Went to Alum Creek today, Caught couple smallies, LM, and Huge Crappie. Bunch of shorts in the Saugeye. Windy as heck in the morning. Eventually calmed down by 1pm. Throwing Joshys.. Didnt really try anything else. Didnt really feel like trying anything else. Took few pics but ehh.. Nothing really worth posting..
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I’ve been fishing CJ Brown for a couple weeks. You can catch post-spawn white/black crappie all day long at the marina using bass minnows under a bobber. Depth varies from day to day. Largest run around 13”. Great place for taking kids based upon ease in catching. You’ll catch an occasional bluegill, white bass or channel cat using the same rig.
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Explored the Olentangy near Broadmeadows low head dam yesterday, casting a rooster tail. I caught one tiny tiny smallmouth, one just small smallmouth, and then this guy:
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I think it’s a black tail shiner. I can’t believe he was able to get the hook in his mouth. Would have made great bait if I’d been set up for it but I was trying to get home before the kids were asleep. Still it was pretty fun to catch such a little and pretty fish.
I think it’s a black tail shiner. I can’t believe he was able to get the hook in his mouth. Would have made great bait if I’d been set up for it but I was trying to get home before the kids were asleep. Still it was pretty fun to catch such a little and pretty fish.
Another nice day on Alum north pool Wednesday. Drifting along the wall, tossing a Roadrunner toward any blowdowns til I hooked up. Then I would anchor the canoe, toss out a bass minnow and start throwing the Roadrunner again. I would usually pull a couple more Crappie from the around same pile before moving on. They seemed to prefer the Roadrunner to the minnows, but the little ones left the minnows alone entirely.
Also caught a 22" Channel Cat on the roadrunner with my ultralight rig. DW has decided she likes Catfish, so even though I had sworn off them for life, I decided to keep it. I love catching them, especially on an UL rig, but ate enough for 2 lifetimes when younger.
After getting my personal limit of 10 fish,I released everything else.
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Also caught a 22" Channel Cat on the roadrunner with my ultralight rig. DW has decided she likes Catfish, so even though I had sworn off them for life, I decided to keep it. I love catching them, especially on an UL rig, but ate enough for 2 lifetimes when younger.
After getting my personal limit of 10 fish,I released everything else.
The Roadrunner I've been using has a red head and the same chartreuse plastic that was on it when I bought it a few weeks ago 
It's finally starting to show some wear but still hanging in there. Maybe the reason the small Crappie were leaving my bass minnows alone was because most of the minnows were a good 3 1/2" long and I tried to keep them farther from the sticks so they wouldn't get snagged up.
It's finally starting to show some wear but still hanging in there. Maybe the reason the small Crappie were leaving my bass minnows alone was because most of the minnows were a good 3 1/2" long and I tried to keep them farther from the sticks so they wouldn't get snagged up.
Well I managed to make it to my canal today and ended up getting 3 just keeper size in 25 minutes then came the long walk back to the house which was at least a 15 second walk.. but I was able to make it 🤣🤣🤣 using a orange 4” twister tale in maybe a foot and a half of water
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