Swift water Crappie feshin trip in Mississippi.
Well, the trip actually started yesterday. I texted an expert on this Swift Water technique (better known as spillway feshin) yesterday to see ifn he wanted to get out of the house a while. Here's the answer I got.
"Dadgumit. Ive go company coming to spend the night. Gotta pass but bad wish I could. U gonna go by yourself?"
"I reckon so. Send me some coordinates of where to fesh, how deep and what color. "
"North side. Turn at the head and go sown into the parking lot towards the fish cleaning station. There is a bright green metal swing. Park there and fish 4.83 yards west (downstream) of that swing. 3 foot 1.2375 inches deep with two 1/16 oz jigs. Black/white and orange/chartreuse both work. Looking at the water the fish are in 3 spots. 2 o'clock 8 yards out. 1 o'clock 15.3 yards out and between 10 and 1 o'clock 27.1 yards out."
"Got it. In other werds jus any where round the swang set?"
"Bump the cork and let settle to the beat of lady gaga played with a reggae beat or to the jazz version of the theme to rocky 4."
"Like this: Bump......bump bump bump,......bump.......bump bump buuuuummmmp?"
"Yea, that's it, you gots the rhythm. But I'm serious about the position of the fish and the 4 yards west. That's the hot spot. U will catch fish anywhere and will do ok anywhere in the vicinity, but go directly to the 5 yards west if it's open."
"K. I'm really still in the Christmas spirit. Reckon the "Little Drummer Boy" Bah rump a ba bum will Werk?"
"C'mon minner. Im Serious, steady retrieve or letting sit does not work. Bout a bump every 1 to 1.5 second seems to work best for me. Some work it constantly, but it's more difficult for me to detect the hit doing that."
"Ok ok I got it."
So now I gots my game plan all I got to do it get there early.
OK Minner, you have now beaten me fair and square
you've caught a fish smaller than any fish I've ever caught. You ought to come down to Barnett when the waters right and try some of that fast water feshing form the rocks. You can't even cast out doe to so many people