A fine morning with a beautiful sunrise.....
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I decided to fish a spot that I usually pass through on my way to a favorite section of creek....I put my yak in and paddled up to a pool that usually produces big smallies for me...On my way, for the first time I saw a snapping turtle hanging in the shallows...It freaked a little when I tried to follow it to get better pics...I momentarily contemplated trying to pick it up, but reason overcame and I left it alone....A tattoo artist wilth missing fingers is an unemployed tattoo artist....
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I moved on...caught some smallies....Missed a walleye twice...With two different flies...They were on minnows today...grey and white clousers....white sparkle minnows....Nothing even looked at my crayfish bounce today....Times they are a changing...The water is still very warm...They haven't gone into super aggressive feeding mode quite yet...It's not that far off though...
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My attempt at an action smallmouth jump photo....
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Till tomorrow....