White Oak Lake 6-2-17

My good friend P.R. hit White Oak on Tuesday and caught 16 nice crappie by himself. I got an invite this morning and hopped in with him and although we didn't catch 16, we did manage to keep 9 nice fish. I was lucky enough to catch the FOD, pushed 2 pounds, and released him after the picture was taken. I cleaned the unlucky 9 for one of my elderly neighbors. Fish caught on Bobby Garland Lights Out and Crappie Magnet Dude Special.
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GTT

Good job! I bet they will appreciate getting those fish too!

Nice catch. GTT, sharing fish with folks that can't catch their own is a very generous gesture. Well done:highfive

Chris

Like your shirt.lol just retired myself .Thanks for posting

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Originally Posted by jackie53

Like your shirt.lol just retired myself .Thanks for posting

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That's P.R. whose wearing the retired shirt. I'm the fat guy in the green.......holding the big fish of the day. :) P.R. is a retired Agri teacher with over 30 years of experience. I've just completed my 21st year of teaching Algebra & Geometry. I still have a few more to go. :( Seriously, I enjoy teaching, but I must be perfectly honest and say that I am very much ready for a break. Ready to hit them crappie hard for the next few weeks. GTT

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Originally Posted by GoTennTitans

That's P.R. whose wearing the retired shirt. I'm the fat guy in the green.......holding the big fish of the day. :) P.R. is a retired Agri teacher with over 30 years of experience. I've just completed my 21st year of teaching Algebra & Geometry. I still have a few more to go. :( Seriously, I enjoy teaching, but I must be perfectly honest and say that I am very much ready for a break. Ready to hit them crappie hard for the next few weeks. GTT

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you have to forget all about algebra and geometry to catch crappie

a2 + b2 = crappie2
Sounds like math to me. Nice fish!

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Originally Posted by jigtime

you have to forget all about algebra and geometry to catch crappie

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Not so fast, there's math in everything we do.........things like water temperature and depth are very important and so is barometric pressure and even our outboards have to have the correct oil:gas ratio.

Here's one I do with my kids. Every time you add a fish to your live well, you are increasing your catch and at the same time decreasing the number of future that you can keep.....that's a negative correlation. If you created graph (X,Y) points where X = fish in the live well and Y = future fish you can catch such as (0,30) when you begin fishing and as you catch fish, your points become (1,29), (2,28), (3,27), and if you limit out you'll end at (30,0). Those points form a straight line that has a negative slope. The kids think I'm a big nerd, but they do usually get it after that real-life problem.

Think about when you're vertical jigging....your line goes in the water perpendicular to the water surface because your jig naturally hangs that way. But when casting, the retrieve speed must be the exact correct ratio for the fish to see the lure traveling through the water over the brush piles....reel too fast = no fish, reel too slow = hung up in the brush top. Then there's the size lead heads to choose from.....1/8, 1/16, 1/32, 3/32, oh and the grubs to choose from. There are literally thousands of combinations of jig head size/ hook style/ grub style/ grub color to choose from, but most of us use our favorite "what works best" combination.

And don't even think about the "one eyed" fish scenario. Right now in your favorite lake.......there's just one fish in the lake with only one eye.....what is the probability that you'll be the one to catch him? For real, I once caught a one eyed crappie at White Oak Lake and turned him loose. I would love to catch him again and take a picture, but the probability of that is so small that it's basically a chance of 1 out of thousands of fish or in plainer terms......<0.00001%.

This was all done in fun and it's all mathematical B.S., but it makes me sound like I know something important when I'm really just goofing around. :) What ya gonna do with a semi-educated redneck? GTT

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Originally Posted by D10

a2 + b2 = crappie2
Sounds like math to me. Nice fish!

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I'll bet Pythagoras liked fish. :) GTT

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Originally Posted by GoTennTitans

I'll bet Pythagoras liked fish. :) GTT

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Yes sir!