Getting a jump on soft water

Spent the last couple of days preping vbottoms boat and organizing my crappie gear for our trip to Louisiana. Going to my sons in Monroe for a week and plan on doing a lot of fishing. We'll be leaving about the 27th and may be able to get there in time to catch the weigh in for the crappie masters at Darbonne Lake. We plan on fishing this lake later in the week and it would be cool to see the quality of fish in the lake. One lake on our list is a shallow cypruss swamp rumored to have 2 1/2 to 3 pound crappie and bull 'gills as well as gators and snakes. Should be interesting. I'll shoot some posts during the trip and hopefully some sweet pics.

Safe travels and careful on the water with the reptiles......We love pictures!

Sounds like an awesome trip. Have good time.

enjoy the warm weather..be safe

I've been down a few times and honestly, I catch more fish in Michigan. Just nice to see new things, fish new waters. Jeff( vbottom) has never been down. Usually I rely on a local who doesn't fish alot but we're taking our own boat and figure to unleash some yankee techniques on the fish. Either way we will have a good time. Planning a fish fry/ crawfish boil during the trip.

Is vbottom a member here or just a nickname for your friend?

Member and my neighbor/ fishing buddy. He doesn't post much

Yes, you be safe and come back with some good stories for our spring camp. There are a number of C.com members down around D'Arbonne that would love to show you where the fish are. If you make the weigh in you might just meet some. I see you posted on the LA page, so they may be lookin for ya. "D" (Danny Pisani) might just be in the crowd and if so shake his hand for me. :biggrin

I'll be looking for Crappie.com hats in the crowd. Seems like a good bunch of guys down that way. ( up here as well ) They've been very helpful with info and with any luck we'll pass muster and they'll point us in the right direction. It will be easy for them to find us on the lake, we'll be the ones with the yankee spider rig rod holders, 1 1/4 pvc. Made it removable for when we're trailering the boat and also so we can pivot it left, right or straight ahead if we're fishing the drop offs on the edge of the channels. I'll post some pics when we're on the water.

I was stationed at Barksdale AFB back in 1967-70. My wife and I used to fish Lake Bistineau. I heard it is covered with duck weed now, as are a lot of the lakes in N. La. I'm interested to hear how your trip turns out. Watch for the snakes in the Spanish Moss. AHAHAHAH. I could tell some stories.

Hoping the snakes are still in their winter slumber. I've heard stories of balls of snakes falling out of the trees into boats but hope they are exaggerated. If we happen to end up with a snake in the boat you'll probably hear me screaming here in Michigan. If properly motivated I'm sure I could run across the water like a (rather large ) coot. Only 7 more days till we leave and the excitement is starting to build.

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Originally Posted by spartannation

. If properly motivated I'm sure I could run across the water like a (rather large ) coot. .

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A video like this would surely go viral! You would be famous. Hope to see you at camp. 5

Well it's about time for you to hit the road Jerry, safe travels hope you have a great time.

I appreciate that Steve. Looks like we will have good weather for the trip down. After the last couple of days I'm in the mood for a warmer climate! Glad we didn't get hit with power outages like they were predicting. Sounds like most were ready just in case. Every thing is packed just waiting for Jeff to get out of work. Shot him a text earlier telling him he looked awfully sick and needed to go home early but don't think it will work. Google earth Black Bayou Lake and Cheniere Lake , both in Monroe, La to see what we're getting ourselves into. Also going to fish D'Arbonne Lake in Farmerville and Poverty Point in Delhi. I'll be posting updates during the week.