rsimms
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Started at the crack of dawn this AM, and it was cold as Gee Whiz! emoBadLanguage
Readers Digest Ver. 1.0 - Took me about five hours, but I caught a limit of crappie using a variety of methods.
Details - First stop was a bust. Second stop, there were fish. I could see them on the electronics. Just had a hard time figuring out how to make 'em bite. First tried casting jigs deep. No takers. Went shallow, jig 3 feet under float. Caught two (1 keeper) and missed a couple. But that wasn't working out real well. About 9 am I muttered a silent apology to Drumking and pulled out the trolling rods. 100 yards into the first pass and I had added five solid keepers to the livewell and a few shorts. I thought it was game on.
But I must have busted the hot fish in a hurry because after that I had to grind it out. But it really wasn't a grind because I was hammering big yellow bass. I suspect I caught 25 or more, and almost all were good eaters, but I was only keeping crappie. But the yellow bass sure kept things interesting.
By about 12:30 or so I was up to eleven solid keepers. I put up the trolling rods and headed for a river channel bluff. Took me a few minutes to get them zoned in, but in short order I put the 15th solid crappie in the livewell (and caught two bonus blue cats about 4 lbs. each). I left 'em biting and was wishing I hadn't trolled so long (although the yellow bass were fun).
I'd kept two bluegill for catfish bait. I anchored up on one deep hole. Caught one blue about 6 or 7 pounds and called it a day. That means life is good and gettin' better every day!
Readers Digest Ver. 1.0 - Took me about five hours, but I caught a limit of crappie using a variety of methods.
Details - First stop was a bust. Second stop, there were fish. I could see them on the electronics. Just had a hard time figuring out how to make 'em bite. First tried casting jigs deep. No takers. Went shallow, jig 3 feet under float. Caught two (1 keeper) and missed a couple. But that wasn't working out real well. About 9 am I muttered a silent apology to Drumking and pulled out the trolling rods. 100 yards into the first pass and I had added five solid keepers to the livewell and a few shorts. I thought it was game on.
But I must have busted the hot fish in a hurry because after that I had to grind it out. But it really wasn't a grind because I was hammering big yellow bass. I suspect I caught 25 or more, and almost all were good eaters, but I was only keeping crappie. But the yellow bass sure kept things interesting.
By about 12:30 or so I was up to eleven solid keepers. I put up the trolling rods and headed for a river channel bluff. Took me a few minutes to get them zoned in, but in short order I put the 15th solid crappie in the livewell (and caught two bonus blue cats about 4 lbs. each). I left 'em biting and was wishing I hadn't trolled so long (although the yellow bass were fun).
I'd kept two bluegill for catfish bait. I anchored up on one deep hole. Caught one blue about 6 or 7 pounds and called it a day. That means life is good and gettin' better every day!
