Quality vs. Quantity kinda day!

[skillet]

I got in the boat this morning with Tnbronzeback!! Had a great time and good laughs. Beautiful day for some "winter" fishing.

Got on the water about 8am, the morning sucked!!! We contemplated dynamite!! Then Merv shows up and all hell breaks loose!! His clients are whacking the hybrids and white bass. We start following him, not just a few yards after following I hook up!! Get it up to the boat and it's a gar! 😕 We follow him a little further and pick up some nice hybrids. Then I get whacked with my personal best striper!! What a tank compared to anything I've ever caught!!!

All in all we had 8 fish total. Sure, other people caught a lot more fish, but I guarantee they didn't catch their personal best striper!! What a tank!! A big thanks goes to Tnbronzeback for the invite, and agelessone for the info!! If he says something is on, you better get out on the lake ASAP!!!
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[TNBronzeback]

Well ANYBODY can catch alot of fish, but my boat just finds the hogs! lol. Damn my hat looks retarded! no wonder cabelas is going under making hats like that! Too tall or something! lol. And yes, i had my arm extended fully for the picture. It was still a nice hybrid though.
It was a fun day! i was just about mentally defeated after literally following Merv not more than 50 yards behind him and his boat is wearing em out.
Our problem was depth control on our rigs. Ive casted em before, but never trolled so i had no clue as to what size jigs vs. how far back to be at X depth. But once we figured that out, we started getting bit. Seen Jaybird out there and he put some fish in the boat too.
Creel clerk gotna good laugh on our behalf. Everybody he checked prior to us checked fish so he couldnt believe two fine gentlemen such as Skillet and I had landed nothing....that was good for the ego! lol
Glad ya got your PB out there! Next time we will see if we can top it.....or at the very least, not fish for 4 hours with no hookups! lol.

Anybody here know a guy that runs a Skeeter that launched from long hunter today...red and white if i remember right. He had some launching issues and just curious if everything worked out for him.

[Texas_Rig]

Great job guys. Congrats on your pb striper. Even though Merv bats for the wrong team(if u know what I mean), he's still a hell of a guy

[luckystratos]

That's awsome guys. Congrats

[SalmonDaze]

Damn my hat looks retarded! no wonder cabelas is going under making hats like that! Too tall or something! lol.

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No . . . no. It looks good on you though.
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I fished the lower end yesterday and only caught a few bigger crappie. Nice Stripe!

[SAMBOLIE]

All in all we had 8 fish total. Sure, other people caught a lot more fish, but I guarantee they didn't catch their personal best striper!! What a tank!! A big thanks goes to Tnbronzeback for the invite, and agelessone for the info!! If he says something is on, you better get out on the lake ASAP!!!


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I will mail you and invoice tomorrow for my services.
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Merv don't give free info.

[Dakota]

Nice fish and congrats! Sounds like you gave Merv the credit for catching those fish even though he was on a different boat. LOL . Are you able to use the boat docks at Longhunter to tie up your boat? Or is the water to low?


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[TNBronzeback]

Nice fish and congrats! Sounds like you gave Merv the credit for catching those fish even though he was on a different boat. LOL . Are you able to use the boat docks at Longhunter to tie up your boat? Or is the water to low?


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One dock is totallr dry, the other is high, but i used it this morning.

[massman]

awesome fish guys

[XxthejuicexX]

Good trip, Goofy ass hat.

[TnCreekMaster]

Well ANYBODY can catch alot of fish, but my boat just finds the hogs! lol. Damn my hat looks retarded! no wonder cabelas is going under making hats like that! Too tall or something! lol. And yes, i had my arm extended fully for the picture. It was still a nice hybrid though.
It was a fun day! i was just about mentally defeated after literally following Merv not more than 50 yards behind him and his boat is wearing em out.
Our problem was depth control on our rigs. Ive casted em before, but never trolled so i had no clue as to what size jigs vs. how far back to be at X depth. But once we figured that out, we started getting bit. Seen Jaybird out there and he put some fish in the boat too.
Creel clerk gotna good laugh on our behalf. Everybody he checked prior to us checked fish so he couldnt believe two fine gentlemen such as Skillet and I had landed nothing....that was good for the ego! lol
Glad ya got your PB out there! Next time we will see if we can top it.....or at the very least, not fish for 4 hours with no hookups! lol.

Anybody here know a guy that runs a Skeeter that launched from long hunter today...red and white if i remember right. He had some launching issues and just curious if everything worked out for him.

Just think, a day like you had today makes up for the skunk days that inevitably happen,There's an app I use that really helps take the guess work out of depth control is called "Trolling Depth Estimator" here's the link

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.liveprecise.android.trollingdepthes timator

[TNBronzeback]

Good trip, Goofy ass hat.
That hat is now out of my rotation! lol

[agelesssone]

Merv don't give free info.

That should say "free GOOD info"

[jaybird]

Was good seeing you out there. Only thing I could figure in your boat was that Skillet must have been the skunk. Got a good laugh when you guys were talking to the guy from TWRA

[TNBronzeback]

Was good seeing you out there. Only thing I could figure in your boat was that Skillet must have been the skunk. Got a good laugh when you guys were talking to the guy from TWRA

Yeah he just couldnt believe that the previous dozen boats he checked all had fish! lol.
I invited him aboard to do a check if he felt he had to! lol

[skillet]

Was good seeing you out there. Only thing I could figure in your boat was that Skillet must have been the skunk. Got a good laugh when you guys were talking to the guy from TWRA



You guys sound just like my ol' lady, things are always my fault!!! If you had a good laugh you should've seen the look on the officers face when I told him don't even bother with us!! He was confused and kind of pissed, then he felt sorry for us. 😂 I think he laughed as hard as everyone else out there!! There for a while, we cussed everyone we seen with a bent pole!!! Even you. Merv, he got a dog cussing and we sent him a pic of how we felt about his fishing tactics!!

