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			06-20-2016, 08:28 AM
			
			
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		 A hair less than half the weight of Jay's fish big one at just 25 pounds, but landed on the first cast ever with one of his maple Musso copies. That plug is now either blessed or jinxed. 
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
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			06-20-2016, 09:08 AM
			
			
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		 Good one. Same area as J's ? 
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			06-24-2016, 08:51 AM
			
			
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				The Musso maple style swimmer has quickly become a favorite of mine.  The original yellow prototype that I had been fishing is now retired after getting me a new personal best but it’s been replaced in the bag with a copy that will hopefully be just as productive. 
			
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			06-27-2016, 08:01 AM
			
			
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		 When the bar needs lowering, I'm the guy.  
 
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			06-27-2016, 04:06 PM
			
			
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			06-27-2016, 07:46 PM
			
			
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		 Yeah good catch. At least someone caught something. Been a while since i did something other than practice casting 
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			06-27-2016, 08:11 PM
			
			
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		not as long as I Paul, I have not caught since last year   
maybe soon, guess I will miss catching in June as well as May.
 
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			07-26-2016, 04:16 PM
			
			
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		 Here is a nice bass from earlier in July that fell for a black maple metal lip.  Hard to believe but this fish was actually a couple of pounds heavier than the one I got back in early June.  Fish was released after getting a quick weight and a few pics. 
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
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			07-26-2016, 07:23 PM
			
			
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			07-27-2016, 08:20 PM
			
			
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		 It was a funny first half for me. I had a couple of nice fish but  my offseason plans never seem to translate into what really happens when he fish show.  What I think I will need and build never seem to work out with what they want.   The plugs I spent the most time on I didn't end up fishing much and the one that was my best producer was just a prototype I was just planning to mess around with in the canal. 
 
The plug in its mouth is the white one from the first picture.  I made it to fish the canal subsurface but it ended up being my best plug all spring  Sorry its crappy cell phone pic, wasn't in a good place for pictures. 
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
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		 Highlight of my first half was this darter fish.  Its my biggest fish yet on on one of my darters.   I think I got those yellow eyes at plugfest 3 or 4 years ago. 
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
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		 Early season keeper on green/white swimmer, not caught by me. 
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
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		 Somebody here got 100# fish on his own spook...here's a teaser. 
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
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			10-08-2016, 10:55 PM
			
			
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		 Wasn't Vic. 
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			10-09-2016, 10:09 AM
			
			
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now that I see the plug on my computer, I agree, looks like a Paul plug
 
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			10-09-2016, 11:23 AM
			
			
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		 It's no "secret" , he has the other pictures and I'm sure he'll see this. I was just happy to be there and see it happen. 
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		 And there it is! Nice job Dan. 
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		 Congrats Dan! 
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			10-10-2016, 01:59 PM
			
			
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