River Crappie

Here are some pics of this weeks fishing trips to Smithland Pool on the Ohio River. The first trip I took my son and we fished for a while then we had a cookout on the bank. The next trip I went by myself and ended up with a nice mess of crappie from 9.5 to 13.5 inches. We used emerald shiners to catch the crappie. The shiners were captured with a 5 ft cast net with a 1/4 inch mesh. The water was 60 -65 degrees and stained. There is a lot of bait in the creeks right now and the fishing is starting to improve. Good Times!

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The smile on the youngins face says it all--enjoy

Looks like a great day to me!!!

you can't beat the time you spend with your kids! nice fish to!!

Life time of memories

That smiles tells it all. What great memories you have. Thanks for sharing the pictures and info.

Chuck

Good mess huck, and thanks for the post, been wondering if the river fishin' is picking up. Gonna have to net me some river minners too....:D

Now if I can figure out how to leave work and deer alone long enough to get some fishing in.....huck, that post kinda gave me the flu so thats a start....just cuz of that orange TN shirt tho.......tell young man good job on the fish!!!

Thanks for the update..I've been fishin for blues lately and havn't switched over to crappies..I'm going to have to get my crappie poles back out for the fall/winter bite..Bee