05-28-2010, 09:00 AM
I picked up Norman (Labman) at the Chester Frost Park just after 9:00 this AM. We had a little over 3 hours of fishing time. We were out over 4 hours, but counting travel time, stopping to talk to EricM and his brother for a spell, we actually had our lures in the water a little over 3 hours. Also got 3 phone calls while on the water and every time that the phone rang, I was reeling in a fish. Man just can't fish with the cell phones ringing all the time. emoBig
<br /><br />We had a great time of fishing. 38 crappie in the boat and 3 spots in the limited amount of time that we had. We saw the storm clouds building and I told Norman that I was taking him home. DK is a big chicken when it comes to lightning on the water. We fished a lot of new docks and stuff for each of us and most of them were productive. We caught several good quality fish and a few crappie wannabes. emoUp <br /><br />The fish are in their summer time patterns now and unless a front comes through or something different, they won&#39;t change much from now until fall. Fish were deep and bites were very subtle. I was fooled more than once by some really sneaky crappie. I think that Captain Hazmat and I may just be able to catch our limit this coming Saturday. Norman landed the lunker today, 13.75 inches long and very healthy. We had several over 13&quot;. Water was clear in a lot of places and a little stain in other places that we tried. I only stopped at one place that I fished yesterday and that for only 10 minutes to take a pulse. I used 1/32 oz jigs totally today and two different colors. A new color that I have was the hottie today. Norman and I fished with bg 2&quot; shads in various colors. I know that Norman used bluegrass and maybe another color or two. He will tell you what he fished with. emoBig emoGeezer
<br /><br />We had a great time of fishing. 38 crappie in the boat and 3 spots in the limited amount of time that we had. We saw the storm clouds building and I told Norman that I was taking him home. DK is a big chicken when it comes to lightning on the water. We fished a lot of new docks and stuff for each of us and most of them were productive. We caught several good quality fish and a few crappie wannabes. emoUp <br /><br />The fish are in their summer time patterns now and unless a front comes through or something different, they won&#39;t change much from now until fall. Fish were deep and bites were very subtle. I was fooled more than once by some really sneaky crappie. I think that Captain Hazmat and I may just be able to catch our limit this coming Saturday. Norman landed the lunker today, 13.75 inches long and very healthy. We had several over 13&quot;. Water was clear in a lot of places and a little stain in other places that we tried. I only stopped at one place that I fished yesterday and that for only 10 minutes to take a pulse. I used 1/32 oz jigs totally today and two different colors. A new color that I have was the hottie today. Norman and I fished with bg 2&quot; shads in various colors. I know that Norman used bluegrass and maybe another color or two. He will tell you what he fished with. emoBig emoGeezer