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04-14-2002, 11:20 PM
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Michigan Sportsman
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MASTER ANGLER CRAPPIE Fishing 4-14-02
Today, I had a decision, did I want to go to the river and get skunked or did I want to get skunked when fish were just not there on the lake. I opted to go to the lake and try for some crappies. I fish for a good 2 hours and was only catching dinky gills.  I had a bobber 5 feet above my hook and that was just not working. I had a fish(don't know what is was) that hit my bobber   . After seeing a few bass go by I decided it was time to go. As I was going through my box, putting stuff away, I relized I had this big pike popper that shoeman gave me that might just get some pike. So I put that on and tried out my new fly rod.. I did one cast and was learning the lure I was using when outta no where this silver things hit's my popper. I think it is a huge silver bass. This is the very first time I ever had to put a fish on the fly reel. I reeled it in and relized it was one of the biggest crappies I ever have caught. I decided to keep it. I had several more crappie/bass hit that popper but no pike. I also saw one silver fish lurking in the weed's waiting for my popper to go over but could not entice him. Also had a nice carp swim by. I was then kicked out of the park and was on my way home. When I got home I relized I had a master angler crappie. It weighed 2.5 lbs and was 15 inches long, 7 inches tall and 2.5 inches fat. One of the biggest crappies I have ever seen. It was a great day and I also found myself a LUCKY HAT. One in my avator
Thanks to all the people that tried to help me out getting the form for the angler thing.
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04-14-2002, 11:54 PM
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Michiganiac
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Penn's Woods
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Good job stelmon! Please post of picture of your fish, if you have one.
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04-15-2002, 05:11 AM
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Michiganiac
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: west of Saginaw
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15" & 2.5 lbs. Crappie ?, wow, you sure it didn't say "Wilson" on its side ?, ya know, like a FOOTBALL !!! Outstanding fish there Stelmon.
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04-15-2002, 05:52 AM
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Howdy-
Way to go, Dan! Now you, too, have a 'lucky hat'? What has N_O started....?
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04-15-2002, 08:09 AM
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WOW
That is what fishing is all about. Your fishing hard, not catching anything. Just enjoying being outdoors. Your ready to pack it up then you tell yourself, " just a few more casts". Then all of a sudden, WHAM!, You got yourself a master angler Crappie. What an adreniline rush. Good job!
Dan Zuck
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04-15-2002, 08:42 AM
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Great job Dan, Those Crappies are one species that have always eluded me and I can't even imagine what a 15 incher looks like! Congratulations!!
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04-15-2002, 01:19 PM
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Master Sportsman
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Mich
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Its something bigger crappie do when bored with a minnow, as the minnow moves the bobber around they get all fired up and pop the bobber those small ice bobbers they take right under. Got my largest one on a big bass popper also. Good fishing!
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04-15-2002, 03:14 PM
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Michigan Sportsman
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Thanks guys, I am now thinking of getting it mounted depending on the cost.
Les, after Don has been having alll this great luck with his hat, I decided to go through my pictures and see what I have always been wearing. I notice that I have always been wearing my, I'd Rather be fishing" hat and when when I switched to my MS hat, I was catching less fish. So I changed it and caught that huge un. Now to try it on the steel.
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04-15-2002, 03:37 PM
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Michigan Sportsman
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Southwest Lower Michigan
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Thats a great Crappie. If you put it in water and froze it solid you should be able to get it mounted years from now. Congrats on a true trophy!!!!!
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04-15-2002, 07:38 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Washington
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Congrats on the master angler crappie Dan!
Marc
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04-15-2002, 08:53 PM
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That's a sweet fish, Dan. Can't wait to see it.
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04-15-2002, 11:15 PM
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Way to go Dan, let's see some pics Bro!
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04-16-2002, 10:19 AM
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Tracker
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Troy,Michigan
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Nice fish Dan
Last edited by Spinner; 04-16-2002 at 06:10 PM.
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04-16-2002, 11:47 AM
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Michigan Sportsman
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Watching that float disapear
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Pics will come soon.
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