I feed my fish, and use a 14' crappie pole to get out away from the dock.. If the big ones can see you they make an instant u-turn for deep water. But i have no problem catching big fed fish like this.

I believe in catch and release. I catch then release to the grease..

BG. CSBG. LMB. HSB. RES.

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