Bandit Morning Bite getting Getting Hot On Greers

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06-30-2009, 11:28 PM
CrappiePro

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Bandit Morning Bite getting Getting Hot On Greers

After fishing with CastandBlast Monday evening and getting a wealth of Info on the fine art of trolling Bandits. I keep telling him he needs to start Guideing;) Went Tues morning with my Daughter and a buddy to Greers. On the water at Daylight. I then was able to guide my Buddy and Daughter on a trip to the Choctaw area. We were trolling over tree tops in 50 foot of water that topped off at about a depth of 15 foot we began to run those little bandits right into the tops and caught 16 nice crappie and four nice channels THATS RIGHT four channels on bandits, two of which hit around three or four pounds. I have fished a long time and never caught four cats on a plastic crank bait before LOL. Anyway the bite was very good until about 11:00 Am then tapered off. At about 2:00 we were done due to bad storms. I think we would have had a banner day if we could have kept fishing but weather was to bad and we had to leave. This being my only second trip at trolling bandits not to shabby. Natural colors seemed to be best TN shad color and grape back color seemed best. You really needed a depth finder to find the tops and hit em with the bandits. Right Tory?:D Nice to see my daughter with her first Bandit crappie a 14 incher the one I am holding is 15 3/4 inches. Let me tell ya CastNBlast is a real PRO trolling bandits, So make sure you book him soon. Thanks for putting me on em agian Tory, and allowing me to have a heck of a day with my daughter. I owe ya man. God Bless CP...
07-01-2009, 09:21 AM
Arkie John

That's a great time you folks had fer sur.

I'm gonna have to find me some new water on Ouachita. The west end of the lake just isnt producing when I troll the bandits. I reckon I'll have to move to mid-lake areas and start putting in at Crystal Springs or Brady Mountain. You are having too much fun, ma man!!

Thanks for sharing.

aj
07-01-2009, 11:20 AM
bc1448

It looks like you had a good day on the water... Congrats on the catch!
Blake
07-01-2009, 11:40 AM
NIMROD

Nice catch, those Catfish look like Blues to me. The small Blues are better eating than Channels too.
07-01-2009, 01:24 PM
CrappiePro

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Originally Posted by NIMROD

Nice catch, those Catfish look like Blues to me. The small Blues are better eating than Channels too.

You know Nimrod I think your right, they are Blues, thax for pointing that out. I was hoping that one would be a walleye they sure have a familiar feel reeling them in LOL. CP
07-01-2009, 01:39 PM
CastandBlast

Hey man I'm glad to help out....after seeing your pics though I've decided I'm fishing with the wrong family member!....lol...glad you got on em and had a good fish with your daughter. Told ya those bandits would catch some good ones....way to go on the cats.
07-01-2009, 08:38 PM
gasper_goul

way to go cp...pretty fish and u have a pretty daughter...congrats
07-01-2009, 09:35 PM
KRAPPIE KG

Thanks for the report going to get over there this week, going to try and go early and dodge the boat traffic.
07-02-2009, 05:45 AM
Stumpy04

Thanks for the report and the pics. Gonna have to give the trolling method a try that's for sure.
07-02-2009, 06:02 AM
DRPEPPER

Good job. My wife is wondering why I have all of this fishing stuff arriving at the house. I am stocking up on crankbaits and have to have at least two of everything.
I got a chuckle out of seeing the bling your daughter wore to the lake. I have to wait on my wife to find the perfect pair of ear rings and matching purse when she goes with me. Last weekend, the toon boat submarined through some wakes instead of going over them. It filled her purse full. Of course it was my fault. I never have understood why it is necassary to wear ear rings and take a purse out in the boat.
DP
07-02-2009, 03:52 PM
CrappiePro

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Originally Posted by DRPEPPER

Good job. My wife is wondering why I have all of this fishing stuff arriving at the house. I am stocking up on crankbaits and have to have at least two of everything.
I got a chuckle out of seeing the bling your daughter wore to the lake. I have to wait on my wife to find the perfect pair of ear rings and matching purse when she goes with me. Last weekend, the toon boat submarined through some wakes instead of going over them. It filled her purse full. Of course it was my fault. I never have understood why it is necassary to wear ear rings and take a purse out in the boat.
DP

LOL ya Don, if there is going to be a camera around, she hast to look like the Princess that she is. Really she is a lil gamer and loves to fish asks me often when r we going fishing Dad, You ought to have seen her helping me drag a nice lil eight point out of a mountian valley bottoms in the Ozarks last year. That was great stuff I will cherish forever:). Got to love that. CP
07-02-2009, 04:06 PM
CrappiePro

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Originally Posted by CastandBlast

Hey man I'm glad to help out....after seeing your pics though I've decided I'm fishing with the wrong family member!....lol...glad you got on em and had a good fish with your daughter. Told ya those bandits would catch some good ones....way to go on the cats.

Watch out what you wish for Tory because she has been getting a lil Jealous of the strings were catching and lord help us if she gets the edge on us. Will never hear the end of it. Last week we went to the lil red she caught four nice trout, i got Zilch, it was a long hard ride home from Greers that evening let me tell ya:rolleyes:.
07-02-2009, 06:03 PM
Heber_Springs_Slab_Seeker

Went out to Greers today to do some Bandit trolling. I took my nephew and we ended up boating four crappie, one hybrid, and one 5-6 lb catfish. We fished from 7:30ish to about 11:30 at Hill Creek, Middle Fork, and Frontier Canyon. Good day even though when I took the catfish out of the net he did a bionic death roll and went over the side of the boat snapping the line at the swivel and taking my best Bandit (pearl w/red eyes) with him. Good times.
07-02-2009, 06:12 PM
CastandBlast

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Originally Posted by CrappiePro

Watch out what you wish for Tory because she has been getting a lil Jealous of the strings were catching and lord help us if she gets the edge on us. Will never hear the end of it. Last week we went to the lil red she caught four nice trout, i got Zilch, it was a long hard ride home from Greers that evening let me tell ya:rolleyes:.

That's funny...I know how it is with my family....I take them in my boat with my tackle to my spots tell them exactly where to put their bait do everything for them so they can catch some fish....and do they say Thank You?....heck no....they always say " I whipped your butt again"....lol....I gotta love em.... they never miss a chance to try and get one up on me and are happy to tell anyone who will listen.
07-02-2009, 06:16 PM
CastandBlast

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Originally Posted by Heber_Springs_Slab_Seeker

Went out to Greers today to do some Bandit trolling. I took my nephew and we ended up boating four crappie, one hybrid, and one 5-6 lb catfish. We fished from 7:30ish to about 11:30 at Hill Creek, Middle Fork, and Frontier Canyon. Good day even though when I took the catfish out of the net he did a bionic death roll and went over the side of the boat snapping the line at the swivel and taking my best Bandit (pearl w/red eyes) with him. Good times.

Lol @ bionic death roll.....glad you got out and caught a few....sorry about the Bandit...that is a color I like also.
07-02-2009, 07:04 PM
luvin.fishin

Good mess of fish CP!! Keep after 'em.:)
07-02-2009, 08:04 PM
crappie12

Nice fish and way to catch them! Good report!