Thread: Hamilton's Hot

Hey jlaughlin72:

Yea, the young gentlemen I had on the boat today are very much into fishing. They live in the Baton Rouge area and fish both fresh and saltwater. Matt, the one on the left, emails me regularly telling about their escapades. He and his dad (pictured in the middle) have been rigging up a flat-bottom boat, which they brought with them this trip.

I sure hope I hook a few kids on fishing - there are a LOT of worse things out there for them to get involved in.

Outstanding catches gentlemen. You may find a stowaway in your boat sometime in the near future.:D

Bring it on brother. You know the number. Dial it up.

Anyone hear from that outlaw lately? He must be in the deer woods.

Outlaw? I have been laid up with a bum ankle the past few weeks. Its killed my deer hunting and fishing. I am going to fill the freezer this weekend with deer. I have had enough waiting for that deer to mount and I am going to put it on a couple of does after the LSU game Friday. After that its back in the boat for me.

Originally Posted by Darryl Morris

Bring it on brother. You know the number. Dial it up.

Anyone hear from that outlaw lately? He must be in the deer woods.

Hamilton is still giving up some nice slabs and assorted other fish:

The biggest crappie was a 14.5-inch Arkansas Blacknose, which was caught by this 6-year-old:

I really enjoyed fishing with these kids and their grandparents this morning - beats working for a living!

Whats the water temp down there? The crappie are becoming a bit lathargic up here with a balmy 53 degrees!

Hey Jason:

It's been an odd Fall so far. They are rather lazy here too and still deep for some reason. Our surface temps are still around 57-degrees.

We've been catching most of our better fish 18 to 20-feet deep and they just barely pull the floats under most of the time. If we wait too long to set the hook they spit the minnow out and if we set the hook too soon they don't have the hook in their mouths far enough to stick them so it’s been challenging to get a mess here lately.

I finally caught a few on a jig today (tipped with a minnow) on Hamilton but they just barely picked it up - no THUMP at all. They have been a bit more aggressive on Greeson and some have been shallower but the better ones have been deeper there too for the most part.

They definitely are feeding up because their bellies are usually full of shad and they're getting real thick. The females are really starting to stock up on eggs too.

Jim caught a 15-inch black crappie on Greeson the other day that was right at 2-pounds, which we don't see very often. It usually takes a 16-inch crappie around here to make 2-pounds. I think there are just so many shad available to them right now that they're keeping their bellies full and not having to work at it very hard. It won't be long though and the shad should start getting a little scarce so I'm still hoping to see some serious Fall Feeding Frenzy aggression yet this year.

Great pics, Jerry!