07-16-2010, 09:00 AM
Early in the morning, I got through the fog and mist and picked up YB.<br />We put in at the church and I was determined to get our favorite bridge to pay off<br />with some crappie.<br />We had one here and one there and were considering a boat ride when YB tells me he has a 2 lb bass.<br />I passed my net over and watched as he lazily played the fish.<br />He fooled around and the fish came out from under the boat and I noticed it wasn&#39;t a bass, but it was,<br />in the words of Roland Martin, &quot;a MONSTER Crappie!&quot;.<br /><br />He tried a couple times to knock it off with the frame of the net, but he was rewarded with a 2 and a half lb crappie.<br />It was just shy of 16 inches!!<br />What a biggun!!<br /><br />He didn&#39;t 
in the pic, but he shook for quite a while.<br />What made me proud was that he got the pic and released that monster.<br /><br />We didn&#39;t do much and had to release the few fish we had in the live well as we didn&#39;t have enough to cut.<br /><br />Also, I caught a big rock bass that looked like a smallie and had a 
patch!!<br />A new breed of fish? Maybe?<br /><br />Also massive schools of shad, skipjack? were running off the main channel in the Nick.<br />Thousands and thousands with half their backs out of the water everywhere!!<br /><br />We talked to some oldtimers who said they have never seen that level of activity before...ever!<br /><br />Quit at noon and put my new winch on my trailer a lttle later.<br /><br />What a day!!
in the pic, but he shook for quite a while.<br />What made me proud was that he got the pic and released that monster.<br /><br />We didn&#39;t do much and had to release the few fish we had in the live well as we didn&#39;t have enough to cut.<br /><br />Also, I caught a big rock bass that looked like a smallie and had a patch!!<br />A new breed of fish? Maybe?<br /><br />Also massive schools of shad, skipjack? were running off the main channel in the Nick.<br />Thousands and thousands with half their backs out of the water everywhere!!<br /><br />We talked to some oldtimers who said they have never seen that level of activity before...ever!<br /><br />Quit at noon and put my new winch on my trailer a lttle later.<br /><br />What a day!!