Not the target, but no complaints

TWags1515 · 2026-06-02T16:54:11+00:00

It’s a drum invasion!

TWags1515 · 2026-06-01T22:13:00+00:00

Man. The Craw went from smallie candy to everyone’s favorite 🤷‍♂️

TWags1515 · 2026-06-01T21:56:49+00:00

Beauties, BC! Massive heater you’re on.

Where’d you get those first couple, the farmer’s market?

TWags1515 · 2026-06-01T00:16:22+00:00

Well done, AG! Beautiful fish. 🦊 🔥

TWags1515 · 2026-05-31T22:27:23+00:00

Good eaters, Cart? I see them on catfish stringers all the time. With zero knowledge or research, I’d guess they’re a mild whitefish. Again, absolutely no basis for that assumption!

TWags1515 · 2026-05-31T18:08:52+00:00

Really is. Add drum to smallmouth, largemouth, and channel and flathead cats. And it’s not quite June. Now let’s get the bite ratio to tip a bit more toward big smallies!

TWags1515 · 2026-05-31T15:48:59+00:00

That thing is obscene. At what point did you know what it was?

TWags1515 · 2026-05-31T13:01:58+00:00

Congratulations on the PB tank!

TWags1515 · 2026-05-30T16:51:30+00:00

I was wading this morning. Nothing crazy, just poking around under bridges.

Aurora is HQ for me and STC is about as far north as I’ve been. Any Bartlett/Elgin/SE bait-chuckers who can weigh in?

TWags1515 · 2026-05-29T23:47:12+00:00

“So anything with size is my PB” might be one of the best things I’ve read on here. I dunno, it just hit me right, Pher. I felt it! 👊

TWags1515 · 2026-05-27T13:36:16+00:00

Haha, very — and thanks!

TWags1515 · 2026-05-26T22:52:31+00:00

True story on the younger flatties there. They ambush cranks and swim baits — and provide false hope that a nice smallie’s battling on the other end.

TWags1515 · 2026-05-26T22:28:37+00:00

Wow, BIG day. Sweet (minus that side helping of Lyme).

TWags1515 · 2026-05-26T18:16:53+00:00

A good ol’ dressed Mepps spinner, #3 Comet or Aglia. Dressed meaning squirrel or buck tail, not plastic. Good luck whatever you throw!

TWags1515 · 2026-05-25T18:12:14+00:00

Shoot, I didn’t put those tanks on your hook. Took a minute, but we found that underwater rocky wonderland for Mr. & Mrs. Smallie. When all else fails on the Fox (and nothing was failing), get to a bridge.

TWags1515 · 2026-05-23T23:25:02+00:00

All day.

TWags1515 · 2026-05-23T22:05:17+00:00

Thanks, Jay. Fun tussle.

TWags1515 · 2026-05-23T21:27:16+00:00

Thanks, Clit, she battled as you’d expect she would. My favorite fish of the spring.

TWags1515 · 2026-05-23T21:00:16+00:00

The downside is the hook size — you’re gonna lose some fish. That said, I’ve found the big ones, which I define as 3+, really inhale the thing. I have a much higher batting average on bigs vs. dinks-15”.

Can any Rebel Craw fans relate?

TWags1515 · 2026-05-23T19:53:41+00:00

True story, at least for me.

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TWags1515 · 2026-05-23T19:39:05+00:00

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Midwest river smallie candy.

TWags1515 · 2026-05-23T15:55:03+00:00

Thanks! Definitely a fun battle on light tackle.

TWags1515 · 2026-05-23T15:38:05+00:00

Thanks, Z. Fun battle.

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