Another humbling trip with Cuonthelake 9/09/20

Well, she didn’t bring me anything sweet and it still didn’t matter. Another 2 to 1 beating is leaving me questioning who is the teacher and who is the student. Grin. But, I did get big fish honors with a 13.25” black crappie, but Candi also caught one that was 13.25”, but mine was 2 ounces heavier, so I claimed the big fish prize.

A very short trip this morning that was a balmy 65 degrees air temp and a very slight NE wind around 1 mph that quickly became around 5 mph although the lying weatherman predicted 1 mph until 10 am. I wore a long sleeve shirt but Candi played tough and only wore a short sleeve shirt and got cold as we were running up and down the lake.

We caught most of our fish on a deep underwater point and the rest under a dock that we tried. The dock try was just before we quit for the morning and hindsight being what it is, we probably should start on docks a little bit sooner.

We both fished with Bobby Garland Slab Slayers in various colors with Lights Out being best until the sun came up. The Ghastly Minnow, Sunset, and maybe one other color produced the fish. I took the keepers home for dinner tonight. My wife Wanda found out that I brought crappie home for the freezer, and she quickly mixed that idea. She wants crappie and crappie is what she will get. I want to fish again in the morning. Lolol.

Current was weak at 13,300 cfs and surface temp was 83.3 degrees. Come on low 60 degree water, you can’t get here too soon. I have had my boat in shop for a week getting a short in the TM wire repaired. It took a new plug and a new plug socket for the boat, plus I had a quick release slide installed and the TM needed new rails and the pivot mechanism repaired. I need to quit hitting the docks so hard in the future. That is why I haven’t been reporting because I have been resting up and getting honey do jobs caught up.

BTW, there was a swarm of willow flies hatching this morning and we could see them for about 20 minutes before they disappeared. You can see them barely just above my cap in the pic that she took of me fishing. She was trying to get the willow flies on the camera.

Attachment 384024Attachment 384025Attachment 384026Attachment 384027Attachment 384028

always enjoy your reports

Nice trip as usual. Thanks for takin' us along.

It is becoming obvious that she was a better student than even you realized. Surely you taught her all she knows, but not all you know, right? If so, now is the time to bring out some of those "hidden techniques". But watch out....she knows how much you like Krispy Kremes ! ;-)

Love reading your adventures, thanks for sharing.

Great report....the afternoon bite here is depending on the current...when they are pulling water the fish are biting. No current in the morning the bite is slow. Summer pattern is almost over for me..or drying up...literally.

Good report ! Thanks for sharing !

Well well Drumking,
Right now I'm grinning awful hard justa thinking "I told you so"...You have created a perpetual big ole piece of humble pie for yourself practically every future fishing trip with Candi.For awhile you thought it was just a fluke....more and more all the time you're realizing it's become a new way of life...
A great teacher getting schooled by his student.At least , you're a real good sport about it.
Sure do enjoy your reports. Thank You Kindly
Could come a time you might need to beg Candi for a few pointers though.
You have mentioned several times she could out fish most men....I'm not too sure you were meaning that included you when you said it ...

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using Crappie.com Fishing mobile app

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Snagged again

Well well Drumking,
Right now I'm grinning awful hard justa thinking "I told you so"...You have created a perpetual big ole piece of humble pie for yourself practically every future fishing trip with Candi.For awhile you thought it was just a fluke....more and more all the time you're realizing it's become a new way of life...
A great teacher getting schooled by his student.At least , you're a real good sport about it.
Sure do enjoy your reports. Thank You Kindly
Could come a time you might need to beg Candi for a few pointers though.
You have mentioned several times she could out fish most men....I'm not too sure you were meaning that included you when you said it ...

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using Crappie.com Fishing mobile app

---

I know, Snagged, I know. However in my defense, she tried to get me to switch to the hot color, but I experimented with various colors to see if they would bite those and Sunset was pretty good. I rarely fish this blue/orange color and I have had them in my box for two years and only had them on maybe 5 times. I do this a lot when I take people fishing. I feel bad when I catch a lot more than my guests. (But not too bad, depending on who is with me.) lolol.

Excellent report!
I really appreciate the adventures, you two go on.
How long do you plan on letting Candi beat you two to one?
Your just building her up right? LOL
I agree with Snagged, humble pie is being served.


Sent from my iPhone using Crappie.com Fishing mobile app