10-21-2010, 09:00 AM
I did double duty today. Had to. No other choice. Tuesday is the only 1/2 day that Phillip get off and this week is the fall break at the schools and our biology teacher (Biofisher) asked me over a month ago to take him crappie fishing while he was off. This is the only day this week that I could do it, hence, the double duty.<br /><br />So, I started off with Phillip at 7:30 this AM. We fished fast and furious downriver and landed 24 crappie of which Phillip kept one limit for a fish fry that he is planning with his 4-wheeling riding buddies. We fished Bobby Garland slab slayers in the ghost color with a tiny tail light and it fooled every fish. I had one nice spotted bass and Phil caught a bluegill that were released. We released the 9 fish that were under 11&quot; long. Boat limit size for the Tyner Lane shuttle. I also caught my 2nd turtle of the year. emoBig
<br /><br />I dropped Phillip off at the ramp at 10:30 and picked up Gary and off we went. This time I went upriver to keep from going over the same places that I fished this morning. It was a good move. Biofisher and I landed 34 total crappie (28 keepers for the freezer for Gary), 1 smallmouth bass and 1 yellow bass. We fished bg shads and slab slayers in the ghost color all day to land our fish. We probably fished with 1/32 oz jigheads more than 1/24 or 1/32 oz. We fished bluffs, docks, and blowdown trees. We got onto some fish on a good blowdown tree and after 2 fish were put in the boat, the wind gusted up and although we caught a few more crappie from that tree, I think that we finally spooked the fish from having to run the trolling motor to get off the tree so much. emoBang <br /><br />We went back down river and talked to Jesse (dock owner) and his wife, Marie, for a few minutes. Earlier in the day we had stopped and talked to them for a while and really enjoyed the visit. I shared a couple of jigs for them to try for crappie that are nearby. Super nice people, so I encourage all you guys not to abuse their dock. Jesse told me yesterday that he was looking for 3 jobs for Marie to help pay for the dock, so if there are any employers out there who need someone for about 5 hours per month (Marie&#39;s desired hours to work) emoBig then let me know and I will pass the info on to them. Enjoy the pics. I&#39;m going to bed and rest. emoBig emoGeezer<br /><br />Boat totals today: 58 crappie. 1 smallmouth, 1 spotted bass, 1 yellow bass, 1 bluegill, 1 turtle, 1 catfish.
<br /><br />I dropped Phillip off at the ramp at 10:30 and picked up Gary and off we went. This time I went upriver to keep from going over the same places that I fished this morning. It was a good move. Biofisher and I landed 34 total crappie (28 keepers for the freezer for Gary), 1 smallmouth bass and 1 yellow bass. We fished bg shads and slab slayers in the ghost color all day to land our fish. We probably fished with 1/32 oz jigheads more than 1/24 or 1/32 oz. We fished bluffs, docks, and blowdown trees. We got onto some fish on a good blowdown tree and after 2 fish were put in the boat, the wind gusted up and although we caught a few more crappie from that tree, I think that we finally spooked the fish from having to run the trolling motor to get off the tree so much. emoBang <br /><br />We went back down river and talked to Jesse (dock owner) and his wife, Marie, for a few minutes. Earlier in the day we had stopped and talked to them for a while and really enjoyed the visit. I shared a couple of jigs for them to try for crappie that are nearby. Super nice people, so I encourage all you guys not to abuse their dock. Jesse told me yesterday that he was looking for 3 jobs for Marie to help pay for the dock, so if there are any employers out there who need someone for about 5 hours per month (Marie&#39;s desired hours to work) emoBig then let me know and I will pass the info on to them. Enjoy the pics. I&#39;m going to bed and rest. emoBig emoGeezer<br /><br />Boat totals today: 58 crappie. 1 smallmouth, 1 spotted bass, 1 yellow bass, 1 bluegill, 1 turtle, 1 catfish.