them at times. But it is hard to stay on top of them when they are suspended over 60 feet of water. Generally its fishing an area verses looking then fishing.

    I do see a few bass guys trolling... We even caught 3 on this day.

    The story however and about these little... well not so little anymore.

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    Caught more of bluegills than crappies for the 1st time. Been fishing Cap for a while... been watching these gills get bigger and bigger over the years. There are very nice size now. Not Otay or San V bullgills but very nice. I'm going to get my kids out here once it gets warmer to tear these gills up!

    Go Raiders! Even tho our Defense Sucks!
     
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    Sunday 1/17/2021

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    Size 12 Shoe...

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    Live well got crowded..

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    #19 Str8t Slabaronies, Jan 18, 2021
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