Thread: Time to spill the BEANS....

My visit west of DFW to the private crappie lake turned out really nice .
A bit over an hour to get there on the pavement and, one short gravel road that was well maintained .
Visited with his team on the new "tool box" packaging a good while .
He got a bit pushy with me to hurry up and told me I needed to go "fishing".
Being he is my customer and ...
Being a guest too ,who was I to Argue that point right ?
So off I went to the dock a little later than he suggested was the hot bite .
First drop until I got tired of it ,bit EVERY DROP !
Not much for really large fish but they made up for it in numbers !
He eventually joined me for about 20 minutes right before I left .
We chatted in depth about his lake . Seems it was built in 1977 ,25 feet maximum water depth . Didn't really divulge what it actually cost to build .
Looks at first glance like he needs help ketchn fish in numbers out of it to me .
Around 9 to 11 inch ruled the roost with only one around 14 inches and some in the 12 inch range . The age class in the 10 inch range needs removal . around 75 crappie for me and a dozen for him. I hit it a bit over an hour .
Tells me about the other lake on the other side of the mountain . Says he only hit a few times in 25 years . He goes on to tell me about 2 crappie out of the big lake that were 4 POUNDS each !
Said he released both of them and next one out goes on the wall .
I did hook a larger fish at one point that managed to bend out my hook on a run away from the dock .
Asked why I didn't keep any ? I said no ice , he said there are two commercial grade ice machines inside the pavilion !
He invited me to go inside the pavilion before I left to use the restroom . Left me there to gawk I suppose , the walls were lined with animals ,birds and fish , with a nice gathering of old firearms in one area .
I got a few photos and down the road I went ....
this story aint near over with my friends ...
stay tuned ....

Originally Posted by SuperDave336

Sounds awesome. Bet you’re already jumping to get back there again, maybe even get to the other lake!

you wont believe the yesterday's conversation when i called to thank him for the initial invite .
i did slide in the day before a little "suggestive" information about my wife liking to fish .
his response was i might invite you back again , today it was totally different after "thank you" .
his response after thank you was....i have to go i am busy ,,,,
see you this weekend right ?
i was like well um i hadn't actually planned on it , i have to do things at my place out west like mow and reduce hog numbers .
told him i know you understand them problems and how well a few errant rounds at them send them packing .
told him my helper from my work place was going with me .....
he said well thats just fine bring him along and few dozen minnows for me
have to run see you Sunday after noon !