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Opening Cast

Wasn’t August nice?
During the first two weeks
EDITOR/ SR. WRITER we got a great break
with some of the coolest
weather in recent history.
IN MEMORIAM Mother Nature sending
some cold fronts our way
was a welcome relief.
WRITERS Talking with
Darl Black fishermen last month
Vic Attardo revealed some interesting
Ron Presley but not surprising facts.
Vernon Summerlin First, cold fronts that
John Phillips brought heavy rains
Josh Gowan messed up some of the
Greg McCain waters with mud and debris. Fishing went to zero
John Felsher for a while but fish have to eat so they adjusted to

conditions and the bite gradually improved. Two, the
fronts themselves slowed fishing a little but so many
fish were deep it was nothing like spring cold front
lock-jaw. Three, maybe the most important fact was
that in many places the cooling water temperatures
moved fish that were being caught in 12 to 15 feet up
to 4 to 8 feet, sometimes shallower, but they were
still biting. On some waters the fish scattered.
Experience makes us better fishermen.
Remembering what crappie do during these periods
allow us to better solve the puzzle the next time
summer fishing includes barometric pressure
changes, temperature drops, bad lake and river
conditions or all of the above. Keeping an open mind

© Copyright 2017 mixed with knowledge increases fishing success. Any
time of the year, take note of your home water during
changing conditions so it will be easier to solve when
similar situations occur again.
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Fishing is fun…catching is icing on the cake,
Cover Photo:
Ozarks guide Terry Blankenship Good fishin’ & God Bless,
using jig-and-bobber. Tim Huffman, Editor
photo by John Neporadny
Crappie Clubs....35

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