I had to decide if I was going to start crappie fishing again and if not I needed to sell my boat. My pontoon has sat for over two years and needed love and attention. So, I took it to the shop on Hwy 8 in Lexington to clean the carbs for the third time. The boat is cleaned and ready, got new batteries to install, rods and reels cleaned and restrung.

Skylar and I fished off the bank this weekend at Flat Swamp and caught a few crappie, she is rearing to go. She and I have a trip planned to a little canal off the Alligator River in Hyde Co this weekend. I spent most of last week there and a friend and I caught literally hundreds of nice bream, even a handful of 2 pounders. I could still close my eyes and still see the green Mr. Crappie float going under.

I am glad to see some of my friends are still on here, and I hope to once again be a contributing member of Crappie.com.

I know I will miss talking to ole Gilby on here and seeing him on the water. RIP my friend.