Ky Lake 8-28-15 The wife schools me again

My wife is one of the hardest working people you will ever meet. It's a good thing because she also keeps the house going, our grandkids happy, and can't say no to any request for assistance whether it be civic clubs, church or just a friend in need. I don't get to shame her into getting on the lake with me nearly as often as either of us would like. I was able to talk her into a short afternoon trip yesterday. Did I mention she LOVES to pull cranks and is a machine on that back deck? Her net skills still need some work but she gets better every trip.

We got on the lake around 4:30 and started picking up one here, one there but also had some good fish playing the game. I've been pulling what little bit of hair I have left on my head out trying to figure out why I'm losing so many crappie that seem to be well hooked but can't get to the net. Friday was no different. At one point Vicki lost 5 fish in a row within 20 feet of the net. She was doing everything the exact same way she normally would, they were just coming off. My luck wasn't much better. We probably lost 1/3 of the fish we got to the surface and no telling how many that hit, loaded the pole, then came off when we started reeling. Of course the yellows and catfish NEVER come off the hook!

About 6:30 I asked her if she was ready to go since we had a pretty good number in the box but she said she wasn't leaving when the fish were biting! Did I mention she loves pulling cranks?

We came off the lake as the moon was coming up. She was burning her phone up taking photos of the sunset then the moon rising. I took a couple myself. We got to try out my new LED lighting while wrapping up our 8 rods.

All in all it was a great afternoon. I was burning up my phone with texts and pics to several of my buddies. We ended up with 14 keeper crappie and a couple white bass. The big fish was right at 16 inches with several over 14. We also had a few keeper dinks.

We ended the day with a trip to Belew's in Aurora. A double cheeseburger was definitely not on my diet menu but what the heck, we we celebrating.

Did I mention she loves pulling crankbaits? I've got fish on ice to clean.

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Awesome day! Thanks for sharing!

Love it when our wives spend time with us on the water.

Great Post Dux......The lights look awesome too!!

Great job Vickie, you not only look a lot better in that back seat you also catch more fish than me.

Great! I am familiar with being"schooled".

MsDux looks as happy as a flea on a hound dog. Thanks for sharing my friend!!

absolutely fantastic, the day looks to have been great and enjoyable

great job guys and some good pictures

looks like it DOES take 2 hands to handle a whopper!! nice fish

Nice job. Those are healthy fish.

Thanks for sharing!

nice report,looks like some nice ones in the box

Took my Dad this afternoon. Had 9 keepers and he beat me with the largest couple of slabs. He and my grandfathers on both sides instilled the lake water in my veins.


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Looks like you had a weekend to remember for life. Great job Vickie. Nice pictures Doug. Hope to see you guys in a couple months.

purdy! the fish are nice too.:notworthy

Boy Howdey!!

Thanks for sharing

Love the picture of the moon in the sky reflecting off the water while she reels one more in! The perfect ending to a perfect day on the water.

What kind of line are you using? I remember on one video I was watching (I think it was a Duckworth dvd) he stressed using mono and not braid noting when pulling at 2 mph the braid didn't have strech and would tear the mouths of the fish. Just a thought. I love it when my wife comes with me also, she likes to troll because she doesn't have to see he light bites and set the hook, we long lined in Big and West Sandy in the spring and she has been wanting to go back since, we just haven't had the time. Enjoy your reports, hoping to get over there in October.

Have a great day,
Ray

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Originally Posted by rayzor65

What kind of line are you using? I remember on one video I was watching (I think it was a Duckworth dvd) he stressed using mono and not braid noting when pulling at 2 mph the braid didn't have strech and would tear the mouths of the fish. Just a thought. I love it when my wife comes with me also, she likes to troll because she doesn't have to see he light bites and set the hook, we long lined in Big and West Sandy in the spring and she has been wanting to go back since, we just haven't had the time. Enjoy your reports, hoping to get over there in October.

Have a great day,
Ray

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I go against the usual grain on my line. I'm using Trilene Big Game Solar 12 pound test. Here on KY and Barkley we don't have the luxury of trolling thermocline areas in open water. I spend most of my time on stump flats and contour breaks, just the type of areas that eat crankbaits by the dozens. I found last year that I was losing 1/2 as many baits on the Big Game 12 as I had been on Mr Crappie 10 pound test. The bigger line also makes it so much easier to get tangles out. I just can't bring myself to go to braid due to the initial cost but mostly due to the fact that I have a large % of feeling loss in my hands from my neck injury that makes it nearly impossible for me to untangle braid foul-ups. It's what works for me and several of my friends have followed my lead on the line.

Thanks for posting. Nice job

("HER NET SKILLS NEED SOME WORK")..Mrdux,,if SHE is doing most of the catching,it should be you as the net man!!!!!,,Ah , I just had to joke with you there.Thanks for sharing the report and pictures.It looks like you have some black and white crappie in the live well.Those are some nice ones.In my book if a man can take his wife and his father fishing,,he truly is a blessed man...