I'm off Friday and thinking I might go back out there and try it again...raining or not...

[jaybird]

Don't feel bad Skillet. Its all TNBronzeback's fault I am sure. And Ole Merv will always kick you when you are down.

[skillet]

Don't feel bad Skillet. Its all TNBronzeback's fault I am sure. And Ole Merv will always kick you when you are down.



Well, I don't want to blame Tnbronzeback, but it is his fault!! 😂😂😂😂 and Merv was kicking relentlessly!! He was letting EVERYONE know he had a fish on!
@$$hole Haha.

While we were following him on a pass, I had two hard knocks and but didn't commit. Caught a hybrid. Then Tnbronzeback caught one. After that I told him to turn around and make another pass. He caught two back to back and then that striper hit me. So I pretty much saved the day with that call!!! That's why we can ALL blame him!!!


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[eksfish]

I was out there in the StarCraft, watching the whole thing also. I was dragging shiners. Caught two little fish right away, then had to sit there and listen to Merv hoot and report on his head count also. I finally gave in and started trolling the only a-rig I had in the boat. Caught five in the next 30 min. All small. Congrats on the striper. Enjoyed meeting and talking with Merv before I headed out.

[XxthejuicexX]

That hat is now out of my rotation! lol



You add some trooper shades and that hat should be bumped to the front of the rotation.

[skillet]

I was out there in the StarCraft, watching the whole thing also. I was dragging shiners. Caught two little fish right away, then had to sit there and listen to Merv hoot and report on his head count also. I finally gave in and started trolling the only a-rig I had in the boat. Caught five in the next 30 min. All small. Congrats on the striper. Enjoyed meeting and talking with Merv before I headed out.



We talked to you later in the day didn't we??


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[XxthejuicexX]

Well, I don't want to blame Tnbronzeback, but it is his fault!! 😂😂😂😂 and Merv was kicking relentlessly!! He was letting EVERYONE know he had a fish on!
@$$hole Haha.

While we were following him on a pass, I had two hard knocks and but didn't commit. Caught a hybrid. Then Tnbronzeback caught one. After that I told him to turn around and make another pass. He caught two back to back and then that striper hit me. So I pretty much saved the day with that call!!! That's why we can ALL blame him!!!


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Yeah, no one likes Merv!

I warned TN last time we were out that it took Jimmy and I almost a year to have a good day fishing together. Jimmy was about as much bad luck as Sambolie and i have never fished with him.

[agelesssone]

On a side note, while all the working slugs were off the lake, paying into my retirement (thank you very much), me and Jerry Wyrick were out catching 40, yes, you read right....F..O...R....T....Y.
And our striper was bigger than skillets little bait fish that he caught (actually, snagged was what TNBRONZEBACK told me Sunday).
Hang in there you buttercup snowflakes, you'll get the hang of this fishin stuff someday......maybe......well, I guess anything is possible......if you stand in your boats, click your heels and wish.....you could fish like.Merv!

[eksfish]

We talked to you later in the day didn't we??


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Yes, I think you were fishing live bait earlier and I thought maybe you had caught just caught one on live bait. Marking fish everywhere but they didn't want anything to do with shiners

[agelesssone]

Yes, I think you were fishing live bait earlier and I thought maybe you had caught just caught one on live bait. Marking fish everywhere but they didn't want anything to do with shiners

Aero came out later in the afternoon and fished shiners. Don't know what his final tally was but he sent me photos of some nice fish so he did catch some on live bait.

[skillet]

On a side note, while all the working slugs were off the lake, paying into my retirement (thank you very much), me and Jerry Wyrick were out catching 40, yes, you read right....F..O...R....T....Y.

And our striper was bigger than skillets little bait fish that he caught (actually, snagged was what TNBRONZEBACK told me Sunday).

Hang in there you buttercup snowflakes, you'll get the hang of this fishin stuff someday......maybe......well, I guess anything is possible......if you stand in your boats, click your heels and wish.....you could fish like.Merv!



Only reason you caught that striper is because I wasn't out there!! And whether I caught or snagged the fish doesn't matter, it had a hook in its mouth and hit the boat floor on the end of my fishing pole!!!!


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[skillet]

Yes, I think you were fishing live bait earlier and I thought maybe you had caught just caught one on live bait. Marking fish everywhere but they didn't want anything to do with shiners



Naw, not us. We didn't use live bait at all. Considered it, considered a lot of things that morning


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[XxthejuicexX]

I'm dragging the boat out Sunday morning. Hope to see some of you guys out there.

[TNBronzeback]

Naw, not us. We didn't use live bait at all. Considered it, considered a lot of things that morning


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Yeah, like blowing the dam and draining the lake! LOL
if i cant catch em, i dont want anybody else to either!

[SAMBOLIE]

Naw, not us. We didn't use live bait at all. Considered it, considered a lot of things that morning


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I gave up on live bait years ago. I like to use chicken livers for cat fishing. Those dang chickens don't live long under water.

[Bryanardell]

Looking good

[TNBronzeback]

I'm dragging the boat out Sunday morning. Hope to see some of you guys out there.
I might see ya out there. Im trying to get a trolling board/rod mount to stretch across the stern to set out 4-rods for trolling. Since my other rail bracket is at the bottom of JPP somewhere between bear island and the YMCA beach i need to come up with something. Lol

[XxthejuicexX]

I might see ya out there. Im trying to get a trolling board/rod mount to stretch across the stern to set out 4-rods for trolling. Since my other rail bracket is at the bottom of JPP somewhere between bear island and the YMCA beach i need to come up with something. Lol

Weather looks terrible now. I hope it changes, I really want to go.