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    Our school district had a two-day “fall break” where we were out of school yesterday and today, so because we held our football practices in the morning, I was able to get out in the basin for a few hours yesterday afternoon. The Atchafalaya River has been really low, so it was pretty hard to get into the place I wanted to fish. There was only one other truck with a trailer at the landing, and when I got through the cypress swamp and into place I wanted to fish, there wasn’t another boat anywhere. Started off kind of slow because the fish were holding so tightly to the stumps, I was having trouble dropping a jig that close under a cork with the wind that was blowing, so I ended up breaking out my 13’ jig pole and lowering a 1/64 oz jig with a black and chartreuse crappie magnet right above their heads, and that did the trick. Caught several other small fish (and a bunch of small bream and goggle eye), but the attached picture is what I kept to clean. Going to give the fillets to a guy at school who’s been asking me “if those fish I catch are good to eat?”…lol. Had at least three that were 14”.
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    Nice. Those will make some might fine good eats for him. Good job
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    Sounds like a good day on the water, and what an awesome gesture of giving the fish to a classmate. Who knows, you may have just gotten that classmate into crappie fishing...Good on you young man...
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    That’s a respectable bag of fish. Glad you got a chance to go, sometimes hard to get the time. Short trip equals quick recharge.
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    Nice reward for putting in the work to get to your spot. Good on you for sharing it. Hope you can get out again soon.
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    That is a very good picture of why I fish for Black Crappie, look how thick this catch is on average. Great post.

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    I'm the head football coach of a rural 2A high school, and the guy I'm giving them to is actually a teacher and our certified athletic trainer. He's never eaten sacalait before and has been asking me about how I cook them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TDMartin25 View Post
    I'm the head football coach of a rural 2A high school, and the guy I'm giving them to is actually a teacher and our certified athletic trainer. He's never eaten sacalait before and has been asking me about how I cook them.
    I would be surprised if he didn't like them. Very good eats!!!

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    We work 7 days a week during the season, but with early film swapping and current software, I'm able to take a few hours on Sunday morning to get out if the weather cooperates. You're right about the "recharge". With how busy it is during the week, I really forward to a couple of hours of peace on the water.
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    Those certainly look like some fat well fed fish! Thanks for posting
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