The Cat No Longer Has My Tongue

I have been a "member" for a few years now but have mostly remained quiet minus a few pm's. I thought that I made an introductory post as well as a few other small posts in the forum several years ago when I first joined but my post total doesn't reflect that right now. :dono However, if I am incorrect and I never properly introduced myself then I owe everyone an apology and hope you accept this as my new introduction.

I owe this site and the members a huge thank you for all the knowledgeable information that I have obtained while simply viewing others posts. I joined crappie.com in the hopes that I would be able to teach myself (with the help of crappie.com) how to be a successful crappie fisherman. :biggrin This is still a work in progress!

My background:
I grew up hunting and fishing (bass & trout). The past few years, I have developed a desire to learn how to fish for crappie. I have been reading this forum for several years trying to pick up on new things to try. I have bought a few jigs, crankbaits, crappie rods & reels, etc that I have read about from some of the member reviews that I ran across that met my budget. :highfive

After getting the gear and obtaining some knowledge from you guys, I took off to the water to catch me some crappie!! :crazy: After several several several skunks and wondering what the heck am I doing wrong I finally realized that 'years of experience' was not on my side and although I had read about and bought gear that others have caught crappie with didn't mean I was going to catch them!

Long story short.... I'm not giving up and still hope to bring home some good eats one day that I leave that lake..

Welcome aboard , everyone here was in your shoes at one time it takes practice

D2 hang in there. I was in your shoes a week ago. I also viewed and researched post on here for several years. In a week of posting I have made many new friends and all kinds of information to help me catch more fish. The guys/gals on this forum are a class act and they will help you in any way they can. Not sure exactly where you fish but feel free to contact me if you have questions about Grenada Lake.

Thanks Cl and CC! CC, I live just a few minutes away from Arkabutla lake so mainly fish there and Sardis lake. If I get to catching them around here and get my confidence up, I may try Grenada lake one day!

Welcome aboard! I'm looking forward to you posting some pics of a nice mess of crappie this spring.

Welcome aboard

Welcome D2. U prob already figured out there is a lot of trash on here, all in fun, friends and fellowship. I, like everyone I no on here will give u advice and help u any way they can. It's a huge family u have become a part of now. Look forward to meeting u at spring came..

I live on butla and don't fish it much---that may be part of the problem :) at least over the last year:D

Welcome D2. The best way is do what you just did. Introduce yourself, join in and get to know these folks and everyone will do their best to help you out. A few of us fish Butla when it's half way decent. I for one will help any time I can with what little I know. Like someone else said if possible you need to come to spring camp where you can put names and faces together.

Welcome D2. This is a great site for sure!

Welcome from West Memphis, AR. Home of Big River Marine. Give me a shout sometime, and we'll go to Sardis and catch a few.

BRM

Welcome, lots of good folks here, their are also a lot of lurkers who don't know what they are missing by not stepping up to the plate and participating. Maybe your testimony will bring some of those out of the dark.

Welcome to the family.

Welcome,little warning start saving your money.These jokers around here will keep you spending money.Look at me buying crankbaits in the winter,who does that?I have put so much junk on my boat it sets 3'' lower in the water.Anyway welcome from Strayhorn.

Two years ago I was strictly a single pole guy . Nothing wrong with that , as I still prefer that way of fishing.However, after pulling cranks with FEELAY and BRM , Spider rigging with help from kdavid and crappie logic ,picking "G" brain about everything, I have developed a new outlook at what crappie fishing is to many people . you may fish from a 500 dollar rig to a 150.000 dollar rig and this site will be a plus to your knowledge bank ! I am terrible with names but after one spring camp , I started to associate faces to where people fish most . I will say that I never intended to tournament fish but have tried it once and found that walking around looking at boat set ups and rigged poles while the weigh in was going on may have been the most beneficial day that I have had on the water in the last two yrs. . My dad told me years ago that if you want to learn how to do something right , go to the source ! You are there . These guys are great . I am most likely the low man on this totem pole of crappie fishermen , but the amount of fish in the freezer sure has gone up in the last two yrs .If you look at this site and picture postings you will see who catches fish most often, then pay close attention to their post . There are many on here that have helped me and I would not even recognize them on the street . I have c.c stickers on my boat, trailer and cap so if you see these give me a shout .:cheers2

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Welcome drake,,,, newbee here as well,,,, just learning how to run the boat now and hoping to start with spider rigging first then maybe trying out some dock shooting m so on and so on,,,,, my closest lake is Butla as well and will be fishing Sardis and a few others this year,,, if you ever see a guy with a silver /blue ranger fish and ski with his line all tangled up,,,or trying to get his boat back on the trailer!!! it's probably me,,,, stop on and say hello,,,,I might even know ya if your a duck hunter, I used to prostaff at Avery outdoors in their archery dept,,,gave it all up for awhile to try my hand at crappie fishin,,,, One bad habit for another ,,, lol. Anyway, welcome !

Thanks to everyone! I do hope to meet some of you in the near future and will be glad to learn new things about crappie fishing from anyone willing to pass their knowledge to me. Thanks again!

BTW, to all of you from or near Tate Co. especially Senatobia, MS, my real name is Ike. Let me know if any of you already know me so that I can maybe put a real name with your crappie.com name.

Welcome to the board. And like you I have way more days without any fish then catching fish. But will not give up on fishing. Because I love to fish not catch HEHE
Pete

welcome aboard Drake

We have a place at Sardis Ike. Maybe we can hook up sometime and catch a few. I'm there most weekends, give or take holiday commitments, a few tourneys, and the weather. :-)

welcome on . get ready learn . these guys are great .

Welcome! Some great PEPS on here!!

Howdy