I used to do it ll the time .
So here in lies the question.
Would you trade a 5 hour drive for a 5 hour boat ride ?
Might ketcha 3 lber they say ....
A 2.99 was ketched there this week ....
What say yawl :dono
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I used to do it ll the time .
So here in lies the question.
Would you trade a 5 hour drive for a 5 hour boat ride ?
Might ketcha 3 lber they say ....
A 2.99 was ketched there this week ....
What say yawl :dono
No. I am very fortunate where I live. 6 good Crappie lakes within 1 hr drive and I didnt throw Millwood in the mix
I live less than fifteen miles from three different boat launch ramps on Lake Oconee and twenty miles from Lake Sinclair here in middle Georgia. Have never needed to travel any further than that.
That’s a lot of behind the wheel time. Maybe go for the boat?
Maybe be once a year but not all the time
No unless it was a pre-planned multi day trip or vacation but not just to go catch a big one.
Big crappie don't really excite me. I compare it to me archery hunting, while like others I'd love to take a huge buck but that's not why I'm out there. My favorite deer ever taken in my life was a doe and very doubtful that will ever change. It's the memories not the size.
Yes.
As long as I can stay the night and fish it tomorrow too.
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I know that’s right. I like them little 3/4 pounders. They are tastiest. Bout 10 inches and I am good to goQuote:
Originally Posted by keeferfish
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Not at 65 , At 25 it was an ever weekend thing . Got friends that drive from Missouri to Mississippi and I hate the hour drive to Sardis . Too many good state lakes for bream much closer .
I try to fish when the boss and I go to Tunica! That way the fishing drive isn’t too bad and I get to catch big ones!
have gone on day trips with CDC buddies on two and 3 hour one way day trips and even tho I'm not driving wears me out to much. I have a cabin to stay at when I go up to northern mo for a few days with great lakes 5 or 15 minutes away and a bud's place at MTL where I will stay as well. so NO won't do either anymore. Or I can go 30 minutes to my place on LSL and spend the day on the toon and fish when a nice day comes along in winter and that's about my limit anymore on driving.
Heck ya. I've driven that far just to eat pizza or chowder
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Used to do that, but that was 50yrs ago. I hate a hour drive now.
Nope. If I’m not staying long enough to unwind, I’m not driving that far. Can’t see driving five, fishing five, then driving five more in the same day.
I haven’t done it to crappie fish. But a friend of mine several years ago ask me if I wanted to go to Louisiana red fishing. He wanted to pre fish before a tournament. Being a true dummy I said yes we left at 2 am and got home at about 7 pm. We fished five hours the rest of the time was driving, I was about 10 to 12 years younger and dumb enough to ask when can we go again.
i guess i wasnt totally clear , it was 5 total hours ....2.5 each way to ketch fish
and 5 on the water ....but we all know 5 kecthn when you drive that far is really 7 ....
and there was talk about spending the night ....i of course told him let me call my divorce attorney first :Rofl
but hey it was fun and even at 60 plus years old i still have a little go for it in me ....
didnt ketch a 3 lber though , but to be sure Jerry and his crew were within eyesight and they boated a 3.08 :highfive
and heck i even got to meet Jerry for the first time and pick his brain a bit
one thing for certain he is the real deal and real nice fella ...
said well well ...i know you ,he said your that fella always ketchn crappie off the bank :Rofl
i said yes sir ,but it aint just ones close to the bank that are worried when i show up rotfl
made me want to book a trip with him just because i bet it would be really fun .
had a guy from Missouri in his boat and a guy from east Texas and they had some dandy fish in that boat
it was without a doubt good times ...
Thank you Steve for the boat ride :cheers2
and yes KABOOM is the word once again
if you ever want to fish lake fork i highly suggest you give Jerry a call ....
i love his attitude and his trips are based on ketchn fish and not time really limited
he dont run a stop watch like lots of guides :highfive
I'm one of those 60+ guys myself but my truck is pretty comfortable so the 2.5 each way would probably be okay occasionally. If I drive much more than 2.5 hours one way it's an overnight and/or multi day event.
