Caught a mess of crappie and something else

I guess you can see the something else. Really don't know how much this stripper weighed but pulled like a 20 to 25 lb. fish. It took me 20 to 25 minutes to land this one. What a fight - those dudes are strong. Caught the crappie 10 to 15 ft. deep on jigs tipped with minnows. The area where we fish has a heavy deer population - we stopped coming out of the ramp and made this picture. We, also, got a chance to visit with our friend, Kent Keith, you c.comers know him as LR Joe. All in all was a beautiful day - with very little wind and mild temps.

Good job.

wtg nice stripper

Hope you let him get a little dried out before releasing it!! Lol

That will challenge your fish playing skills. Great job. Hope you caught and released...into your garden spot.

Good day and photos. Hope you stuck a knife in that Crappie eating machine ! Hey those fillets make good fish tacos when blackened .

Sounds like a lot of fun!

Nice one Richard. Jon Stein the fish biologist up there tells me that he blackens the stripers that he catches.

Bet that was fun

Just about anything blackened is good. Bass, carp, grinnel, cardboard, are all great. I post about putting the bass in the garden, but in reality, we put all our fish guts in the garden. If we keep a bass, we will blacken, or grill it. In a pinch, it ends up fried with the rest of whatever we catch.

Good job, Richard. Bet that put the old jig pole to the test! And the jigger too! Thanks for the post and the pics.

Cut the blood line out and those striper fillets are fine eating. I've eaten hundreds of them, mostly from Texoma.

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Originally Posted by warhawk

Cut the blood line out and those striper fillets are fine eating. I've eaten hundreds of them, mostly from Texoma.

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X2!! Blackened is my favorite way, from Texoma also!!

Acording to Nat. Wildlife reports stripers have a negative impact on crappie. Test revealed that gizzard and thread fin shad was 98 % of thier diet!!!

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Originally Posted by ski trip

Good job, Richard. Bet that put the old jig pole to the test! And the jigger too! Thanks for the post and the pics.

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Yes, we were both tested. Several times during the battle I looked at the Bucks best Ul at it was bent double, and remembered thinking, I hope I don't break a rod with this dude. The next morning when I made coffee, I momentarily pondered on why my right arm was a little sore. Appreciate others comments and we may experiment with some blackend striper, in the future.