Polo called me just before noon today and asked if I was up for a couple hours of Crappie fishing. I said yes, just as soon as I finish eating brunch. He said he would be ready when I got there and I was there in about 20 minutes or so. emoBigsmile It doesn't take me very long to get ready when Polo calls.
I grabbed a couple of my crappie rods, put some new jigs on, and stuck 3 packs of plastics in my pocket and off I went. We wanted to fish in the creek initially, but it looked like coffee with cream in it, so we opted to go to the Harrison bluff. It was a cold ride over there in Polo's boat, even though I had 3 shirts and a down filled jacket on. Wind chill must have been in the teens. No bites on the bluff.
Then off to a dock that usually has fish on it and it was a little bit out of the NNW wind and sure enough, we had a double on the first casts. We had at least 4 doubles on this dock and Polo caught more as I was stubborn in putting on one of his favorite colors. I'm guessing that we caught at least 20 fish or more on that dock. Then off to another bluff and a spot that I wanted to show Polo how to fish.
There was actually too much current to fish this particular hot spot, but we persisted and threw in there enough to catch 1 spotted bass and 2 nice crappie. One was 13.75 inches long and the other was easily over 12 inches. But that was the only bites there. If the current had been 1/2 the speed that it was, we would have loaded the boat there.
We hit another spot that produced nothing and then to a roadbed that produced about 4 more fish including a big 15.5 inch TARP Black Crappie and over 2+ pounds by yours truly. The current suddenly stopped in this particular spot and the fish quit biting. It was 4:00 and our couple of hours of fishing had turned into about 3.5 hours. emoBigsmile Time flies when you are having fun.
Thanks for inviting me to fish with you today, Mark. As always, it is a joy to fish with you and listen to you figure out how and why the fish were where they were and when they should bite. As a matter of fact, Polo was watching my line and as it neared the sweet spot, he said that you should be getting a bite about now and in less than 2 or 3 seconds, the big TARP nailed my jig. Whoo Hoo.
1/16 ounce jigs by me and Polo fished with 1/32 oz a lot, except where the water was deep and current fast. I kept 1 crappie and the spotted bass for dinner tonight.
I grabbed a couple of my crappie rods, put some new jigs on, and stuck 3 packs of plastics in my pocket and off I went. We wanted to fish in the creek initially, but it looked like coffee with cream in it, so we opted to go to the Harrison bluff. It was a cold ride over there in Polo's boat, even though I had 3 shirts and a down filled jacket on. Wind chill must have been in the teens. No bites on the bluff.
Then off to a dock that usually has fish on it and it was a little bit out of the NNW wind and sure enough, we had a double on the first casts. We had at least 4 doubles on this dock and Polo caught more as I was stubborn in putting on one of his favorite colors. I'm guessing that we caught at least 20 fish or more on that dock. Then off to another bluff and a spot that I wanted to show Polo how to fish.
There was actually too much current to fish this particular hot spot, but we persisted and threw in there enough to catch 1 spotted bass and 2 nice crappie. One was 13.75 inches long and the other was easily over 12 inches. But that was the only bites there. If the current had been 1/2 the speed that it was, we would have loaded the boat there.
We hit another spot that produced nothing and then to a roadbed that produced about 4 more fish including a big 15.5 inch TARP Black Crappie and over 2+ pounds by yours truly. The current suddenly stopped in this particular spot and the fish quit biting. It was 4:00 and our couple of hours of fishing had turned into about 3.5 hours. emoBigsmile Time flies when you are having fun.
Thanks for inviting me to fish with you today, Mark. As always, it is a joy to fish with you and listen to you figure out how and why the fish were where they were and when they should bite. As a matter of fact, Polo was watching my line and as it neared the sweet spot, he said that you should be getting a bite about now and in less than 2 or 3 seconds, the big TARP nailed my jig. Whoo Hoo.
1/16 ounce jigs by me and Polo fished with 1/32 oz a lot, except where the water was deep and current fast. I kept 1 crappie and the spotted bass for dinner tonight.
