chilly night on the water

[sosowingshooter]

I had all but my daughter with me tonight, and it was probably the coldest weather we've had in the past couple of weeks. I almost had to put a jacket on, my wife had she and the boys dressed like they were on a crab boat in the middle of the Bering Sea.
I did something I almost never do on a night stalk. I moved and made a second set up. At first I had the bright idea that they were gonna be a little deeper, due to the cooler weather and sunny sky all day. I looked for some heavy structure on the edge of the creek channel in about 23' of water, and found exactly that. But, after an hour of fishing we had two small crappie and a few whites.




With the team losing enthusiasm, I made the short hop back to my 15' hole and we soon started catching crappie. Tyler hammered about three in a row and was making it look pretty easy...




The bite slowed a little bit later and I tried my go-to jig, which is a silver w/pink marabou and picked up two crappie immediately...



Tyler proved to be the star of the night though, and I was proud to see it. He has been sick for most of his spring break, so we were excited to see him out and havin fun again. Next time, he can let us catch a few though!

[L.A. stumpjumper]

Great post and pictures, glad y'all had a good time.

[crappietyme]

Good job Tyler........You are the man.

[CastandBlast]

Hey SOSO.....congrats. on having some fun family time....enjoyed reading your post.

[minnowman]

SoSo....great post! I have to admit, you sound like an ex-football coach (I am one so I can recognize)....you have "GO-TO" jigs....I love it man.....

SOSO, give me a 3 yd. out and under. Let's see that reel cast...MOVE MOVE!

MM :D

[sosowingshooter]

MM, I've never been a football coach, but I've had a few...

[ceb]

It can be a real pain in the arse to pick up and move mid-stalk. It seems as though you're always sittin' there thinkin' the grass will be greener on the other side...sometimes it is...and sometimes you just caused yourself a headache for nothing. But, I'm glad that it worked out for y'all. And you'd better watch out...that boy of yours isn't gonna let you win anymore.:D I love putting a whoppin' on my ol' dad every chance I get...

[gooch]

That's one good lookin crew. Sounds like you just need to drive the boat and let Tyler do the fisin. That kid flat knocks em in the head.

How many rods are you putting out?

[sosowingshooter]

Gooch, I put out four. That seems to be a good number for my Polar Kraft 1571, with one or more kids involved.

[minnowman]

MM, I've never been a football coach, but I've had a few...

Believe it or not, football is my #1 favorite thing...#2 would be Crappie Fishing...So I guess I need to start calling my Blk/Chrtrse Curl Tails my "Go-To" jig...that's got a nice ring to it, you know? MM