I set out this one on Saturday, too many tournaments and bass anglers on the water just to go for fun. Decided to spend some quality time with the better half and do whatever she wanted for the day. On Sunday she was going to stay around the house so I asked about fishing and got a thumbs up from her. emoThumbsup I was down to one pack of crappie in my freezer and decided to do some restocking.
The crappie are still spawning on the Chick. I could see them on my graphs but getting them to bite was not so easy. Had a great morning with the temps about perfect and very little wind. Using Bobby Garlands, 1/16th oz heads and four pound high viz crappie line on a light little ultra light rig I had a blast. Shooting my little rig in water from three to 10 feet I was able to find about 50 willing to take my bait. Most were 8 to 9 inches but kept fishing up until 10:30 that morning until I filled my limit. emoTongue Most of the ones I kept were 10 to 11.5 inches with one trap crappie at 14.5 inches. Several females still were stuffed with eggs and several of the males were ready to party with their black suits on. emoBigsmile Had to shoot it out, let it fall almost to the bottom and very slowly reel it in with just a slight twitch of the rod as you reeled it back in. Many of the hits were so slight you would not even know they were there until they had it.
Fun little outing. Made me and the better half some nice messes. Had one of the messes last night. emoDance Nothing like fresh crappie from that morning cooked up to a golden brown. emoHungry Time to turn my attentions again back to bass. emoSmile Sorry, no pics today. Jmax
The crappie are still spawning on the Chick. I could see them on my graphs but getting them to bite was not so easy. Had a great morning with the temps about perfect and very little wind. Using Bobby Garlands, 1/16th oz heads and four pound high viz crappie line on a light little ultra light rig I had a blast. Shooting my little rig in water from three to 10 feet I was able to find about 50 willing to take my bait. Most were 8 to 9 inches but kept fishing up until 10:30 that morning until I filled my limit. emoTongue Most of the ones I kept were 10 to 11.5 inches with one trap crappie at 14.5 inches. Several females still were stuffed with eggs and several of the males were ready to party with their black suits on. emoBigsmile Had to shoot it out, let it fall almost to the bottom and very slowly reel it in with just a slight twitch of the rod as you reeled it back in. Many of the hits were so slight you would not even know they were there until they had it.
Fun little outing. Made me and the better half some nice messes. Had one of the messes last night. emoDance Nothing like fresh crappie from that morning cooked up to a golden brown. emoHungry Time to turn my attentions again back to bass. emoSmile Sorry, no pics today. Jmax
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