drumking, Chickamauga, Christmas Eve Crappie, 12/24/14, Dr Phillip Gawthrop

[drumking]

Dr Phil and I waited until it quit raining this morning to go fishing. We launched about 12:30. Ran to a bluff to fish. We had only been fishing about an hour or so, when what to my wondering eyes appeared....not a miniature sleigh and 8 tiny reindeer, but a miniature rain cloud with multiple drops and they weren't sugar plums either. emoBigsmile I being the sage in the boat, had my rain gear, but alas, poor old Dr Phil didn't bring his rain gear, so he took a soaking. He didn't mind though. He caught his PB Black Crappie, a whopping 16.25 inches, and 2 lbs 5 ozs. He was wet and tickled.

We caught 16 keepers, 4 shorts, and 1 nice spotted bass. The shorts were put back, but all the rest went for a fish fry that the Doctor has coming up in about a week. We quit around 3 or so.
emoBigsmile emoGeezer

 

[rsimms]

Nice Christmas present for the Doc!

Merry Fishmas to you and yours!

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[EricM]

What a fish! Merry Christmas!!

 

[rusty50576]

Whopper crappie and great looking spot

 

[TightlineT]

Thanks for the report and congrats on the PB Doc....

 

[the Wolftever Kid]

Big league crappie!

 

[Kingfish]

the Wolftever Kid - 12/24/2014 7:41 PM Big league crappie!

+1 emoThumbsup

 

[BILL DANTZ]

Very nice slab Dr. Phil. Congrats on the T.A.R.P.. Ya'll done good. Take your rain gear and go fishing in the rain more often. Thanks for posting. Merry Christmas to all.

 

[Captain Hazmat]

Awesome crappie

 

[tp44]

That is one nice crappie. Congrats Dr. Phil.

 

[dtw2]

great

 

[BassERT]

Nice Christmas present to make up for the fun trip last time!!emoParty

Stay warm emoThumbsup emoGeezer

emoCool

 

[cuonthelake]

HO HO HO, Merry Christmas Dr.Phil....DK I always knew you where Santa, giving a perfect guide trip for Dr.Phil to catch his personal best! Love it! emoSun

 

[the maddog]

emoToast WOW...that fish would make Doc a nice conversation piece to wallhang in his office...especially since he has become such a dedicated crappie fisherman and already paid his dues for a crappie like that. emoFish emoAngler

 

[rayb]

Great, look forward to catching a few myself

 

[Biofisher I]

Good job guys. Nice PB Doc. Looks like you guys hit an active period.

 

[Bones]

great job guys

 

[jonboatin]

Well Merry Christmas.... great catch!