Swift water Crappie feshin trip in Mississippi.

[Minnerman]

Well, the trip actually started yesterday. I texted an expert on this Swift Water technique (better known as spillway feshin) yesterday to see ifn he wanted to get out of the house a while. Here's the answer I got.

"Dadgumit. Ive go company coming to spend the night. Gotta pass but bad wish I could. U gonna go by yourself?"
"I reckon so. Send me some coordinates of where to fesh, how deep and what color. "
"North side. Turn at the head and go sown into the parking lot towards the fish cleaning station. There is a bright green metal swing. Park there and fish 4.83 yards west (downstream) of that swing. 3 foot 1.2375 inches deep with two 1/16 oz jigs. Black/white and orange/chartreuse both work. Looking at the water the fish are in 3 spots. 2 o'clock 8 yards out. 1 o'clock 15.3 yards out and between 10 and 1 o'clock 27.1 yards out."
"Got it. In other werds jus any where round the swang set?"
"Bump the cork and let settle to the beat of lady gaga played with a reggae beat or to the jazz version of the theme to rocky 4."
"Like this: Bump......bump bump bump,......bump.......bump bump buuuuummmmp?"
"Yea, that's it, you gots the rhythm. But I'm serious about the position of the fish and the 4 yards west. That's the hot spot. U will catch fish anywhere and will do ok anywhere in the vicinity, but go directly to the 5 yards west if it's open."
"K. I'm really still in the Christmas spirit. Reckon the "Little Drummer Boy" Bah rump a ba bum will Werk?"

"C'mon minner. Im Serious, steady retrieve or letting sit does not work. Bout a bump every 1 to 1.5 second seems to work best for me. Some work it constantly, but it's more difficult for me to detect the hit doing that."
"Ok ok I got it."

So now I gots my game plan all I got to do it get there early.

[Minnerman]

Well, all gies well this mornin. I get up at 4:30 adder stayin up til bout 11:30 puttin together an adjustable basketball goal the inlaws dumped on me Christmas day. "The kids will love it!" they said. The kids ain't gotta put this contraption together I thinks to my self. anyhow that's another story fer another day.
So I make it to the Nader spillway at 6:47am and it's a brisk 20 degrees. So I slip into my new goretex pro qualifier bibs and jacket not really thinkin. So down to the river I go. Walkin on frozen riprap is an art, when mastered is quiet amusing. Made it to the "Spot" in one piece, alone and no bruising. Cast into the hunney hole and bam.
Not really what I expected.

[creekslick]

Minner when you gonna learn not to believe him.

[Minnerman]

Adder bout 27 minutes of ketchin several 4" ers I notice the crowd was arriving.

This is when I second guessed my attire. There I stood lookin like I just fell out of Bass Pro. Ya know, like the ones ya always make fun of fer out dressin their buddies. Well that was me. My feshin partners looked to be in survival mode. But there was one thing fer sure. That was the bests $400 eva spent. I did not get cold.

[Minnerman]

Then it happened. I hit pay dirt. I caught a good un.....accordin to my feshin partners.
I thought it was a dink so I threw it back. Then I heard a boomin voice holler "Hey, why's you throws that'n back. Man that was a good un!" I kinda shrugged my shoulders sheepishly and turned away.
Adder a stripe and a couple more good uns and more complainin bout me thrown um back I hit pay dirt again.

[Minnerman]

Adder ketchin the smallest crappie I've ever caught in my life, I decide there's gotta be a better place than this, so I relocate my bucket to here

[feelay]

Want to really rile the natives? I once threw back a 2lber that I accidently snagged ( before snaggin went legit). I heard lots of curse words after that!

[Minnerman]

And caught a sho Nuff good un

[crappiholic]

You need to take them home and put them in your aquarium.

[Minnerman]

Want to really rile the natives? I once threw back a 2lber that I accidently snagged ( before snaggin went legit). I heard lots of curse words after that!

Feelay, these folks got whizzed over an 8" er. Heck, they'd a killed fer a 2 lb'er.