• A slow start = A full tailgate

    Dad and I headed to Nimrod yesterday morning to catch some crappie and spend some time with my wonderful girlfriend.. We got on the water about 8:20 and the wind was already whipping.. We headed to a spot where we've had great luck in the past and started getting everything ready I went ahead and got her rigged up and no sooner than she put the pole down she caught a 3 inch white bass... I put her another minnow on and about 3 seconds later it seemed like she caught a catfish.. I had almost got everything situated and almost got mine in the water by the time she caught the first crappie of the morning.... So she was 3 up on me before I even got a hook in the water.. Dad caught one or two.. Then one or two more... Then she just got in the rhythm and started yanking them in and was I think 14 up on my before I caught a ill dink! Lol! The crappie there wasn't the type we where looking for so we moved on and found some up in a cove in about 6 foot of water, 3 foot deep and started catching some pretty decent ones there it think we managed to put 33 in the live well here before the bite slowed down so we moved on to the next cove and the fish here were of better quality and here we finished off our 3 limits about 2 and between then and when we got off the lake at 3:30 we culled a 15 9 inch fish for 10-11 inch up grades.. Overall it was a great day besides fighting the wind.. And I had way more fun watching her and letting her catch fish than I did catching them myself.. We caught well over a 100 fish and majority of the fish we caught were on straight minnows but the bigger ones on the 2.5 southern pro glow tubes.. Man I love them things!

    This article was originally published in forum thread: A slow start=A full tailgate 9-6-14 started by Alpha View original post
    Comments 13 Comments
    1. Frank Cecil's Avatar
      Frank Cecil -
      Nice crappie
    1. Speckanator's Avatar
      Speckanator -
      all lined up good and straight
    1. STUMP HUNTER's Avatar
      STUMP HUNTER -
      Nice catch young lady!!! Great report and congrats on the day and catch.
    1. Billbob's Avatar
      Billbob -
      good picks
    1. brucec's Avatar
      brucec -
      That's a nice mess of crappie, congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    1. NIMROD's Avatar
      NIMROD -
      I figured you'd like the Southern Pro Walleye tubes in glow colors. Most everyone I fished with this spring liked them too! Congrats on a good catch. Better hang on to a gal that likes fishing too young man.
    1. Tess's Avatar
      Tess -
      WOW, What a great day y'all had, I can't wait for my boat to get fixed so I can get back out there on Nimrod Lake.....Catfish!
    1. Luvfatslabs's Avatar
      Luvfatslabs -
      Looks like you got into some nice ones, congratz
    1. bigarm's Avatar
      bigarm -
      Great job
    1. elkhunter's Avatar
      elkhunter -
      Real nice fish
    1. specktacklure's Avatar
      specktacklure -
      nice tailgate full !!
    1. MontanaBoy's Avatar
      MontanaBoy -
      I am impressed with the crappie for sure but the presentation on the tail gate with each fish perfectly aligned is very impressive. It's like the nose and eyes go on for ever.
    1. NYHellbender's Avatar
      NYHellbender -
      Congratz!
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