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#1 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Lindale, TX
Hunt In: nowhere close to home
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Wrapped up my first ever trip to Belton lake yesterday! Man that's a pretty lake full of hungry white crappie. We found fish willing to bite everywhere we looked all 3 days! Caught most our fish on jigs tipped with minnows but color didn't seem to matter nor depth to get bit! Finding bigger fish to weight in was more of a challenge but we had a solid game plan and it payed off with second place. Came home with $520 a plaque and 2 coolers full of slabs! Had to use the clicker on day 3 so we wouldn't go over the possession limit. We had close to 70 in the cooler after the first 2 days and managed 9 pounds both days so I figured it we hit the best stuff all day Sat we stood a chance to finish good! Caught several blue days and 2 flatheads as well and saw tons of deer in the park! Nice area for sure!!
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#2 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Harris County
Hunt In: IA + MA
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Congrats! I've never had crappie before. Some day I'll need to figure out a trip so I can give it a shot.
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#3 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: kerens
Hunt In: anywhere I can
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Nice haul, on both accounts.
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#4 |
Six Point
![]() Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Lindale
Hunt In: East Texas, Sonora
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Congrats, that's awesome. When's the fish fry??
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#5 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Austin
Hunt In: Collingsworth Co.
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That's awesome!
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#6 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Leander, Texas
Hunt In: Hill Country and South Texas
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Sweet! Congrats man!
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#7 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Sulphur Springs
Hunt In: Hopkins, Bowie, Lamar Counties
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Very nice!!
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#8 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Burleson, Texas
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Well done brother!
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#9 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Beercanridge, Tx.
Hunt In: Stephens County
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Congrats
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#10 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Rockdale
Hunt In: Llano
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Where did you stay at?? Cedar ridge ??
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#11 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Bedford
Hunt In: Denton County, Hill Country
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Great job Todd! Yet again....
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#12 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Goldthwaite
Hunt In: Mills County
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Congrats!
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#13 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Lindale, TX
Hunt In: nowhere close to home
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![]() That's where weight in was. One of the guys had a military buddy that rented a trailer at Blora for the weekend. It was dirt cheap and made a perfect fishing camp! We had a crawfish boil Thursday night and played poker Friday night. Good times!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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#14 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Anderson County
Hunt In: Anderson & Coleman Counties
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Nice Todd. Looks like you and clay are holding your own in the pro division!
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#15 |
Six Point
Join Date: Nov 2014
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Nice. We love fishing Belton. Caught a mess of whites out there on Wednesday.
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#16 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Williston, ND
Hunt In: North Dakota
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Just wait for the Zebra muscles to take hold...
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#17 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Lindale, TX
Hunt In: nowhere close to home
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#18 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Anderson County
Hunt In: Anderson & Coleman Counties
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Let's shoot for next week. I'm headed to Kansas this week.
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#19 |
Nubbin' Buck
Join Date: Dec 2016
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Nice job!
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#20 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Lindale, TX
Hunt In: nowhere close to home
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Thanks y'all!! White bass were schooling right next to the boat on one laydown we were fishing and we never looked up from the rod tips to send a bait there way! I did wanna bring the 2 flatheads we caught home but had coolers full of crappie and $$$ fish in the livewell so they both lived to fight another day!!
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#21 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Georgetown
Hunt In: no place this year
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Nice catch. We usually fish Belton but the past couple of years our spots haven't been producing. So we have been trying to learn Waco. Although I hear Belton has been producing some good fish this year. Send GPS coordinates? LOL
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#22 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Bastrop
Hunt In: Pontotoc
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I need to learn to crappie fish one day
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#23 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Lindale, TX
Hunt In: nowhere close to home
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#24 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Bastrop
Hunt In: Pontotoc
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#25 | |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Lindale, TX
Hunt In: nowhere close to home
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There you go!!! I'd like to catch a redfish someday! I'm gonna swap somebody here for a slab trip one of these days. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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#26 |
Six Point
Join Date: Nov 2014
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Zebra muscles covered the shallows early last summer. Then the rain started and the lake was 25+ feet over normal level and just a handful from going over the spillway. The zebra muscles moved up with the rising water. Then they finally opened the **** full and the water went down pretty rapidly. You can walk the shoreline and there are muscles everywhere on land. I didn't see a single one in the water. I think the rise and then rapid fall had an effect on them.
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#27 | |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Williston, ND
Hunt In: North Dakota
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I remember the levels happening so it would be awesome if it killed them off or set them back a few years. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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#28 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Lindale, TX
Hunt In: nowhere close to home
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We didn't see any or get cut off on any fishing. We caught em on our jigs last year at Roberts. You would pull a jig off a pile and have a zebra mussel stuck to it.
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#29 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Clear Lake Tx
Hunt In: Old Mexico, Centerville Tx
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Nice! Get the grease hot!
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#30 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: League city/ Marbella
Hunt In: looking for new places
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Great catch.
Question everbody seems to love crappie. I have not had one that was not soft and mushy, what am I doing wrong? |
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#31 | |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Lindale, TX
Hunt In: nowhere close to home
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It's a light flaky fish. Your probably not doing anything wrong. Maybe fry it a little longer. I go 6 minutes in peanut oil at 350 and I 1/2 or 1/3 the fillets in strips to help them fry crisper. ![]() |
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#32 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Houston
Hunt In: public
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outstanding
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#33 | |
Eight Point
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Columbus
Hunt In: Colorado County, NM
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I'll take a flathead over them any day, but enjoy catching them. |
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#34 |
Four Point
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Dayton TX
Hunt In: Cotulla
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#35 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Waco
Hunt In: The Bushes
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Man I used to tear them up on Belton. Hopefully I can learn Waco like that this summer!
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