10-11-2009, 09:00 AM
I went trolling crankbaits in the creeks again and caught fish along the drop-offs 19 feet deep. I caught 10 bass (the largest was 17 1/2 inches), lots of yellow bass (ugh), one 2 lb. channel cat and only four crappie. Fortunately the smallest crappie was 12 1/2 inches long and the other three were TARP award crappie being 14 1/8, 14 1/4, and 14 1/2 inches long. This gives me a total of 10 TARP crappie for this season. All of the fish were released in good shape.<br /><br />My biggest catch of the day was hooking an 85 pound German shepherd, namely my buddy Jake. One hook went through his nostril. It was quite an event that including a double hooking with my thumb between my legs and in back of me. But Jake is a real good dog and we survived quite well.<br />