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spring fish
A fast sinking line and a 8" mantis shrimp fly. Mantis shrimp come out of the mud in early April. Last year I caught/ate several large bass that were full of mantis shrimp. Fly on the bottom in 30' of water just twitching around.
A 25# fish caught in the last week of April 03, had 10 recently eaten shrimp that were at least 8-10 long. A few still had a blue tint on their claws. Her belly also contained mussle shells, a few rocks and a 12" Tautog and a handfull of mud. These bass were grubbing in the mud for food. Mantis shrimp live all over the world, close to a hundred different species. Our local shrimp like the mud and only come out to eat and spawn.
Check out mantis shrimp on the web, they are very cool animals.
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Threaded Mode