Gerlach Crappie 3-18-2007

[rsimms]

Another great day on Chickamauga today, although a little slower than Saturday. Fishing with David Gerlach and his three sons... Daniel, Jesse and Joel. The first hour was awesome... trolling six rods and most of the time we had 2 or 3 going at once! With five of us chasing rods in my little boat, I'm sure we looked like a Chinese Fire Drill on occasion. emoEek But after the first hour or so of daylight, keepers became harder to come by. Still had a great morning... they carried 26 home for the freezer. But again today we caught 3 or 4 short fish for every keeper. David and his boys are just now learning to fish... they got a pretty good education this morning. A couple of other boats with friends were out today as well (2 people in each). They both slugged it out long enough to go home with limits. It is crappie time in Tennessee! emoFish

 

[JerDog]

Looks like some happy folks Richard. Well done!

 

[WLG]

emoThumbsup emoThumbsup emoThumbsup Way to put em on the fish Richard!!! Nice lookin crappies

 

[Tr19]

Man that was a good trip for those young one's Richard !

 

[enmreal]

Great trip RSimms; you have shown extreme patience the last couple of days. Those boys from the last two days will remember their fishing trips for years to come. I'm proud of their dads as well. Too many dads don't have the patience necessary to deal with fishing with kids (even their own kids) for several hours in weather that wasn't the best of conditions. They and you are to be commended.

 

[DHaun]

Great job RSimms on those last two crappie posts! You have them dialed-in as usual...That's a lot of smiles and memories for one weekend! emoThumbsup

 

[Jack]

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The best bite on Weiss Lake was also very early this morning!

The smiles on those folks tell it all!!