03-10-2010, 10:00 AM
since the rest of the week is looking pretty poor for fishing i was able to convince the warden to another day of fishing today. <br /><br />the target was crappie of course but they didnt seem to want what i was offering. fished mostly off shore structure today shallow points dropping into deeper water that seemed to be loaded <br />with fish on the side imager. most of the fish were whites/yellows with only 10 crappie in the boat and only one of those was a keeper. the whites and yellows though ..... i must have put 50&#43; of those in the boat from 2 different spots and lots of those were super chunky and lots of fun to catch. <br /><br />they seemed to like a 2 turn 3 count pause retrieve after an initial 8 count drop in 10-12 fow very close to deeper water on a 1/32 jig with a light colored BG shad . pearl white, albino, and bluegrass with a RED tail light seemed to be the choice for the whites/yellows today. <br /><br />water temp started out 42 or so in grasshopper when i put in at 9 am, 45 or so in sale creek and by 3:30 it was 48 in possum creek.<br /> left the water around 4pm to meat a friend who owed me money ( if not for that i would have stayed till dark emoBig
) <br /><br />the I-Pilot gps trolling motor continues to impress not only me but captain hazmat as well. we ended up fishing close to each other in possum creek for a bit and while he was fighting the breeze that was blowing to keep his boat in the zone, i was casting , catching fish, walking from the front to the back of the boat,catching fish, pouring coffee and catching fish . while never straying from the strike zone and NEVER touching the trolling motor emoBig emoBig emoBig <br />i think he may have called me something but i was too busy doing something else besides fighting a trolling motor to notice what it was emoPoke <br /><br /><br />what an absolutely beautiful day to be on the water. its been to long since i have had one like this
) <br /><br />the I-Pilot gps trolling motor continues to impress not only me but captain hazmat as well. we ended up fishing close to each other in possum creek for a bit and while he was fighting the breeze that was blowing to keep his boat in the zone, i was casting , catching fish, walking from the front to the back of the boat,catching fish, pouring coffee and catching fish . while never straying from the strike zone and NEVER touching the trolling motor emoBig emoBig emoBig <br />i think he may have called me something but i was too busy doing something else besides fighting a trolling motor to notice what it was emoPoke <br /><br /><br />what an absolutely beautiful day to be on the water. its been to long since i have had one like this