and a jig and some hard to figure out from the bank crappie . big thunderstorms hit , rain and lightening and wind , north wind came in and the day was dreary ....
drove in a deluge to hit my friends place for a few quick pitches .....
started of really poor 2 lil bass first stop , got a tiny bit better when I moved the first time to the second spot with a few large sunfish , went for my 3rd stop and final of that adventure and KABOOM ! :highfive
not sure what was going on exactly but all the fish in that lake liked spot 3 and so did lil ole me ......:Rofl
years ago we were told to clean out the lil crappie in there and that we did, hundreds per visit for an entire summer , took a couple thousand out of there . the following year far less crappie and a bit bigger , the next year much the same and now not many in there it seems but the ones you will find are nice fish ...:highfive
I was hoping to ketch a few crappie and I did , I think 6 total and several large red ear sunfish and more than a few bluegill and some bass and EVEN 2 large catfish !
is it always easy to ketch 7 crappie , not off the bank blindly pitching a jig is my answer , but it is what I do , if it gets to terribly easy I lose interest in it pretty quickly ....
now the particulars,,,,,a tiny jig got bites ,a larger jig nada , most of the fish liked it dragging along really slowly with zero twitches , about 24 inches under the float in water depths around 4 to 6 feet , the crappie were in some kinda odd mood and wanted the jig somewhat sitting still and just twitched , did not figure that part out till I was leaving the scene of the adventure .....
was darn fun for sure and they was all let loose to go do what they were doing before I interupted them .....
KABOOM is the word :crazy:
p.s. due to how tiny the jig was , I hooked several heavy fish that escaped me , think they were likely crappie is my guess , but when they won't bite a big jig , its WAY better to use a small one and ketch some instead of none ....:Rofl
AND yes it's an ugly jacket , but it was free and it was raining .....just saying :crazy:
