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Back to Thumpin' on Athens
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05/20/19 12:18 PM
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Joined: Mar 2016
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The rain finally let up and I got to put the tube on Athens on Sun. Fishing was a little slow, maybe due to the rain. I also noticed that the lake seems to be weeding up earlier than usual. Places that are usually clear seem to have a lot of vegetation and I never see it this early in the year. Got a lot of dinks yesterday in the 4-5 inch range but I did manage a fair number of decent gills: Most of the gills were suspended and either hit a baited jig head on the fall or went for a worm under a float and most of them were hanging around the shade. No redbreasts on Sun but I got 2 or 3 shellcrackers. I also got a small warmouth which was the first one I have ever taken out of Athens. Really pretty fish with dark colors. I used to catch a lot of them in a lake in VA when I was stationed there. In addition to the sunfish I also hit a few of my crappie spots and found a few fish still shallow around the boat houses. Crappie hit Bobby G Baby Shad in Bluegrass. The crappie were all nice fish in the 12-13 inch range. All fish were released to fight again on another day. Cheers Y'all.
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Re: Back to Thumpin' on Athens
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05/20/19 01:17 PM
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Joined: Feb 2007
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Gitter Done
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Nice variety of fish Flags. Love those Bluegill SLABS! Good job.
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Re: Back to Thumpin' on Athens
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05/20/19 03:27 PM
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Laker One
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Nice post and fish as always Flags.
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Re: Back to Thumpin' on Athens
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05/21/19 12:39 AM
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Joined: Jul 2010
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banker-always fishing
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Nice fish Flags. Good job. Gonna be missing those Athens post.
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Re: Back to Thumpin' on Athens
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05/21/19 01:38 AM
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Joined: Oct 2014
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Vogey
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Very nice Flags...Athens must be a heck-of-a good bluegill lake.
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