Thread: I have been fishing report.

I've followed some of your reports on other forums and I always enjoy your Kayak post. Fishing in a small paddle boat on small bodies of water is how I got my start, and I hold those memories dear. Where did those crappie in the live well shot come from, they have beautiful markings. Good luck with seminar, I'm certain you'll do an excellent job with lots of good information. Thanks for the pics and post.

Tim they came from one of the NC mountain lake. Clear water and all the fish in those lakes are beautiful colored. You wouldn't think the cool clear water would make the colors pop in the fish.

A gill from the same lake.

Glad you are still fishing and putting some fish in the boat. My boat is parked while I replace the carpet with marine vinyl. Hope to be back on the water in a couple weeks Don

Glad to see youve been spending some time on the water too Ronnie. Congrats on the yak trips and the catches. And thanks for sharing those pictures. Did you catch alot of bream the size of that bluegill?

You know me....all Ive been chasing is the crappie and have had a couple of great months after 'em. Now the water is around 82* at first lite and the bite has slowed ALOT (atleast for me). I spent yesterday afternoon cleaning up a neglected boat. I think with the temps where theyre at now (in the low to mid 90's) I am planning on giving fishing a well deserved rest and just go whenever I cant scratch that itch that I know I'll get every now and then. Sounds like the nightstalkers will continue keeping the forums active anyway. And please continue posting about your trips too. It's always good...and especially with the pictures.

Oh yea...good luck with the seminars. I know you'll do just fine.

Butch I did have a day where I caught some good gills along with some crappie. The gill bite has been hit and miss for me this year but I haven't fished for just gills on any given day. Hard not to go for crappie when on the lakes. I set up Friday night on the yak to try to pull in some crappie, catfish was all I was getting to bite so I gave up around midnight. Should have kept on fishing as it was to dang hot to sleep Friday night without air or a fan in my truck tent I put up using a tarp for the night. Was going to stay Saturday night also but one night was enough for me!!

Here is a stringer with the gill and crappie. The pic posted above with the cooler full of fish, my friend Zac built that and he had two shellcrackers in there that was as big as the crappie. He called the shellcrappie

Dang Ronnie....at your age you was really roughing it wasnt you buddy!! LOL For me roughing it is a motel without a swimming pool amymore. And I know what you mean about not atleast trying the crap[pie when on the lakes. I cant leave 'em alone. Ha! That's a pretty stringer of fish. Thanks for posting it.

Looks like a fun time Ronnie. What really sounds good is a cool mountain lake. Hope it was cooler there than here.

:he said man it has been hot might have to get Alaska fishin licence recon that would help lol

good job stumpy thanks for story and pics.
you always have some flavor with your post thanks again