Thread: Crappie Etiquette

Boaters in my area "middle of Kansas" know to keep their distance, I have my attack dog on board!!

Originally Posted by Cmj

I never pull up on someone unless I know them, and only fish then if Invited. If not, I put down my poles, chat for a bit and move on.

Chris had been known to get in a man's private stock from time to time. I personally witnessed him floating along beside Habib and his wife fishing in the hot summer time. It was so hot Habib had broken out his purple turban to keep the sun from cooking his bald head. It was also so hot on lake X that as Habib and his wife were blind dragging 16 minners up the lake, the crappie had schooled up underneath his boat and were just following along under the boat trying to stay in the shade where it was cooler. Apparently 16 minners just a rod length away from the shade of the boat were too much temptation for the crappie, and from time to time, one would dart out from underneath the boat to snatch a minnow and end up in the live well of ole Habib. Anyway, CMJ pulls up, chats for a good while and decides he's wasting time not fishing, so unlimbers a single jig pole with a single jig and flips up underneath the shade of Habib's boat. You shoulda seen ole Habib's eyes bug out when CMJ drags out a big honking slab crappie outta the shade of that boat. I don't like to be crowded unless it is someone I know. There are a few people on here, I would open my live well and let them fish inside it, but most of those people already know that it would take too much culling to catch a real mess.