My Last Fishing Trip For Awhile (9-6)

With bow season beginning this coming Saturday I still had ALOT to do to be ready but still wanted to squeeze in one last fishing trip too. Once deer season opens it'll probably be awhile before I carry the boat out again. So...after checking the weather for Monday and Tuesday I decided that I'd spend Monday preparing food plots getting 'em ready for planting so today had to be the day. I still had a deer stand to get up so I knew it would be a short trip but this is the story anyways...

Got to the ramp, unloaded and idled down the lake waiting on good light. Didnt take long and I was planed off and on my way. Elected to go back to the spot where I caught them before and low and behold they were still there. Started fishing right after light and finished a Ga limit of 30 keepers at 9:30AM. Total caught was 54 crappie.

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Water temps were down a couple degrees and the bite was more aggressive than has been lately. They really rocked the jigs and at times was taking some drag. Lots of gar still hitting on top as has been the case for a couple months now but everything I was catching was in 13'-19' of water my jigs were running 9'-10' deep at a speed of 1.0-1.3 mph.

The forecast I looked at the other nite says this week still hot but afterwards the highs going into the mid-upper 80's and the lows low to mid 60's. If this holds true the lake temps will cool even more and the bite will even get better. Re-line your reels guys cause it's fixing to get real!!

Here's the limit of fish I kept today...

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Another great outing Butch, I'm certain the fish will not miss you while you're out chasing Bambi. Great looking box shot, congrats on the catch.

Good report Butch. Getting to be the part of the year where the choice between hunting and fishing has to be made by many sportsman. The nights are feeling a little better and hope the days will do the same real soon. Congrats on the catch.


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Way to go Butch ! That is putting the meat in the boat.
Now time to put the deer in the freezer ! Hope you do as well with the deer.

That's shows a great day of fishing. Enjoyed the report and pics.

Wow great pics, those are some nice crappies

That is the way to put them in the boat. That is a good catch thanks for sharing.

Great job Butch!

Good catch Bowman. Now all I got to do is get time to go.

Excellent Job Butch

Our bow season comes in sat, too. But it is too hot to sit in a tree around here, too early. Good report, hopefully I'll get back on the water some time next week. Too much work going on right now.