Thread: Good Fishing at Hefner 2016

Did I hear 2 fellers volunteering for a controlled burn of 6 big brush piles, a 2 acre field, and 15 acres of timber this Saturday and Sunday?????????? after a 3 day round trip to Nebraska this week?????????? Hmmmmm??????

Just need a clarification. The fire tower will be contacted and there will be a 5 man crew with 2 tractors present, 2- 4 wheelers with fire suppression equipment, so 2 more will be a great addition. Burn begins at 10am. Be there or be square. FRC's will be a good idea to wear. Need i say more?????? I am anxiously awaiting your reply.............

BigSky, Most of my crappie rods are spooled with PowerPro, but I haven't seen this "Depth Hunter" before. Thank you for the tip! I was thinking about marking my own line, but a pre-marked line would be so much easier to see...

I reckon it really is a small world. I moved to Texoma 13 years ago and lost touch with many people. Turns out I know Bigsky and had fished with him a thousand times. I think he and his son in law both have custom fishing rods I made them years ago as gifts. We always wade fished Hefner when we went. We were both younger then and usually did not waste time with waders. If he gives fishing advice I would listen

Thanks, wrangler. As far as help or advice on anything related to fishing, from terminal tackle to boats and equipment, wrangler is THE man. He made us some rods that would make the best manufacturers jealous. I hope reaper doesn't get on us for using this thread as part of the mutual admiration society.

Mutual admiration might be laying it on a bit thick. We were fishing buddies and picked on each other . You might need to come down and fish if I ever figure out cold water crappie in Texoma. I have not had anyone to pick on in a while.

My best fish to date on 2# line

2# test??????

Yes. He turned and ran towards open water where there was nothing for him to break off on and I followed him. Took about 45 minutes. That fish is why I prefer a bait casting reel for crappie fishing. Much more efficient drag system. I had been told that you never catch crappie and catfish out of the same hole but I got a 14" crappie the cast before that one and a 13" crappie on the cast after that one so I am not convinced about not getting crappie and catfish out of the same hole. Actually caught that on one of my home made flutter spoons it is visible in the cats mouth. If you look at the line on the rod it is pretty thin. The rod was only 3' long. I made it out of an ice fishing blank. I like the light tackle fishing. I have since gone to mostly braid and put a light weight mono below the braid. I was just goofing off that day with the 2# line, usually I use 8# below the braid because the crappie here are pigs and have broke me off to many times. Here are the rest of that days catch that I kept. The table is 22" wide.