Thread: Humbled Again!!

4 hrs with a 2 minnow bottom rig and 1 Crappie!!!

lm bass, stripers, yellow bass, bluegill, yellow perch....but only 1 crappie!

Back at the ramp, and in comes a local guide with a cooler FULL of nice crappie!

I still got a lot to learn about KY lake!

Sounds like you need to hire that guide or put a tracker on his boat. It humbled us pretty good for the fruit jar. I will be back next year

Looking forward to seeing you again!!

Sent you a PM last night.

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put a tracker on his boat i like that

I've always thought that whoever coined the phrase, "90% of the crappie are in 10% of the water," Must have been talking about KY lake when he said it. What he left out was that 10% is constantly moving. Lol

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Callen, I also agree with the phrase, 90% of the fish are caught by 10% of the fisherman. The serious guys/gals don't mess around and usually do most of the catching. Don't think this is lake specific, but just that with all the high$ electronics, special high$ setup equipment, the serious fisherman will catch a pile more fish than someone out fishing without all the equipment and doesn't have the money, just fishing with a boat and some minnows for Crappie or something. Fishing is almost getting too costly unless you are a pro/guide and can afford all the equipment to compete with all the people who have the equipment. If you don't care of the cost/fish, then it doesn't matter. Hire a guide @$300, hopefully catch your limit and enjoy a trouble free day of fishing.

$300 would get you plenty of electronics to catch crappie on about any lake in the country. Sure you can spend a ton of money if you want but not everyone catching alot of fish is spending a ton of money on gear doing it. It stands to reason serious fisherman are going to catch more fish most of the time but it isn't a money thing.

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It's just like any other sport, hobby, or interest, it pays to play. You don't have to have the best to be the best, but having quality equipment does help. The desire to learn, becoming a student will make you better over time. Some of us have been crappie fishing for most of our lives, my experience being in the 35 plus years, and I still learn something every trip on the water.
Not only are the fish changing, but our environment is changing as well. My best tool in my bag of tricks is not my electronics, but my years of fishing logs. I use these more often than what you might think.
Regardless, as me and some others have discussed this week, don't let anything take the fun out of fishing!


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Originally Posted by bandchaser

It's just like any other sport, hobby, or interest, it pays to play. You don't have to have the best to be the best, but having quality equipment does help. The desire to learn, becoming a student will make you better over time. Some of us have been crappie fishing for most of our lives, my experience being in the 35 plus years, and I still learn something every trip on the water.
Not only are the fish changing, but our environment is changing as well. My best tool in my bag of tricks is not my electronics, but my years of fishing logs. I use these more often than what you might think.
Regardless, as me and some others have discussed this week, don't let anything take the fun out of fishing!


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What information do you keep in your log?