A Trip back Home, Frogs, Turtles, Largemouth, and Crappie

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My wife and I took a much needed trip back home to southern Indiana Friday evening. Earlier in the week I had a craving for frog legs. I hadn’t had any in about 10years (since I moved from my home waters). Friday night we fished for bass and cats with no luck so the gigs came out, and we picked up a few. It was Kyler’s 1st time ever gigging and he had a great time. Saturday afternoon we had fried frog legs. Saturday morning we fished for several hours I picked up one crappie, and one bass the crappie came off a1/2oz War Eagle spinner bait white, and the bass came off a Bandit 100 in Chartreuse Shad. Sarah ended up snapping her G. Loomis on her 2nd cast, and picked up two bass in the 14/15” range. Kyler my brother-in-law landed an 18” largemouth, and had a 5lb approx 20” to the kayak and the knot ended up failing before he could get it in the kayak both fish came off the Bombshell Turtle. The strip pits we fished were very difficult to access so we had to paddle across 1 pit about ½ mile, then pull the kayaks thru chest high weeds and uphill for a couple hundred yards. We couldn’t have done it in any other type of watercraft. It was good getting back home and seeing family with the twists that life throws at you it’s hard to do what is most important to you sometimes.

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[Travis C.]

Nice report. It sounds like a lot of fun. I have heard those strip pits are full of fish.

That turtle soft plastic is pretty interesting as well.

[Catchingtrout]

Nice report. Thanks.

I really believe you're onto something with that turtle. If I rmember correctly, someone makes them out of Duct Tape too.

[bd-]

The duct tape turtle is a long-running April Fool's joke from local outdoor writer Gil Lackey. On April 1, he would run a fly fishing article with fly tying instructions for the duct tape turtle, which basically involved wrapping duct tape around a hook, cutting it into a turtle shape, and then painting it in turtle colors. He even made one and displayed it at a local fly shop one year, I believe.

It was just a joke, but I've always told him I thought it might actually catch fish if he tried it.

bd

[Catchingtrout]

Originally Posted by bd-

The duct tape turtle is a long-running April Fool's joke from local outdoor writer Gil Lackey. On April 1, he would run a fly fishing article with fly tying instructions for the duct tape turtle, which basically involved wrapping duct tape around a hook, cutting it into a turtle shape, and then painting it in turtle colors. He even made one and displayed it at a local fly shop one year, I believe.

It was just a joke, but I've always told him I thought it might actually catch fish if he tried it.

bd

That's got to be it bd. Joke or not I bet there is a Bass or Catfish that would nail it.

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I haven't personally caught anything off of the Turtle, but I'm hearing that rigging them with a 3/0 lite wire EWG and using a Carolina rig.

My brother-in-law was using a 3/0 lite wire EWG, and a split shot about 12"-16" above the turtle, and using a lift drop retreive.

I was origionally thinking during the spring they would work, and not thought about using them mid/late summer, but shoot they are working well.

Duct Tape Turtle might work work with the fly rod...

Jeremy