Thread: Crescent Trip

Hope you have some good luck.

Official report Monday 3-2-15

Started the morning off at daylight in heavy fog. We didn't go far from the ramp before wetting a hook. Kept waiting for the fog to lift but it didn't until 10:30 or 11 (one of the latest fogs I've fished in).

When the fog finally lifted we had a few fish in the cooler, including 2 channel cats dad caught back to back. As the fog lifted we realized we were surrounded by boats. The surrounding fisherman weren't picking up much if any.

We continued picking up stragglers here and there and finally broke the ice with a 2lber that we released to see another day. About lunch time it got HOT quick and the little bit of bite there was went cold.

Then we hit the action, or so we thought. We hit a school of bass and it was on. Quadruple hook-up (my 2 spit the hook) so I reeled in the other 11 poles because dad had a fish on that was screaming drag like tuna. After many photogenic leaps out of the water we were off to the chase and I got my gopro out. I got the net on camera. After a few pics we let him go.

Waded out the afternoon bite while all the other boats left. The afternoon bite was absolutely dead. So we called it a day.

Got greeted on the boat docks by a water moccasin. Guess that was my sign that Mother Nature still rules the roost.

Ended the day with a total of 22 fish landed. Kept probably around 18.

We're staying at Leonard's Landing and the others fishing didn't break 10 fish. Guess it wasn't a bad day considering.

Tuesday 3-3-15

Started the morning off at daylight in the fog again. Continued fishing where we found fish yesterday. After putting a few slabs in the boat, I got hit on a rod and picked it up out of the rod holder but the fish wasn't on. Next thing I knew it got slammed before it could go back in the rod holder. Thought it was a monster from the fight but turned out to be a 13 inch gizzard shad hooked through the dorsal fin.

The fog lifted a little earlier today around 9:15 and the bite turned off around then. By that time I think we had caught about 15. We found the same school of bass crushing bait where Dad caught the 7lb bass yesterday. We couldn't really chase them being we were trolling 12 rods, but I had a bass pole on hand with a crappie crank that I threw in their direction. I let it sit on top of the water for about 5 seconds, clunked it, and when it came to the surface the bass nailed it. Fun little fight on to change things up.

Didn't do much else till 12pm. I got the big crappie of the trip, 2lb 4oz that we released like all the other 2lbers. We headed in to clean fish and some others came in around the same time. They had 6 and 9 and we probably had 18 or so. One fisherman had a 2lb 14oz slab that was a monster!

Can't wait to go back!

Great report and pictures.

Great report, sounds like a fun couple of days !!

Y'all are having a good time. That's a horse of a LMB on crappie gear, what fun!!

All that equals more time with Dad that won't soon be forgotten, nice pics! One of those remember when.............stories.

How was Leonards Landing ? Be thinking about givng them a try