Passing the torch

Well i met this fellow at fall crappie camp. His name is Mickey and supergoose said i needed to help him learn how to use his lowrance depth finder. Now right away I could tell Mickey was very particular about his equipment and could tell he was frustrated because he couldn't operate it very easily. I offered to take him on a short run on Lake Nimrod and help him tune in his electronics. We hit it off and he even let me drive his stick steer boat which was my first time to operate one.

Well mickey had a bunch of questions also about spider rigging too. I gave him some jigs, wts, and rigged him up. Since the fall camp we have kept in touch and i enjoy hearing about his success fishing. He and his wife are hooked now for sure.

I got an invite to come fishing this weekend. So after pulling a 24 hr shift at work and catching a 2 hr nap i called mickie and told him i was on my way. I wasnt gonna bring my boat because he wanted me to help him learn how to use his new terrova . Well i got bad news as he went to launch his boat the tm hit his winch and ripped off his boat. So i load my boat up and told him to bring his motor home.

A few hours later we were on the water around 3 pm and chasing tail. We fished til dark and had 26 nice crappie.

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Well we cleaned em up and ate a samwich exchanged stories and went to bed. We awoke the next morning and had some breakfast and again exchanged more stories. We hit the water shortly after daylight and the bite was even better, i kept hearing mickie say " i aint used to catching em like this". I chuckled to myself. By the end of 2 hours we had our limit and went exploring. I had a great time and great memories were made. I look forward to another trip after you get you cataracts fixed mickie. I know i will be in trouble then as you will see the bite better. He held his own and was a great net man too.

So i challenge everyone to help a new person out this upcoming year and pass the torch to say and don't just call them for a report on the fishing!!!! I was fortunate to have luvpt and blue thunder pass there knowledge onto me about jigs and meatgetter on minner killing. Just teasing jerry. God bless and happy new yr.

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what a nice story, thanks for sharing, and congrats on the fishing trip.

you are a class act bowhunter. my hats off to you. that is exactly what i was hoping someone would do for gindog so he could get his two young sons more into fishing.

Great story.....always good to help fellow Crappie Fisherman.

Where gin dog live and fish.


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Arbowhunter,

You been up there bothering my fish???? They sure look familiar.....Mickey I am headed your way Friday afternoon....everything works we will be at the ramp about 9 am Saturday ...after we stop at Walmart (we never pass a Walmart with out stopping)....glad you guys had a good trip and fellowship.

abh i am glad you finally caught some fish, boy i was worried about you!!! good to pass on knowledge we have learned to new fisherman because someone has helped us thorugh the years also !!! i know there is some very good fisherman on this board and i will bet every one of us had someone took us under there wing and past some there knowledge to us !!!!! i still try to learn something ever time i go fishing !!! gindog if you will contact me i will try and help you be a better fisherman !!!!!

Great job guys , Congrats on the catch, trust me no matter how much you know there always more you can learn!


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Did you have problems launching on Blue Mountain?

Nice Catch Guys. Thats what it's all about sharing your knowledge and fishing holes with others. You can't take it with you when you leave God's good earth so pass it along for others to enjoy. Amen.

well im glad to see that folks here on the site doooooo care bout other fishermen and women. like meat said, and so may of us beleive in we didn't learn by ourself's alittle help is always welcome. Mic was new at fall camp so lets try to find a new person at sring camp and do the same for them. :santa

Great story and how you have a good friend to Boot.
Thanks so much guys, I live in No Little Rock and been fishing conway and will travel anywhere to learn. I don't know what it take to catch crappie as i never do. I have been once with cmj and he has been help me some and I been very thankful to him for it. But I still did not catch any crappie. He has a ice box full of nice fish. I did not know to fish more on the shady side of trees or stumps. I just always fish it and hope I catch one. I really like to learn how to catch some crappie so I teach my kids to enjoy crappie fishing.

Nice job guys. We all need a little information on how to catch em every once in awhile. No matter how good ya think ya are, there's still plenty to learn!!!! Hats off to ya JW!!!


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Gin when the fishing here picks up just poke at me and I will take ya. Pretty slow locally. Can't wait for it to pick up as I gotta trip for lmbarnet. Thanks for the winning bid buddy and I am looking forward to going with you and your dad!

Arbowhunter,

All kidding aside....did Mickey mention if the river/lake had come up any in the last week or so....I wondered what the last rain event added to the level.....I want to get one more trip in before it spreads back out over the field....

well done all the way around.

Great story Bowhunter after a 24 hr shift and a 3 hr nap theirs nothing like a tug on your jig or the gobble of a turkey or the sound of that green head landing in you decoys to wake you up!!!!!!

Great story bowhunter, that is what fisherman and fellowship should all be about . Maybe I will run into you on the water someday and get some of those lessons LOL , I sure need them!

Hey jackie love the bead counter. Ol mickey wants one now lol. Basscat sent pm to ya.


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Way to go guys and nice catch!

Way to go guys......


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