Thread: Crappie Tuesday 4/10/2018

There I wuz (to coin a word made famous by Al Father) all alone again. I just can't get anyone to go fishing with me on short notice. Actually, I can, but wanted to fish alone again as I am scouting and working on something.

It was a slow day as far as bites go, but I did manage to land 7 quality slabs and lost two others. My wonderful wife called me about 3:30 PM and asked me if I was about ready to quit fishing for the day and I said, "yes. I going to make 2 or 3 more casts and then I will be at the boat ramp in 10-15 minutes." Then on my last cast, I was working a floater and jig back to the boat and the float disappears, I reel down and gently set the hook and the battle was on. It was a very heavy fish that I saw briefly, a big female crappie, and she made a lunge and broke my line. Bummer! So I just quit fishing and sped back to Tyner Lane ramp and met Wanda with the truck and trailer.

I did catch one fish deep today, but mostly worked on shallow water. I caught a little Smallmouth bass and only one short crappie today. I downsized to catch the crappie. Bobby Garland Itty Bitsy baits worked very well. I was late finally putting them on, but the fish really liked them. Going again tomorrow after my checkup.

BTW, I had one female and 6 males in the catch today. The female was spawning. Water temp at the beginning was 56.9 and 60 degrees at 4:00 PM.

Thanks for the report. It's good to know that I am not the only one to loose a big one at the side of the boat. Mine opened it's mouth and shook it's head and out came the jig.