IT February 22, 2014

I went fishing down in Carolina again on Saturday morning, and had a real good trip. That creek is a very beautiful place to make the morning run:Attachment 152456Sometimes, I wonder if I should just stay in bed, and go fishing later in the morning. On other days, I know exactly why I try my best to get there before the sun comes up. This past Saturday was one of those days:Attachment 152457Attachment 152458Attachment 152459 Those sunrises truly are a blessing, but I they aren't the main focus of my efforts--let's not forget what we really get out of bed for:Attachment 152461 After that spectacular sunrise, I was treated to a very good fishing trip. I only counted five other boats during the half-day fishing trip I made, and I figured that was not bad for a beautiful, calm and warm Saturday. I ended up catching 26 crappie before leaving shortly after noon. I don't normally keep that many fish when I go, but this time I kept my limit of 20 fish. I was regretting it during fish-cleaning time, but was smiling when I put those bags of fillets in my freezer. I was pushing 4 baits on long rods in front of the boat, and tight-lining 2 shorter rods on each side. As I usually do, I sweetened jigs with minnows for bait. I caught these fish about 8 feet deep in 12 feet of water. The fish were hungry, and bit any color I put out. Water clarity was fair to good, and the temperature had risen from what it was two weeks earlier, 38 degrees, to 51 degrees. A couple of the biggest fish were just a little over 13 inches long: Attachment 152465Here is what I took home:Attachment 152464 Good luck everyone. I hope you get to have some fun fishing, real soon. Dean

Well ow seeing hows the water is bad out at Kerr, I think I am going to have to re visit some of the rivers and creeks in my back yard. You Va boys are going to clean us out. :yikes

Way to go Dean! CF

Nice report Dean. The pics are great. I'm like you, like to get out as early as possible. I'm usually getting ready to head in by the time some of the boats are heading out. Good job on finding some fish. Great report.

Great report Dean, glad to see you get into some nice slabs. Beautiful pictures of the sun rise, thanks for sharing.

Great report

Nice looking fish and great pictures!!! nice mess!

Way to crack the code Dean!
Awesome photos to boot :ThumbsUp

nice post

Good job Dean!!!!!! Nice job on the crappie but where are the perch?