Thread: Tville 5/29/16 Report

My wife and I had some free time without the kids last night so we decided to spend the evening at Tville. They were parked on the hill at Settlers Trace but there were a lot of boats leaving so I figured we could sneak in and unload pretty quickly. We were on the water at around 6:30pm and on my spot at about 6:40.

The water was just about a half foot above summer pool and not as dingy as last week. All the debris has been blown out of the water by the numerous wakeboarding boats and jet skis. (At least I can find some use for them!) Water temp was 77 deg when we left at dusk.

Despite the numerous whitecaps and rollers, we were able to hold on my spot pretty good and find some fish. I scanned over my brush and saw several fish suspended above it, which is always a good sign the fish are active. I got our spider rigs set up and as soon as we got to the pile, we got thumped. My wife caught the biggest fish, which I was glad to see. She got used to recognizing when a craap would hit her poles and it was smooth sailing from there. She helped with the trolling motor and watching our waypoints. Many people don't understand how special it is getting a few hours alone doing something we both love after 7 years of raising and homeschooling two children. I'm proud of and very thankful for my wife.

We spider rigged minnows, half on Lime Green jig heads and half on Capps & Coleman rigs. Both were just as effective. I culled several 9"-10" fish and took home 7 craaps, all 11"-11 1/2". I also caught 2 hybrids and had a very large catfish snap my line. It's a good time for many different species at Tville. Several guys were still out night fishing when we left.

It was a beautiful night with my beautiful wife on my beautiful home lake catching some beautiful crappie. Can't get much better than that!

One of my best fishing trips ever was spent with my wife last June on our 10 year anniversary.

My brother and I had gone fishing the day before and caught over 80 keepers ahead of the aftermath of Hurricane Bill. We already had a babysitter to watch the kids and when she saw how good we did, to my suprise, she said she wanted to go fishing the next morning. I told her the rain and wind was gonna be bad but she insisted it was what she wanted to do. So we left the boat rigged up that night and headed out in the morning.

We got there a little bit ahead of the rain and the bite was still on, big time. We were spider rigging Capps and Coleman double minnow rigs over mid depth brush piles. As the rain came down harder, the fish bit better. She was a real trooper and hung in there right beside me like a pro. She reached over to set the hook on a rod and was having trouble getting the fish up. She asked for my help and to my suprise, we pulled up two 11" crappie on one double minnow rig. It was the first, and only time since, that I have experienced that! And the kicker was, she had just asked me if we had ever caught two craaps at once! It was priceless!

The rain beat down really hard and was blowing sideways so we had to take cover under our umbrella in an adjacent cove. It was kinda surreal looking out from the calm water in the cove to see sheets of rain blowing straight sideways! We waited a little bit and it eventually calmed down, so we went back at it and finished our limits.

We stopped at the local pizza parlor to grab some lunch on the way home and the waitress couldn't believe we were fishing in such bad weather. I don't think she believed us when my wife told her how many we caught.

It was by far the best two days of fishing we have ever had. Add in the fact my wife had the special experience of catching two craaps at once and it made for some very special memories!