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Good morning on Washington - Pics
Our family spent the weekend at Lake Chicot at my parents camphouse. My other boat has been hanging in the boathouse and I am giving that boat to my son David so we will now be able to fish in separate boats when we fish together. It is a 17 ft ProCraft with a 80 hp Yamaha so he will be able to outrun me on the water! I went to Lake Washington Sat morning and caught lots of fish (including around 20 Drum) and had a limit of good quality sized Crappie culled down by 11:00. I think I caught around 45 Crappie in all...the smallest one I kept was 12 1/2 inches but most were better than 14". I trolled with 6 poles and had as many as 3 crappie at a time on the poles...it was a blast! My friend from Crossett was over there in his boat and had his limit of keepers about the same time I did. It took us a little bit to figure out the right jig and color but when we did the Crappie didn't have a chance! I was back at the house on Chicot by noon! My largest went a little over 16 inches and weighed in at 2lbs 5 3/4 oz. I had four that went over 2 lbs. They are still on the thin side but are trying to fatten up. Atticus, our 3 1/2 yr-old grandson went to the lake with us and I spent the rest of the time helping him catch a load of bream. David really clobbered the bluegill over there Sat morning while I was at Washington. There were 2-3 bream by every cypress tree just down the lake from our dock. The bottom third of that 60 qt. ice chest is full of hand-sized bluegill. The rest is ice and Crappie. I intended to try Grand Sunday but the wind was up plus I wanted to spend some more quality time with Atticus.
