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So we pulled out of KY camp on Monday mid morning in great driving weather. The weatherman has warned us though that the afternoon holds some storms. Well, sure enough, by the team we hit I-240 around the bottom of Memphis, we are in a toad strangler of a down pour. 30 mph is the tops and the rain is running like a river down the road. It finally eased up some on I-55 just south of Memphis, but we were going to set camp at Cossar State park on the rain without a doubt.
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Billbob and Inspector Mike were already there when we arrived. We set camp, and shared stories for the rest of the night. It was pretty obvious that Tue. was going to be a wash for fishing. The weather report was not good.Attachment 176517Attachment 176518
Tues. was, in fact laundry day, and a day to recover from the road. Attachment 176519
ScottyV and Steve pulled in, along with the Crappiestalkers, and we enjoyed catching up with eveyone.Attachment 176520Attachment 176521
Jigflinger, Clfarms and Gobob also made an appearance. It was a good night of stories.
Wed. morning came with sun and no rain...finally. It was time to fish! We started marking fish right off the bat along the dam at the break from 14 FOW down to 24. We set poles for spider rigging and went to work.Attachment 176522Attachment 176523
By the time we had pulled off the lake around noon, we had boated a dozen fish,but all were well below the 12 " size limit. Billbob and the Inspector were pulling crank baits, and when they came in a couple hours after we did, they had 8 keepers. Later that afternoon TomTom showed up traveling solo. He had wanted to bring his 97 yr. old father, but medical conditions prevented that.Attachment 176524
A number of other Crappie.com folks rolled in that aftermoon, and we all gathered at ScottyV's for a great dinner and lots of jawing.Attachment 176525Attachment 176526Attachment 176527
Thu. turned out to be the nicest day yet. Winds were less than 5 mph and the temp was in the mid 70's. Ed and I decided to try pushing/pulling cranks since that seemed to be the one technique that was producing fish. We did an manage to boat fish alright, but they still fell short of the one foot mark. In the mean time, TomTom was out with Bird down cleaning up on some dandy Slabs up the lake.Attachment 176528Attachment 176529 All together, they brought in 18! Way to go gewbers!
Later that evening, the Crappiestalkers hosted a shrimp creole dinner that was just plain awesome.Attachment 176531 Bowbender and his buddy Fishinelectrician showed up bearing gifts, including a jacket for abbey.Attachment 176532
Friday we were back out on the lake looking to boat a legal fish. After the success TomTom had up the lake, we decided to give that a try. It didn't work out as well for us unfortunately. The wind had soon picked up so much that we needed to retreat back down to the dam for refuge. That didn't prove to be very good either, and even with the drift sock out, we were having control issues. We decided that some lunch was in order, and got off the water. More members began to roll in as the day progressed. We started to formulate a new plan for Saturday.Attachment 176535Attachment 176536Attachment 176537Attachment 176538
Tomorrow would be a new day with new opportunities...er, challenges.
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Great report Don......the fishing may be poor but the fellowship is great
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See yall in the morning, much fuel as I am burning we should've just stayed over there this week but its worth the drive to share part of the day and evening with yall.
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Nice report, thanks for sharing Don.
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Well, at least we are not the only ones that don't catch crappies at crappie camp
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Tell that Jigflinger we said HI. Good report & some nice pictures...
