Thread: Carl Blackwell anyone?

Thanks Swollen. I decided to take advantage of the pretty weather and Reapers generosity with his time and repair talents rather than make the trip to CB. Did you do any good?

Withdrawal symptoms after a month without fishing forced me to hit CB this afternoon at a little after 1400, in spite of possible freezing rain. Only four other guys. One guy had a few fish in the bucket, but only got three while I was there. One guy left with zero, one with three, and a minnow fisherman got four. A chartreuse head/black body/chartreuse over white hair jig got 9 of the 14 fish I caught, and Frank's micro blue/pink got three. They were bigger this time, with a 12 1/4 the biggest. Only two smaller ones.
When the minnow guy got a call that freezing rain had hit Tulsa, we decided to boogie. It misty rained on the way to OKC, but the roads held up. Probably going to be slick in the morning.

Son-in-law (Kris) and I fished 10:00-3:30. Lots of people, since it was a beautiful day. Nearly everyone got fish, but no limits. Kris got 16, all on a new jig that has no body, just a lot of holographic mylar, and on a Cajun Cricket. My day was pretty bad, 4 keepers out of 8 fish, while missing about twenty bumps. Frank's micro DID get a 3 inch crappie (smallest ever). The holographic and the black/chartreuse got four fish. Fished the last 15 minutes with an all-white jig with silver wrap, getting seven bumps and 3 fish. Lots of nice people to visit with.

About 12 people out today. Everybody got fish. Several people using a combo of a minnow and a red/chartreuse jig. Both worked well. I kept a limit of 10 1/2 - 12 1/4 inchers out of 58 fish (made up for Saturday). The white jig w/ silver wrap did best. Then the slab slayer Cajun Cricket and the holographic mylar.
btw, Allen from Hennessey said that Page is in the hospital with leukemia and pneumonia. Prayers would be good.

Finally figured out how to load a picture (I think). These are the ones Smiley Jo and I kept Saturday Got fish on several jigs. A Thumpit stinger in blue/white on a slow upward retrieve did best.

Congratulations on figuring out how to post pictures you old T- Rex - that mystified me for years and if I don't post another one soon I will forget how again!

Caught 'em on blue/white and brown/orange. Kept 19 good ones and one small channel cat. Had to add a picture (from two years ago) of grandson Landon with his big channel that his Grandpa didn't even think of to get officially weighed as a lake and state record. He couldn't even lift it out of the sink.

Windy afternoon at Carl Blackwell. Got 21 fish between 10 1/2 and 11 inches (cookie cutter males), 1 11 3/4 female, and 7 about 9 inches. Nursery jig and brown/orange did the trick. Other guys said they have been catching them off the rocks pretty well at night, but they weren't getting them this afternoon.