Do it while you still feel like it. I am now 70 and up until about 2 years back the distance was not a problem....now it is a big problem. I am in process of getting a new...bigger SUV....in hopes of making the now relatively short 81 mile one way drive to my favorite fishing spot more comfortable. But I know that is not really going to induce me to continue make the drive as I age. So I am seriously looking at moving to be within 20-30 minutes of the water I fish. My wife just retired last week or probably would have made the move a lot sooner. I think you are relatively close to waters that produce good fish you are targeting. I can go and catch decent crappie about 30 minutes away but to get good bluegill and shellcracker I have to make a much longer drive somewhere.
Regards
you know my friend we had that chat driving home last night , told him since he 10 years younger to stay after it ...
told him there will be a day when you just aint got it in you ....my bones feel it when i go that far that long ...
my knee hurt ,my foot hurt , my lower back hurt and my hands hurt and it is darn tough to be steady and not fall in when you have use the outside restroom room on boat rocking out in the middle of the lake :Rofl
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Originally Posted by Ketchn
Congrats on your 10,000 post Ketchn.......KABOOM! :highfive
:Rofl yet another lake record ....oh yeah :highfive:Rofl
X2! This sums up where I am at in life.Quote:
Originally Posted by keeferfish
I do drive that far weekly , plenty of catching within an hour of me.
It also has lots to do with the company on the other end.
I’d drive 5 hours one way to see some peeps!
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the crew I hung with made the driving worthwhile for sure
:highfive
For myself no. Just not enough to get me excited. I don’t get anymore excited with a 3pounder (though I don’t believe I have ever caught one) than a standard 2lber. Now if it was a 10lb crappie I’m all in and east bound an down.
Im completely different with deer hunting though. I will travel 8 hours to chase a better class of animal. But I’m not talking going from a 120” buck to a 125 or 130” either. I’m talking 160+. A giant buck coming down the pipe gives me a feeling in my soul that a lesser buck just can’t. Doesn’t matter if he’s wise beyond his years or the stud in the area. For whatever reason crappie don’t do that to me. I chose quantity of action over quality.
I got a question now!!!! If you "incorrectly" reported the driving time... how do we know the you don't "incorrectly" report your ketches. :scratchhead :Rofl
After many years of 600 miles a day, I would do it. One requisite would be planning ahead so that I was ready for the ride. The people on the other end would have to be good, the fishing possibilities good, and the equipment up to the task. Days get long when breakdowns put a bummer on the trip. Sleep isn’t an issue, I’ll do enough of that when I’m called home. Food not a consideration either, I’m not gonna starve either. Good trips with good people live on for many years and knowing that, I would have been anxiously waiting at the end of the driveway wondering why you’re late.
i am the king of incorrection dear sir ......Quote:
Originally Posted by silverside
and incorrection is the word :highfive:Rofl
because i am always late ......its what i do ....:Rofl
Do it all the time ! I like fishing different places and fishing with different people
Yes! Drive it! Totally worth it.
I was about to drive 10 hours for 2 days of fishing in your area but Covid hit workplace hard so I’m covering there.
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i went the opposite way today about 1 hour and 45 minutes west and lit them crappie lips up ....
of course i had a different agenda but none the less there is lake right by our little spot in the country ....
so i just had to go do it while i was out that way ....
and what better company than your wife and daughter cheering you on and taking them up to the ice chest for ya :highfive
Used to drive 3 hours one way with a friend to do some trout fishing. That is as close as they get to Memphis (year round anyhow) so if you want to catch them you have to drive. 3lb crappie is a different story - they are close by but I haven't caught one yet.
We'd leave around 9:00AM, get there at 12:00, fish till dark, eat something, and then drive home. Didn't get home until 9:00 - 11:00PM. Was fun, but then I got married and had children and barely been since. Now, like many others, I don't drive that far unless I'm staying overnight. My eyes can't take the glare of the headlights for much longer than an hour or two after dark.
I drive two hours to work 12...so yeah 5 for 5(round-trip) I'm in. Ketch I'd fly 5 for 5 to watch you set a hook...just saying.
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i have been told i have a legendary hook set , some even say i get some air under my feetQuote:
Originally Posted by catchNgrease
hooksets with me are something that is what i think i might have been born for :highfive
I'd rather drive 5 hours and have 5 hours catching fish than drive 1 hour and have 9 hours not catching any. Bill Dance told us that about 25 years ago.
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I like diversity in my life, 5 hr. drive, 5 hrs. to fish/boat ride = no biggie- although could explain new wife #5!!:banghead j/k Only been tied-up 4 X's, oh alright, onced.:Rofl
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