Thread: Lake Townsend 2 lb 1 oz Crappie

Fished Lake Townsend yesterday. Had the First Mate on board for this trip. Caught 34 crappie, 3 white perch, 4 bass, and 1 warmouth. Longline trolling with jigs. Water temp 64 degrees, cloudy and quite cool with the breeze. Caught some good fish including a 1lb 3 oz, 1lb 7 oz, 1 lb 8 oz, and a 2 lb 1 oz. Lake Townsend has the best quality of fish of any the small city lakes that I fish but does not have big numbers of fish. It can be difficult at times to locate fish. Most of the fish today were in 10-12 ft of water.

The 2 lb fish hit a StrikeKing Shadpole curly tail in Cajun Cricket color. This is a new jig that I just started fishing with last week and caught some of the larger fish on it when fishing Lakes Townsend and Belews. I was looking for a curly tail that was larger than the standard but not as big as the 3 inch size. It is larger than most curly tails and has a larger tail. Nothing like catching a 2 pounder to give you confidence in a jig. I often try new jigs but after a few tries go back to my old tried and true ones but I may have to make a tackle run for some more colors on this one.

A good day on the water with the First Mate on board and catching a 2 pounder.

Rick

Nice catch. I've have some success using the pumpkin seed and chart curly tail shad pole.