Fished the Chick 2/11/06

[Jmax]

Warning, if you are hungry don't read any further. I will tell you boys and girls I was sooo in the mood for a big mess of fresh crappie and I got my wish today. I am sitting here stuffed. Fresh fried crappie, cold slaw, french fries, green beans and a nice tall glass of ice cold sweet tea. Man this is why I love the south.emoTongue

Went to the lake and have got to tell ya I was having some concerns about my sanity. Very cold, high winds, sleet and snow, I had my doubts to say the least. I decided to buy some minnows and see what happened. I will tell you all I had some kind of fun. I ended up catching eleven nice crappie, ten whites, three bream, three drum one of which was twelve pounds, two flatheads one ten lbs and the other eight, and one spot.emoThumbsup Mixed bag of fish but a lot of fun to catch. The crappie were nice enough to have two nice messes and like I said one just got wiped out. All the fish were caught deep in anywhere from 20 to 25 feet. The surface temp was only 45.8 and never found any water over 50 today. Did throw the silver buddy a little and caught a couple of the whites on it but went back to the minnows. That was a good day considering what I had to fight to fish. I can shut my eyes and it still feels like I am moving.emoCoolJmax

 

[jason]

I just asked rsimms where the fish fry was...sounds like it was at your house. Time to go heat up my TV dinner.

 

[Jmax]

I here ya Jason, I have been wanting some crappie but they look to be starting later this year. About half of mine were females and they really did not look all that big with the eggs. Last year I caught a bunch this time of year and they were mose developed with the egg sacks.emoCool Jmax

 

[2jigs]

Cool, good fishin, or should I say good catchin Jmax. You'r making my Texas Roadhouse stake seem hohum. Igot a four lber. in abuddy series tourny today & i swear I'd wave traded with you.emoPoke We need to get together before its too late. I'll let you try my blackened cajin crappe & hush puppies! emoToast

 

[Jmax]

Hey 2jigs you say when and I'm good.emoBigsmile I almost go some kind of fishing every Saturday. I thought my son was going to go but he backed out with the weather. He is more a fair weather fisherman when he goes at all. Today I ended up by myself and that is one reason I tried the minners. Generally I use jigs but the gals down at Hamilton Bait shop told me the only poeple they had heard doing any good were using minnows so I went with them also. You never know what you are going to get when you use a minnow on the Chick.emoCool Jmax