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CRAPPIE USA 2017 CHAMPIONSHIP
our jigs. We used a variety of jigs today.”
“Our fish were all the same size,” T.J. Todd and Brian Hatch fished Kentucky
reported Jo. “It was a lot of the 11 and12 Lake to earn top honors in the Amateur
inch fish. We really had a hard time culling. Division.
We had a couple of decent fish over the
weekend, but for the most part ours was
just kind of an even keel.” “We lost a couple fish,” said Jo. “We
“I think the weather may have had an usually don’t. Most of our fish came from
impact on the bite today,” continued Jo. 12 to 15 feet. We didn’t fish anything more
“We caught a lot more fish yesterday. But than 17 feet. Regardless, there has got to
that’s typical of the weather pattern. We be structure there.”
were fishing ahead of the front yesterday “We fish a single hook,” said Henry.
and today turned cold and we were fishing “One jig on a line. Today, it was somewhat
on the front. That’s just the way it is. That windy and we just fished 4 poles. A lot of
is a typical crappie slowdown. It is usually times we just fish 3. Sometimes we think
better ahead of the front.” you are better off to do a good job with 2
“And the bite was really soft,” said Jo. then to do a poorer job with 3.”
“That’s an important point,” chimed in “If it gets really windy we may be
Henry. “We didn’t get those good old BAM fishing with one pole in hand,” added Jo.
bites. That line would just go slack. That “We have done that many times.”
was it. You had to be ready.”
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