The DCNR Ranger boat was out on the 4th, but all he did was sit out from the swimming beach for a while, then motor off only return a little bit later.

Yea...it was too late by the time I saw him. I got the proverbial parting shot.

I'm just going to start throwing grenades in the water.

Surface temps? I imagine into the 80s?
Thanks all.

are any of y'all still having success with wipers?  really seems to be fizzling out quick the last couple times i have been there.  not that i've ever been very good at it anyway.  
 
even the good largemouth night bite a few weeks ago that kept my son from being totally bored while wiper fishing is dying down.  and there don't seem to seem to be as many channel cats biting either.  
 
i gotta get a boat or a couple yaks.  being shore bound in the dog days of summer sux.  

The two happiest days in about owner’s life are the day they buy their boat and the day they sell it.

I can also ive done it at least 12 times LOL

Went out Friday, 6 am till noon, caught about 20 nice size crappies like Porktown said on cribs around 12-14 fow...largest 13"...1/16 th oz. jig with bobby garland baby shad and crappie nibble...lots of small ones, 7-8", all around 422 bridge, did catch one about 10"...the fish are around, just have to work a little...good luck to all.

I'm also a big fan of the Bobby Garland crappie baits. Never tried the nibbles though, any opinions? 
 
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Garland has a merrid of colors. Pretty much only tail I use now. I do own some bigger profile tails too. Don't sleep on those, jus say'IN.. I have noticed the bigger tail produces better average on size.

I remember when the only soft plastics available were twister tails and grub bodies. Then came the mini tubes.. Now there are 100s of companies making 1000s of styles and colors. Guess its all in what your comfortable and confident with.

Porktown
No doubt.  I was on a Gulp kick for the longest time.  Still use.  

i just told a friend the other day who is kind of a newb to fishing when he was asking about what i use, that if i could only use one bait for the rest of my life, it would be gulp minnows.  
 
gonna have to try some of those bobby garland baby shad.  have read a lot about them.  'bout time for the baby shad to start getting hammered along the shoreline in the evening at arthur.  

I like FishBites myself.🙈

My experience with scent is a bit different. I keep a handful of my BG's in a gulp jar and leave them soak. Some days it makes a difference, other days it matters not. No issues with hardening. 
 
Does anyone know they make a 1.5 inch gulp minnow? If they do I've never found them. They would be dynamite.
 
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I have never tried marinating BG in Gulp. It was an oil based shad flavor, not sure of brand. I think dipping or soaking for an hour or so would be fine. Mine were soaking for 2-3 weeks and went to use and were stiff. Not Gulp bait out of juice jerky hard, but enough to not give the wiggle that BG have. Might still work, but opted for the fresh ones that wiggled. If Gulp would come out with that same body type, would be awesome. Bass Pro and some others do a knockoff and work well. BG seem to be the same price when FUSA puts them on sale, so I prefer them myself. I have a few of their other body types too. I like one of them more than the baby. But not going to say what one... Man of mystery!

Oh yeah, I probably cut down my 2.5” Gulp more than use whole. Not sure why they don’t have the fire tiger in the 1”? 1.5” would be perfect.

Make sure you keep an eye on Berkley for rebates too. With FUSA running their promo and Berkley, they are cheaper than live bait. Especially for being able to catch 10 off of one.

I have had luck with the Lock and Lock food containers too. I use the twi smaller containers and “hey honey, I bought you these nice containers for left overs” for the others. Win win. 😉

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Anyone ever had any luck storing different colored baits together? By pure accident, I mixed a few pearl white and flo. green Bobby Garland's that created a subtle opaque green-white bait that works really well for me in low light. 
 
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couple years ago i bought one of these mostly for gulp shrimp when i'm fishing the salt on the gulf coast.  i wade a lot and don't have to worry about water diluting the juice.  sand washes right off of it too.  this thing's great and if you use a lot of soft plastics with juice, i'd really recommend it.  
 
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i've put a little bit of everything in there cause it's so handy.  gulp minnows, gulp minnow grubs, gulp shrimp and matrix shad.  thought the abundance of chartreuse baits in there would discolor the natural or white baits, but it hasn't.  might be the liquid in there?  just a guess.  
 
berkley power worms that i use for trout and steelhead are another story though.  no juice in em.  the colors definitely bleed into each other.  i had mixed a bunch of white, pink and chartreuse, and the white ones that picked up a little color seemed to be really good this year at once in awhile when the main colors weren't working well.