Oxbow Crappie Sequel.....

Friday I was blessed to be able to have my Dad and both brothers in the boat with me to chase down those big speckled crappie. I believe it has been 10 years since we have all been able to fish together. That in itself was worth it whether we caught any fish or not. It was truly a blessing.

We got to the lake and tried the honey hole from last time with no luck. We hit a few other spots and it was looking like a slim pickins day. At noon we had 6 fish in the box. We happened across this one dock and caught 4-5 in a row and they were big healthy crappie. We decided to anchor and ended up with a total of 23 crappie and 2 huge bull bream for the day. We had some toads I tell ya. We didn't catch 65 this time but the 23 we had were big. I would say most were 2 lbs and three were probably 2.5 lbs. The big fish were 15 to 15.5 inches and thick. We were fishing Bobby Garland baby shad jigs on a single pole. I also did a little dock shooting which was fun... Here are some pics...

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To God be the glory!

DoubleG

Good mess Double!!! Congrats on a great day with your family!!!

Can't think of a better way to spend the day.....great work on some dandy's.

You know you got some good bream when they are the size of your small crappie. Congratulations.

Great day with your family, and great mess of fish. Love all the old stories that come up on a trip like that!! Miss my Dad for sure. He taught me so much about the outdoors and that we need to take care of it so our children can enjoy what God gave us!! That lake was full of black crappie and really nice gills! Awesome!!!

OLD FISHERMEN NEVER DIE, THEY JUST SMELL THAT WAY!!

Great day Zack. Glad you all got to be together.

Man DG, that is a nice mess of fish I bet those big ole bream put up a fight. Great to hear about family and fellowship know that was great.

That looked like a great trip in more ways than one Zack. Spending quality time with your family and a nice catch to boot.

some nice looking specks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Glad y'all were able to get together and catch a few slabs. Cherish that while you can!

Very nice showing there DoubleG... that is a fine looking mess of fish... and some good ones too. It is so great that you had
such a good day to share among family. I'm sure those will be times that you all will always remember and treasure.

Amen!!! To God be the Glory... indeed!!!

way to go.

You are fortunate, DG. Don't get no better than that! And the fish are great, also.

Looks and sounds like a wonderful day .:angel:

Way to get on them! Very nice fish right there.

nice!

Nice catch, congrats.

Thanks fellas... It was a really blessed day... Memories made to last a lifetime... Can't wait to do it again...

Glad ya got to go with the family. Been trying to get my brothers to all come over and lets go but they stay so busy