Jordan was not for the Faint-hearted Today

But, oh the effort was definitely worth it. I was able to get my first 14" crappie, but Charles upped me by catching one at 14.5". We didn't get to fish until 11:00, so we only kept about 6 or 7 keepers, with I think 3 throwbacks.

The pictures below show you why we were able to fish. Charles's Targa is really a Great Lakes type boat and with those white caps on Jordan today, it was the ONLY reason we were able to fish. The front and side panels were the key, not so much to protect us from rain, but from wave splash over the front and side of the boat. As cold and windy as it was, I don't think we could have taken those waves without the protection.

For those of you that are new to Crappie.com and fish Jordan, I want to share something with you. Charles and I have fished Jordan five times in the last four weeks. Only once have we fished the same place. We have caught nice crappie from Farrington to the dam. As is our plan, today was a completely new area in the lake that we have not fished since last Spring. The point I am trying to make is that there are a lot of places to catch crappie on Jordan, but it takes work and effort. Today is a perfect example. We didn't catch a lot of fish, but those two were worth the effort. Next Saturday we are planning to fish again and yes, we will be in a completely new place again.

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Nice catch and boat. I would like to get out to Jordan to learn how to fish'm like that.

Great job!!

Great Job Guys!!! Look forward to getting back down with you guys soon. Maybe I can grab a seat in that dry boat one day! Keep up the good work you guys!

Good job fellas. I can hear hunter now. "Excellent Excellent".

Nice looking boat and fish! Did you guys jig or long line?

Many days I have been really thankful for my boat design (same as yours). The only thing is, it's like a sail in the wind with all that hull above the water.

We did some combination fishing with jigs and some minnows. The single best color jig over the past month has been acid rain. Yesterday was the first time we have bought minnows, but the weather and temperatures dictate how you fish. To get out of the wind and waves, we had to fish some small coves out of the wind. We love to long-line, but yesterday meant switching to tight-lining because we were in some small, narrow channels.

One thing I've learned from fishing the Bigeyecrappieman tournaments on Jordan the last few years is that you must be ready to fish all different types of conditions. The really good fishermen bring in nice fish no matter what the conditions. If you want to be a better fisherman, after Christmas come participate in some of the tournaments. I've taken the time to look at their boat setups, fishing gear and listen to them talk about how they caught fish. The knowledge gained has helped me be a much better fisherman.

Yes, the Targa can be like a sailboat. That's why Charles has four trolling motor batteries installed. He has a 24-volt Minn Kota and when we use up one set of batteries, he can flip a switch to the other two batteries.

I've never used up a set of batteries before and I can troll all day long.

The 80 LB, 24V Terrova has always performed as designed to run all day on a single charge, but began to fail after 6-7 hours for some reason (batteries are about 3 years old).
Had the backup batteries installed in the front of the boat and now no problem after a full day of trolling with the old set of batteries.
Don't tell Jordan Limit but we needed ballast to offset his weight in the boat :-)
Hope to see you on the water soon.

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Nice fish, congrats

Good day on lake. Be careful on them windy days. The right equipment makes a world of difference.

John C.

Hunter, thats a good looking boat there!:biggrin:biggrin But You know how I feel about them tracker boats.....

Great report. Thanks for sharing and encouraging. Happy for your super slabs well done sir.