Poll results are tricklin' in from the Cooch

[up2specks]

In an effort to maintain my earnest effort @Cooch's Crappie Conquest, I launched an hour after sunrise to gather some more data on this river's Crappie population. This time I remembered to bring my portable depth finder and obviously gain valuable structure/contour data. Strictly sticking with one-pole presentation(casting/vertical jig) with hand-tied jigs, I was rewarded on 1st drop with a tick that emanated from a feisty 8" lm that eagerly awaited his release. My 3rd drop resulted in the same(gotta love it) tick that yielded a more well-shouldered combatant. I initially thought lm>gar>catfish(definitely NOT Mr. Speck). After numerous 10' Ozark rod-bending arches, my curiosity was visually quenched seeing my 1/48 oz. hand tie planted perfectly in the corner of this surprise...a 3-4 lb. Bowfin!! Any of you that have experienced Mr. B know the attitude they genetically showcase. Although not renown on their tablefare ranking, their attitude is off the chart. My search throughout the day prove fruitful with some bream, copper-nosed gills, and yes Crappies!! (Only 3- 7-9" males) that I found in the river's plentiful hyacinth matting that needed to be "holed" to get my jig through. This attachment shows the modified butt on my rear-seated Ozark rod that I removed the butt cap from before inserting a 4 inch piece of spare graphite rod tubing which was epoxied tightly in place and then drilled out/glued a piece of hardware store cork. This modification was done to enable spider-rigging application = works great! Oh, pic also shows a well-shouldered CN Gil.
Thanks for readin', until next time-

u2s