11-09-2009, 10:00 AM
Great bunches of big crappies guys! It was a beautiful day to fish and the fish were biting like crazy. DHaun came out of retirement to fish this one with me and it was great to have him in the boat to catch up on life with him. We caught fish on bluffs, docks, and deep structures associated with a creek channel. We fished 1/16oz jigs with Panfish Assassins and BG shads for deep fish and fish in current and 1/32 oz jigs under docks. Most of the fish were caught deep with about a 30 second count before beginning our retrieve. We had large numbers of fish that were over 12 inches and very few that if any that were non keepers. DHaun lost a big one at the boat that might have made our weight a bit bigger but we only had one fish that was close to 14 inches. We had a terrible time trying to figure out which fish to weigh as they were all cookie cutter fish, all looked the same size, a good problem to have. All of our fish were caught on the lower end of the lake and there has been high pressure on the fish that I had found a couple of weeks ago but I was really thankful that they were cooperative for us. It was great to see everyone and contribute to the Toys for Tots program. Congrats to the #1 and #2 teams! Those were some great sacks of fish! We ended up with 8.6lbs which I thought was really very good for me for a 7 fish limit. You all would have been impressed with the 11+ lbs from the Dixie Boy team!