Found a few today

I put in at the discharge at nuke 1&2 about 8am. Lots of boats there so I figured the crappie were on a tear. Nope, I was wrong, most of them were immigrants and they love to catch and eat the strippers and white bass which are there by the millions. I fished an hour or so and got itchy so I loaded up and went to my secret spot. By 1:30 I had 20, culled 4. Got up to 20 again culled 4 again then 20 again and I hit the road.
A couple days ago I was on Dardanelle checking some boyou breaks and on the first drop I got a 61/2 lb LM bass on my jigging pole with Mr crappie 8lb. On the 2nd drop I got a 16 inch crappie. Then it got tough and windy. I got my 10 fish and went to the house. I dont know what the crappie weighed but her and the bass are back in the water.
The last time I was on Piney I was trying to retrieve a small crappie that I culled and had floated back to the top of the water when a gorgeous bald eagle already had his eye on that fish and made a perfect dive and snatched that little guy up and took him to the nearest tall tree. How blessed we all are to live in such a beautiful place.

This is not my dirty bucket, it was my neighbors who I gave the fish to.
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Great catch, but those moments that take your breath away are what its really all about.

Nice ones ray. Always good to see them eagles too

Nice catch, thanks for sharing the post and pictures.

Nice fish Ray.

"wow"

nice fish!!!

Now that's the kind of report I like to read, Ray! Congrats on the fish, and thanks for the post and those great pics! :HandsClapping

Nice

Good catch!

I've heard stories about them suckers at the plant catching shad and drying them out right then and there... Called it jerky!

Different strokes for different folks.

Nice catch! Great expieriance with the eagle too.

Slackline

Nice fish!

Great catch....better story

Good job ray , way to go!! Thanks for the pics!!


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