drumking, Tims Ford, black nose crappie, 12 Jan 2013, Bent Rod and Wolftever Kid

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We didn't have the most favorable weather report when we woke up this morning, but Brian, Rick, and I had plans to fish Tims Ford and see if we could get the skunk off the Kid from this lake. We decided to go anyway, despite the rain in the forecast, and it turned out that the rain held off mostly. Just some brief drizzle a couple of times, but none of us got wet. The wind wasn't too bad either and nearly laid down completely after the drizzle blew through.

Brian and I left Chattanooga at 8:00 AM and drove the 1 hr and 30 minute drive to Rick's house and when we arrived, Rick had the boat hooked up and ready to go. Short introductions and then we were off. We started off scanning docks for crappie. The first place that we wanted to scan had a boat very near it, so we left it for later on in the day. It was a dock that we had caught some big crappie on this past Tuesday.

Then to the next dock and we finally got to fish it. The Kid got the skunk off the boat and himself on the very first cast of the morning. Biggest fish of the day. 15.5 inch black nose Crappie that weighed 2.4 lbs. Hog of a fish and it gave Brian a fit before coming to net. But the fishing was very slow nearly all day. I knew from looking at the Solunar Tables that the best bite would be in the afternoon and sure enough, we only caught a fish or two from here and there until we got into the feeding period and then had a spree on a couple of docks to finish with 25 crappie, including 3 TARPs. Brian had two (15.5 and 14.125) and I had the other (15.25 and 2.1 lbs). We caught several nice healthy 12.5 to 13.75 inch fish. Very few small keepers today. All fish released to grow even bigger.

We all donated enough jigs to the metal framework on these docks to stock a small tackle store. We got to keep Bobby Garland plastics going. When the bite picked up, we all got so excited that we couldn't hit the small targets that we had to shoot under and so we left many hanging on the framework. We did clean off the jigs and line before we left. We enjoyed running into Mallardecho out on the lake. He was breaking in a new engine on his boat and was doing more running than fishing. Thanks for the caps, Bill. Next time we will be fishing with you.

Thanks for going with me today, Brian and Rick, thank you for being such a great guide. We really had fun today and were very appreciative of your efforts. Letting us fish while holding the boat in position for easier casting. You went overboard on the guiding service today. emoBigsmile emoGeezer
 

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WOW!!!Thishas to be a monumental report for CFF! Drumking and The Wolftever Kid team up to slay the beasts at Tims ford! Thankyou so much Bent Rod(Rick) for making this happen, you are now officially on my Hero's List! Those are the most beautiful speckled fish I've seen pics of in years...looks like 'outlaw special' ruled the day. I just wish that I could have had a recordingof the 3 hours of crappie fishing information that you two discussed while on the road...I could probablypublish a short novel. And its so good to see TWK crack a smile on camera, my hat's off to you DK for capturing that moment. I'm so excited about this report that I could go on-and-on with ramblings about the three masters of CFF crappie fishing getting together to share their knowledge and techniques...but for now I'm just going to say I'm Flabbergasted...amd Welcome Back KID!!!
 
Awesome! Enjoyed reading the report. dk thanks for getting TWK off the couch. lol You guys are the best. Thanks again for taking the time and effort to share your fishing reports. Almost forgot, congrats on the TARPS.
 
Thanks DK and Brian for coming over. Enjoyed meeting Brian and fishing with you guys. Thanks to Bill(mallardecho) for helping us stay on some fish.Fun to watch a couple of masters put jigs where they ain't meant to be.
 
I forgot in my post to report on water conditions. The water was clear and the final temp today was 60 degrees in one part of the lake. In another part of the lake it was 2 to 3 degrees cooler and you could feel the difference in the air temp when you passed from the warmer water to the cooler water and vice versa. Strange phenomenon. Tuesday when Rick and I fished the final temp was 53 degrees, so the water has warmed up 7 degrees in just 4 days. But, winter is on the way. With the water temps doing a yo-yo, the crappie won't know whether to feed or sit in a blind. emoBigsmile emoGeezer
 
Great report and nice slabzillas glad you guys could get together very interesting about the air/ water temp that would be almost spooky!
 
Very pretty fish guys! Thanks for sharing your trip with us. Great to see a few pics with Brian holding some fish. It's been a while since we've seen much of that. Too long!
 
DK was nice enough to invite me to go with him and Bent Rod, on a Tims Ford
crappie trip. I went there once a few years ago in July, and got beat down. I wanted payback..
But mainly I have never fished with DK before, we had a good time even on the road trip part.
Lots of good crappie talk, made the ride a pleasure. Rick was a super guide, he would give way
to let me throw on docks first. After that first monster I caught, I was totally happy, a HOF
blacknose with DK, priceless. Thanks to Mallardecho too, he pre-scouted docks, and gave us some hats
too.
 
I sure heard alot about getting revenge at Tims Ford...so I know how much it meant to catch that Big Monster Black Nose! The Kid wasn't playing, I am sure he had his game face on, got on first cast, picture with an actual smile.......Now the monkey is off his back, emoApplause ...Great Job Kid (Brat)......emoBigsmile
Rick looks so proud in that picture with The Kid, he did an outstanding job of guiding emoThumbsup
I appreciated the pics you text me saturday, even if I was working, and I always look forward to your written and phone report.... emoWorthy ....
Great Job and DK, I knew you wouldn't let a day on Tims go by in the winter without bringing in your own TARP! emoApplause emoBigsmile
 
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"The Kid" has been MIA for a while. I'm proud to see he's still alive and kickin' (crappies butts).
 
I've fished with the kid for a long time. I know what this trip meant to him, he's wanted to fish with DK for quite sometime. One hint to you all never let him have the first cast!
 
What can you say but AWESOME!! Rick is going to have to hire a secretary to handle all the "guide business" that will be coming his way. Must remember, don't let the KID have the first shot, lol. Good to see you back Brian and I know you had fun fishing with Dicky and Rick. Some really nice fish guys, enjoyed the report.

Regards, Norman
 
I am glad you all had a good trip. Just wish the fishing would have been a little faster, with a few more spots to fish.
 

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