DIRTY DOG

what a nice day, after going to my youngest daughters volly ball game , and watching her team win all three game in there series ,and waiting for it to WARM UP i little , i decided to do a little prespawn crappie fishing this afternoon i fished from noon till about 3 and took 25 nice fish from 9 1/2 inches to a little over 13 home today so it looks like a fish fry tomorrow everthing today came on minnows and a bober, i tried tubes and a few other tipes of jigs with no results , i think this was mainly do to the water temp was only 46 degrees in 2 feet of water and this was the warmest that i found on the entire chain of lakes well heres a few pic this is of the hole mess and this is of a few of the bigger ones to bad it is going to snow and blow tomorrow ,becouse i sure would like to do it again , or get the shake down done on the dog

WELCOME ,just start asking and you shall learn

great job frank !

i here that jason, i want to go to st. joe so bad it almost herts!

ken said it like it is , also lake shore outfitters in saugatuck has the largest selectoin of okuma reels in the area at a very good price , and aron will be able to answer any questoin you have

welcome crhis , mike is right that area should be on fire in a week or two, i fish from south haven to port sheldon , mostly out of saugatuck

ya when my wife gets p--sed at my and thinks im going to the couch , i just go take a nap in the DIRTY DOG ,she's only been on it 3 times in 5 years!

theres nothing wrong with the dog house , mine sleeps very comfortalbe

welcome back old man!

i got a set of berts bird trees most of the new stinge nitro's 6 new protroll flashers some mag silver streaks a new cannow mag. 5 hs to match the one that i won in the stinger challenge and a few silver hords

nice job

nice job jay

i have 18 okuma's mosty convectors ,4 are magda's , the key to the magdas is to keep oil on the worm gear mine are 5 seasons old now ,i also have 2 diawa sealines

welcome

i found a few good deals also , such as the berts bird trees i got from the outdoorsmen pro shop for $260 for the pair

how far down the river did the shallow water go, im asking becouse my old islander has the old stringer system in it. so if i tilt the lower unit up becouse it is in the sand it will have no power till it is all the way back down, I DO NOT WANT TO GET STUCK IN THE SAND

i will be there, not sure witch day yet

any day is fine with me

when i am targeting browns early, i try to keep the boat in about 10 fow ,this will put the inside board as close to the beach as 20 ft "most of the time" the main thing to remember is your trying to find the warmest water possable and on a nice calm ,sunny spring day ,that will be the shallowest water you can find , and it dosn't hert to have a small creek flowing in to the lake to attract bait like smelt or minnows also i run the same speed as i do in the summer around 2.5 to 2.7 on the gps hope this helps a little

jason ,i agree with you 100%, also ,i think they should be responsable for any and all damages to other boats that get tangled or damaged in any net that is left floating around till spring

welcome around keith, i fish mainly out of saugatuck, if you need any help out there just give a call on the radeo or pm me , i will alway reply:D

hey mike i remember that morning quite well , we where prefishing for a w.m.f.l. tournement on that saterday and on sunday we took 3 more just like that one and lost four more, they where all on a full core in 40 to 44 fow on that same spoon

got my first choise also hunt 131 , but i think this will be my last year at turkey hunting for a while, just becouse i get way more enjoyment out of being on the water , and ive shot 17 spring birds in the last 18 years and close to that with fall birds {any more just kinda a been there none that kinda thing}

j-9 rapela in black and silver or fire tiger ,or a bumble bee stinger, it is a toss up between the three i cought browns up to 11 lbs on the rapelas but my personal best is a 17.9 lb'er on the bumble bee stinger

yup that was a good man with some cool storys , when i was first out of hi school i worked for about 5 years is a roofer and we always listend to him at lunch every day