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1 minute ago, kschultz76 said:

I haven’t been able to fish Spruce Run since 2018 or 2019 and miss it loved fishing there. Round Valley was a blast last fall, all kinds of submerged trees and shrubs now. Want to get up to Merrill Creek this year too. 
 

Lazy was the name of the game for me with all these small things like the boat buckles. Less parts to lose and move around at the boat ramp while also keeping track of the kids. 

I plan to hit round valley this year. The freshly submerged vegetation is a lot more interesting than what it was 3 years ago. Did it fish well?

 

I struggle with Merrill. Plenty of big fish and great cover. But I love to fish the two hours before and after sunset/sunrise. And the gate times are not that. So I can’t be bothered to go fish it. 

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Got a solid day on the water in today. New lake, awful conditions, and didn’t catch a bass (though I’ll go back to this lake again).  But did a lot of tweaking on the electronics, proved that a 10 pitch prop is too much for a 9.9 on a small aluminum bass boat, got 3 more hours of the break in done (4 to go), and caught the first fish out of the boat. I thought I had found some bass- outside swing of the creek channel in 12’ of water when most of the lake is far less, big brush pile close to spawning grounds.  Alas, not bass. After this one at it the others moved away from the pile and I knew it was a school of crappie before I even landed it.