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First time dedicating fishing time to the Carl Hendrix rascal......a beige one tipped with a live grass shrimp shallow in 55 degree tanic water......This bait is going to work just fine......

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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on March 24, 2015 at 7:06pm

This creek was 55 degrees on 3/28/14.......interesting how some details are very close.........

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on March 30, 2014 at 5:00pm

Water dropped a couple degrees in this area from Friday but the forecast looks good this week ....we should be maintaining upper 50s to lower 60s in some places by next weekend and that makes me happy......the most important factor once you've determine you actually have fish in a particular body of water.......

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on March 29, 2014 at 3:41pm

Yes Allen......probably 98 percent of the time I'm under a float.......you have a slim chance to fish bottom successfully in these rivers......so much natural cover makes it nearly an impossible task........and get behind on a hooked fish and they'll wrap you up very quickly.........April is famous for 50/50 fishing here on the Albemarle.......big bags with half spawning crappie and the other half staging gills...........water is warming so the bigger jigs will get more play in the weeks ahead.........

Comment by Allen Morgan on March 29, 2014 at 3:34pm

Nice!  Were you fishing this under a float?

Comment by carl hendrix on March 29, 2014 at 1:04pm

nice and awesome gill Jeff!!  rascals know when its time to come out!!  LOL!!

Comment by Leo Nguyen on March 29, 2014 at 12:48pm

Looks like the season, combined with various power jigs, will definitely land you in the In-Fisherman magazine as the top tier gills hunter.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on March 29, 2014 at 12:20pm

This was the bait for this gill.....I added a live grass shrimp for some clicking and this bull couldn't resist........

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on March 29, 2014 at 2:55am

It's not hard to try a great looking bait......just been waiting on a little warmer water to try it on the gills......

Comment by carl hendrix on March 28, 2014 at 11:04pm

a very large thanks to Jeffery for trying out my rascals!!  as it gets  warmer-- these  things really turn on!!  to everybody who has them--  good luck!!

Comment by Jim Gronaw on March 28, 2014 at 9:16pm

The rascals are hot!

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