There ain't no duckplucking crappie!
I have been following the weather reports for the area from Yuma north to I-10 and the temperatures have finally got down to double digits. It is time for the first Yuma fishing trip of the year.
My long time friend, co-worker and fishing partner Brad Simos and made the trip from San Diego on Thursday evening. We scored ground floor rooms at the Motel 6.
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We got up Friday morning and made our way out to the Gila Gravity canal.
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The rope is to help old men like me get up and down the steep canal banks.
I guess I forgot to tell Brad that we were crappie fishing:
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Evening time rolled around and we set up to see if we could catch a whisker fish or two. We had no luck Friday night, but it was a gorgeous moon rise.
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Saturday found us back at the Gila Gravity where Brad figured out the pattern for some nice Shellcrackers.
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We caught them right where the canal enters a tunnel under the mountain. The water was gin clear and 75degF.
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The canal exits from under the mountain about 500yards further south.
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Brad's shellcracker pattern worked on this side of the mountain also.
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We tried for catfish again Saturday evening, this time at the head waters of the Gila Gravity and had better luck.
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Are you guys tired of seeing pictures of Brad with fish yet? I know I was getting real tired of taking them. But you got to catch fish to get your picture taken and I did not land one fish all day Friday or Saturday. But a new day is coming....
