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Reply With QuoteGood report. Them Golden Crappie can save the day for ya.
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Labor Day Fishing Report
A little late posting, but I did finally get to pull some jigs with a measure of success. I took a couple of friends out on Labor Day Monday morning and was somewhat shocked to see an empty boat ramp. It was probably 2 hrs before I saw the first angler other than us. Of course I took full advantage by telling my folks that I "spared no expense in reserving the entire lake just for us, and on a Holiday no less!"
Like Butch says, we went looking for bait, and when we found it, we found the fish. Blues and blacks seemed to produce best, although a number of colors got eaten. I can never seem to put together the crazy number days that Butch can, but we put 52 fish in the cooler which included 5 catfish and a largemouth bass, along with a fair number of throwbacks...Oh yes, one more thing, as we were reeling in the lines at the trip's end, we had a hard strike and a long battle ensued. I felt sure it was a big catfish, maybe even a prized flathead, but when it emerged....well, I was speechless! I took a picture to prove it was real, but below you will see an excellent example of the extremely rare "golden crappie"....all it needs is a massive pile of hush puppies alongside!!
Remember....Good Things Come to Those Who Bait......
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Good report. Them Golden Crappie can save the day for ya.
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William I know who ever caught the carp had a great time pulling it in. Those fish can put on a good pull!! I know it was nice having the lake to yourselves after a long summer of being covered up on weekends and sounds like everyone have good catches. Thanks for the report. I guess you have to have a chance to win a prize before posting a report!
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It's funny u posted this because I caught 2 carp trolling on Labor Day! They were 5 lbs each. They sure put up a good fight.
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Yes, that carp was about all a tiny ultralight and six lb line could handle. I can't wait to see what these upcoming nights in the 50's will do for the bite.
Oh, Ronnie, did there happen to be a contest?...
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William, I was fishing docks many years ago at Wylie and I flipped under one and got a hit that almost took the rod out of my hand. I was using an ultralight with 4# test mono. The fish ran out the end of the dock between two piers and I had my rod stuck under the dock to keep the line from breaking on the post. I climbed on the dock while my buddy handed me the rod so I could fish it between the two piers and I got back in the boat.(It was a run down abandoned dock on a vacant lot or I would not have gotten out on it)
The fish had run off a good bit of line and was out in the middle of Big Allsion. My buddy pointed to a house where a party was going on and they were all watching us chase the fish around the lake.
After what seemed like forever, the fish finally came up and my buddy netted a 19# carp for me. He was foul hooked in the tail with the 1/32 oz. Hal Fly I was using. Sure was a lot of work and excitement for a darned old bugle mouth bass.
Mark 1:17 ...I will make you fishers of men
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Well I count it for the contest. But that is one ugly fish!
