Dardanelle kicked my tail today

Fished 5 hours on Lake Dardanelle today, it was tough fishing, water was a good color, very little wind, the crappie just didn't cooperate, we kept 17, mostly 10/12" FISH,,I think my partner kept one dink...lol Well,,one of us did,,and I can't believe it was me...lol Short strikes all morning,,never lost so many hooked fish in my life, the day started well with a largemouth bass of about 4#, which I released...didn't want to mess up my cooking oil with a bass...lol kidding, I don't care for the bigger bass and you can't keep the good eaters on Dardanelle...15 inch minimun.....a better day is coming...

Well at least you put 17 in the boat, ive seen days when i would drink straight whiskey for 17 keepers. HAHA!!!

Today I would have drank straight whisky if I'd had any....$%#$*()_&^ crappie anyway!!!! lol

did you try to down size or try different colors some time this work with short strikes?????????

yep,,I went to a smaller jig, but had little better luck in keeping them on...I may have to rig one with a less conspicious line..lighter weight line,,is 80 pound test Hi-Vis to big? lol WE GOT SOME BIGGUN'S here...lol

We all get humbled occasionally, that's why it is called fishing and not called catching. Ha Ha HaRoflrotflRoflRofl

150lbs trotline string that should do the trick.

Don't feel bad , Peanut and I fished most of the day. Caught little under 1 limit and released a bunch of Bass. It was tough and man I hurt from the cold.

After straight whiskey my definition of a "keeper" usually changes, lol.

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Originally Posted by Handicrappie

After straight whiskey my definition of a "keeper" usually changes, lol.

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Mine too.

Xring...We went to the droctor today in Mountain Home, and noticed all the cows in the pasters laying down all afternoon.
I know yall will get a laugh out of this....:crazy: but I told my wife then that the crappie are not bitten, is this just a coincidence?
Yall know I'm old, and old fashion rite?, but I do know where butter comes from.......Walmart rite?

LCWG...Just puttin a minner on a hook makes me wanta have a drink of George Dickel Sour Mash...

crappie cowboy

Thanks for the report xring. That saved me a 3 hour drive this weekend. Still will drive 2 hours to TN.

I would have been there the morning but the guy that take my place at work when I am gone had twin grand kids born last night so I am at work today but I will get over there.

I tell it like it is guys,,even when I am bawling big ole tears while typing...picking up lower lip,,pulling up my big boy panties,,and coming out of my corner ready for battle this morning...lol

Just so yall know, the dinker was put in the box by Xring out of desperation cause I put the first keeper in the box. It does this every year on Dardanelle when the water tempts get around the 45-48 degree mark. For the last few years we would start finding them suspending just off the bottom in deep water and it was fruitless to fish around wood structure except for a few stragglers Most of the shad we saw yesterday were hanging at 20 plus fow. JUst my $20 worth.

NIMROD wats a limit down ur way?

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Originally Posted by yellowjacket

nimrod wats a limit down ur way?

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20 crappie

[QUOTE=crappie cowboy;1719801]Xring...We went to the droctor today in Mountain Home, and noticed all the cows in the pasters laying down all afternoon.
I know yall will get a laugh out of this....:crazy: but I told my wife then that the crappie are not bitten, is this just a coincidence?
Yall know I'm old, and old fashion rite?, but I do know where butter comes from.......Walmart rite?

LCWG...Just puttin a minner on a hook makes me wanta have a drink of George Dickel Sour Mash...

crappie cowboy[/QUO
I went fishing today and I saw that the cows were laying down. Fortunately the fish didnt see them lying down and xring and I got a mess o fish. :crazy: