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Specks are still chewing

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I hit the creek for a couple of hours this afternoon and played in the cool 20-25 mph wind and was rewarded for my effort. I was only able to fish for 2.5 hours but I finished with 15 trout and had 5-6 that pulled off. They ranged from 16-24 inches and ate white 17mr's and Yo Zuri 3ds minnows in white as well. Don't let the cold, wind, and/or rain keep you on the couch. Vertebrate Water Fisherman Fish Sky
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Nice job man. I'm headed east Friday night in hopes of getting my second trout and so on. Hopefully get some on the plate.
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Good luck, they'll be chewing I have no doubt. Don't forget to fish SLOW...
WOW now thats is a great catch for the way the weather has been. Looks like white is the color.
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Weather like we've had the last couple of days gets them fired up every time. Some might pray for sunny and 65 with light winds, I pray for cloudy/rainy and gusts to 35. White is always a good color.
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Light rain doesn't bother me but I don't like muddy water from too much previous rain!
Light rain doesn't bother me but I don't like muddy water from too much previous rain!
I don't know because I wasn't here but was told that we've had a lot of rain the last week. The water is MUCH cleaner now than it was on the week before Christmas. Sometimes, rain is a good thing.
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Yes sir, nice looking specks for sure.
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Great Catch Trigger.
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Way to go trigger. Hopefully my lady and I can duplicate tomorrow.
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Nice looking haul!
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Good luck, they'll be chewing I have no doubt. Don't forget to fish SLOW...
Are you still doing that brutal 3-minutes-per-cast retrieve speed? Not sure I could do it, but I've never been afflicted with the trout fever bad enough to require that kind of medicine.
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The last two days I haven't had to work it quite that slow, but the water temps have been mid to upper 50's. Probably more in the 1.5-2 minute range. Monday afternoon I actually saw a little topwater action but no hookups. I have a feeling that if I am able to slip out this afternoon it is going to require me to slow back down considering another night of north winds and colder air temps.

Trout fever is bad. If you ever get it, it's hard to get rid of. The only cure seems to come from that thump they put on a hard bait.
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Trout fever is bad. If you ever get it, it's hard to get rid of.
Can you get rid of it???????(not that I'd want to)
Turned a crappie fishing buddy on to it this year and now I can't hardly get him to go crappie fishing for making trips down to the Crystal Coast.
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Can you get rid of it???????(not that I'd want to)
Turned a crappie fishing buddy on to it this year and now I can't hardly get him to go crappie fishing for making trips down to the Crystal Coast.
Don't have to quit crappie fishing due to trout fever. In fact, crappie are often a by catch of trout fishing. Here's on that was just shy of 2 pounds Rectangle Oncorhynchus Trout Salmon-like fish Fish
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Guess we need to relocate ........ just can't figger how to drag our favorite 10 acres 200 miles southeast.........


Might have to try some MR14s around here for crappie?????????
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I'm sure the 14's will work. I've caught quite a few on 4 inch jerk shads, and a couple on a DOA shrimp as well. I'll start targeting them soon. I'm ready for a good plate of fried crappie.
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Crappie is some fine eating, that's for sure! There is a drawback though. Couple weeks ago I cleaned about 30 10" + crappie. Took almost an hour and I got 4lbs of fillets ....... couple months ago I was cleaning trout for about 15 minutes and getting 4lbs of fillets or more.
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I don't think it gets any easier than cleaning trout, they'll just about spoil a man.
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So are you still fishing them deep in the creeks? I really want my brother to catch one he lives in Jacksonville minutes from the new river. But not sure how deep into the creeks to go. And it seems previously I've been fishing them on the banks not the deeper water in the center of the creeks. From pictures I see no ones really fishing the banks.
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