12-31-2009, 10:00 AM
It has been well over a year since Tyler Ware asked me to take him crappie fishing. We just never could get together for some reason before today, but it was a very good morning for us.<br /><br />We fished from 10:00 til about 12:50 or just under 3 hours of fishing. It was sunny, very windy, wind chill was biting, but the air temp was ok as we both had on enough clothes to have a sale at JC Penneys. emoBig
The crappie bite more than made up for the cold conditions. We landed 26 crappie and Tyler landed 1 small spotted deformed bass and I lost a good looking spotted bass that was a long quick release after about 30 seconds of fight. Of the 26 crappie, 25 were keeper sized and only one of the keeper size was under 11&quot; long. We released the 10.5 inche crappie. We each lost a good keeper trying to lift it into the boat rather than using the dip net that was at our feet. emoBang So, Tyler has 22 crappie to clean this afternoon.<br /><br />The fish were caught on 1/32 oz jigs with bobby garland 2&quot; shad bodies. Most were on a 12 count, but in one spot, I landed 5 fish in a row and they were on a 6 count and hit the lure on the drop. Just saw the line jump, didn&#39;t feel a thing. Set the hook and the fight was on. We fished docks that were sort of out of the wind a little bit. Water flow and north wind made fishing the bluff almost impossible, so I just showed Tyler how to position the boat to fish that particular bluff. I can fish that with a south wind, but a north wind with that much current is just a little bit more than I care to work with.<br /><br />I had a great time with you this morning, Tyler. Hope that you learned a little bit. Sounds like you already know enough to fill your freezer. emoBig emoGeezer<br /><br />Water temp was 46.7 degrees and the water flow was 86,400 at 10:00 and 97,000 at 12:00 noon.
The crappie bite more than made up for the cold conditions. We landed 26 crappie and Tyler landed 1 small spotted deformed bass and I lost a good looking spotted bass that was a long quick release after about 30 seconds of fight. Of the 26 crappie, 25 were keeper sized and only one of the keeper size was under 11&quot; long. We released the 10.5 inche crappie. We each lost a good keeper trying to lift it into the boat rather than using the dip net that was at our feet. emoBang So, Tyler has 22 crappie to clean this afternoon.<br /><br />The fish were caught on 1/32 oz jigs with bobby garland 2&quot; shad bodies. Most were on a 12 count, but in one spot, I landed 5 fish in a row and they were on a 6 count and hit the lure on the drop. Just saw the line jump, didn&#39;t feel a thing. Set the hook and the fight was on. We fished docks that were sort of out of the wind a little bit. Water flow and north wind made fishing the bluff almost impossible, so I just showed Tyler how to position the boat to fish that particular bluff. I can fish that with a south wind, but a north wind with that much current is just a little bit more than I care to work with.<br /><br />I had a great time with you this morning, Tyler. Hope that you learned a little bit. Sounds like you already know enough to fill your freezer. emoBig emoGeezer<br /><br />Water temp was 46.7 degrees and the water flow was 86,400 at 10:00 and 97,000 at 12:00 noon.