Grand Bayou 5-9-17

Set the clock for 4:30. Woke up at 5:45. LOL. Went any way. Got to the lake around 7:30 and was fishing by 7:45. Had my first two fish by 8:00. I fished until about 2:20 and decided I had had enough. I'm beginning to realize that I am not as young as I used to be. LOL. But I had a great day.

Caught 25 and kept 22 of them. The Lord Jesus blessed me with some quality fish today. Jig color didn't seem to matter. I caught fish on my hair jigs and plastic. Colors for hair jigs were pink/olive/pink (my version of electric chicken), red/chartreuse, and pink/purple/chartreuse (my version of popsicle). Plastic colors were blue thunder with fire tail, blue thunder with chartreuse tail, and electric chicken. All of them caught fish, but the electric chicken won by a couple of fish today. The fish were caught about 9-12 feet deep in 18-20 feet of water while I just let the little breeze blow me around.

Jig Rig, I didn't get the Dodson No Name jig out of the box today. The way the others were catching fish, I was afraid to unleash its power. :biggrin I didn't know if a warden was going to be at the launch. :yikes

I have always thought the lake to be a perfect lake to pull a crankbait around in because of the lack of structure to get hung up in. So, I tied on a couple that I had in my box and pulled them around with my trolling motor for about 30 minutes. I hooked 1 bass, 1 big crappie, and another fish I never saw, but I must be doing something wrong; I didn't land any of them. The two that I saw got off of those treble hooks before I could get them to the boat.

I saw that I was not geared up for cranks, so I got my jigs back out. Aah, so much better. I just didn't know what to do with a crankbait. LOL. Silly old man. :Rofl

Most of the fish were right at 1.5 lbs. and I had four that went between 1 lb 10 oz and 1 lb 12 oz.


We ate a few for supper. Packaged up several care packages for some of our widow ladies. Put a couple bags in the freezer. Thank you God!

Ya'll ready for the pictures? Well, I took a few today!

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Yes sir, Our Lord Jesus Christ blessed you with some mighty fine fish today!! Its awesome to see those fish will also be a blessing to others! Great report and pics Pastor

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Great report......you still got it......

Good report Pastor.

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Good catch brother!!!

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Nice catch today! If you have something that works for you, no need to jump to another method. :) From what I hear, cranking can be an expensive adventure anyway. lol When it works though, it really works!
Glad you had a great day Pastor!

Way to go Pastor! Glad to see you got on some good fish. I'm going to give cranking a go when it gets a bit hotter.


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Good job Pastor

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Glad to see ur back on em again, .....take those dull factory treble hooks off those crankbaits, replace with Gamakatzu,Owner,Daichi......that should get em in boat.

Way to go brother. The Lord made you a good fisher of fish also.��:fish

Hey Pastor....you did nothing but good with the cranks...some fish get off.....when I hook one with a crank i reel it in just fast enough to ski it in on top...unless its a bass or goo..they seem to not go for any ski action....sacs like to ski though....and you can catch all kinds of fish with cranks....THEYGOTOEAT taught me to never stop the boat when cranking and I landed more fish when I hooked a fish and kept moving at the same speed.....My problem is I like to cover water and I like to go fast.....

Good catch!! Good mess of filets there!!


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Nice catch Pastor. I left about the same time as you but didn't do nearly as well. I caught a couple on a crankbait just before putting it on the trailer.

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Awesome catch and report Pastor! Thanks for sharing!

Was you removing Crappie from Caney resevoir --- I see the Heading is Grand Bayou

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Was you removing Crappie from Caney resevoir --- I see the Heading is Grand Bayou

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No sir, I was on Grand Bayou Reservoir. Beautiful place and, in my humble opinion, much easier to fish and catch fish than Caney Lake.

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Originally Posted by Pastor

No sir, I was on Grand Bayou Reservoir. Beautiful place and, in my humble opinion, much easier to fish and catch fish than Caney Lake.

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I could handle some of that "easier to catch fish".......such a long drive....