Got back from Pymie yesterday. Can't believe the price difference in 87 octane gas prices anywhere from $4.15 --- $3.07 in the Slippery Rock area.  
 
 Did finally get into the worms last trip up so see how they breed over the winter.
 
 Son is thinking about buying 2 & 1/2 tractor trailers of fishing tackle from Arkansas.  

crappiefisher
 Got back from Pymie yesterday. Can't believe the price difference in 87 octane gas prices anywhere from $4.15 --- $3.07 in the Slippery Rock area.  
 

 
I did a few hours of work on my boat this past weekend.  Got to float it for about 2 hours (one crappie).  Drove around as much as fished to test some things.  The last time I was up, $3.57.  I was all excited by that.  This weekend, I looked over the bridge at the gas station sign and thought it said $3.78.  Checked my gassbuddy app and said $3.08 (using their loyalty program) sign actually said $3.18.  I really didn't even need gas, but stopped to top it off...  I got back here and everything was in the $3.95-$3.99 range.  Guessing the one station is making it as hard as possible for the new station down the road a bit.  Other stations in the area have to adjust.  Would be nice if it spread across the entire region.  If that rail strike happens, I wouldn't doubt we see $5/gal.

Doubt if I make it out until next March. Have enough fish in the freezer until then from the very few outings (3) this year. Don't hunt or trap for some years now so looking like a lazy boring winter ahead. Maybe wood working could help.
 
 Pork, This ain't gonna help any with the economy...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVjo_RwAYpo.                 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM-menv6EJA                                                                                                                     
 

It rained today.  Fake news!  

 Yeah, drove up past Lake Wilhelm this morning and the cricks were raging purdy good. The Colorado River and Lake Mead dropping quickly again since the flash floods on Oct. 1st. Pretty lucky we live near the Great Lakes for now.
   
 Elk creek is going good at the moment.  https://creek-cam-4.click2stream.com/    

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Wer gonna go hit Moraine shortly. Let yinz know how we do. Temps havta be below 39° by now. Not any wind to speak of right now and it's only supposed to get up to 9mph by this afternoon. Happiness is 15mins from your driveway to the launch👍.

9 MPH forecast means white caps and sustained 20 MPH on the lake. Hope you slam them.

Fished 10 to 330. 10 keepers. 4 real bigguns. Temp was 40.5°- 39.5 depending on where we were. Wind wasn't too bad, with stretches of semi-flatness. Fishing should've been better. Maybe its an off year? I know guys have been saying the same things about Pymie Crappie fishing also. I'm thinking maybe a trip to Wilhem to try or another Pymie trip, but target more for walleyes.