Santee May 01-02

Fished both Thursday and Friday, Thursday was spent jigging brush and grass for crappie. The bite was slow, and the overall quality of the fish was down from week prior. I did beat out a limit catch of keepers out of 40 total fish caught. On Friday the winds were howling, I chose to fish a different area of the lake and decided I would target shallow water for crappie, but mainly searching for shellcracker beds. I caught a few crappie, before finding 3 areas holding shellcrackers. I ended the day with 5 crappie, and limit of nice shellcrackers. All fish caught using Rooty Tooty 309's. Fish were holding in 2.5 to 3 foot of water near grass lines.

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A very nice shallow water black crappie buck.

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The box of shellcrackers that got the ride home.

Nice cooler of Cracker!! They are so fun to catch and getting on a bed of them had to be a blast. Congrats on the catch.

Nice catch Tim for two days of fishing and not under ideal conditions. Thanks for sharing

If y'all had been there, you would not believe how tough the weather was to deal with. We gave up Friday because the wind was howling so bad. That is an impressive catch, Tim.

You are right about the winds Ray, the conditions were terrible. It was a struggle, but I was able to tough it out and get on a few fish.

Nice bunch of fish,it didn't take you long to teach that new boat how to catch fish.

good lookin mess of fish you got there Ink thanks for the report and pics

Nice catches Tim. As long as you had to wait on that new ride I knew the wind wouldnt run you off. Congrats. :)

The way work has been over the last few months, along without having a boat has definitely fueled the fishing fires within me. If I think I can catch a few, I won't let a little weather get in my way :biggrin

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Originally Posted by gabowman

Nice catches Tim. As long as you had to wait on that new ride I knew the wind wouldnt run you off. Congrats. :)

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Good catch Tim. I wish I had the time to get back down there. Would love to get my little boy on some of those shell crackers

Way to go Tim, congratulations!! That will make for some fine eating! Thanks for the report and pics.

looks like you had a good day,