Finally found 'em!!!

Found out that all you have to do is add a couple EXTRA hours drive time, travel a little farther and see some new water. David (Blue Thunder) and me took the kids (Atticus, age 7 and Eli, age 2) to Sardis to get in on the crankbait action. With good information from Handicrappie we were able to find the fish quickly and "whacked and stacked" for a few hours! Atticus and I woke up at 2:30 am and picked David and Eli up in White Hall before driving over to Sardis. We finally started fishing around around 8:00 and had as many as four fish on at once out of the six rods we had out. We wound up keeping 35 but probably culled around fifteen more. I started out with the idea that it was a 12 inch limit when it was actually an 11 inch limit on legal fish. Here are some pics. Have you ever seen a seven year old handle an 18 foot wally marshall??? Atticus was doing it like a pro and I was very proud of him. Total drive miles today was 438.....Was it worth it?? You better believe it!!!!! <*{{{><

Outstanding! Great times equal great memories. Those kids sure look happy. WTG dads. Give yourselves a pat on the back.

Good job guys....love to see the kids fishing.......you guys wacked and stacked

Good job with the kids and fish catching. That's a real nice box of fish. Handi has got real good at those MS lakes. I met them coming back from a MS rip and their truck was squatting real bad. I figure it was from all the fish he removed from down there. The Mississippi folks should give Kenyon a medal for helping keep the fish from getting too over populated down there. You know they get stunted if the population gets out of control:biggrin

Good Job Steve with the Fam.

Wtg guys sure not much going on with our lake's !!!!

Mississippi is the place to be, glad y'all had a fun trip!

glad you have a good trip

I forgot to add also that we enjoyed getting to meet a fellow .comer. We had somehow poked a hole in one of the tandem trailer tires on the way over and when we tried to change it before going home discovered that the walls of my four-way lug wrench were too thick to go around the lug nuts on the trailer. Supergooser came to the rescue and loaned us his wrench which fit perfectly and we were able to change the tire. Otherwise, it might have been a long road home, LOL! Anyway, thanks Supergooser and it was great getting to meet and talk to you.

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Good Job Steve with the Fam.

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Hey Russ, I'm still waitin' on these lakes down here to turn back on but when they do I'm going to holler at you to come down for a weekend.....These fish down here have gotta start bitin' sooner or later and I want you to have a productive trip when you come, LOL!!! The fishin' down here right now is plum embarrassin I do hate to admit!!!

Good pix glad u finally made the drive. It is worth the drive when the fish are biting. I must have the wrong number for handicrappie cause i haven't been able to get a hold of him.

Had a blast this weekend. Good trip dad. Hey jw try and pm handi. Hes been more than helpful to us. Thanks again Kenyon on all your help, lookin foward on hitting grenada with ya. We owe you my friend

Nothing like pulling cranks on the big 4 in Mississippi.

Always glad to help a brother fisherman

You da man goosey ;-)

Fishing here in D'Arbonne has been embarrassing also, but can be fantastic in the fall and winter. For those not watching Louisiana, Governor Bobby Jendell signed a bill taking the limit back to 50 crappie on toledo Bend. D'Arbonne was on the bill as an amendment. It went into affect Sept 1. However two days before it went into affect, Wildlife and Fish people in Monroe didn't know anything about it. How deep was the water you were tossing crankbaits

We call them in 20 to 35 feet of water. we were running the crank baits about 12-15 feet deep. Darbonne is one of my favorite lakes and one of the best crappie lakes in the country. I couldn't catch anything there week before last.

Very nice catch, what kind of boat is that? Never seen a center console like that one

Triton XP200. Not many around.... I think they only made 75 or so. I just always thought a boat should have a center console! My ultimate Crappie boat for big water would be a 22-24 foot Bay boat.

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Always glad to help a brother fisherman

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That's what it is all about ''pass it on'' :highfive