Concrete Crappie

I fished a city park lake yesterday and found some willing fish. My oldest granddaughter, Lucianna stopped by for a visit and got into the act catching a slab and a couple redear. This cement pond suffered a massive fish kill last year and this was the first time I fished it all year. Somebody must be stocking crappie in here because the conservation department doesn't stock crappie in these smaller lakes. I was using a 1/32 shad dart on a #10 sickle hook tipped with a waxworm. Had a falcon or hawk pay me a visit as well.Attachment 414386Attachment 414387Attachment 414388Attachment 414389Attachment 414390Attachment 414391Attachment 414392

Some very nice fish there, especially since it hasn’t been that long from the fish kill. Even the hawk wants to get in on the action!
Bob

Very nice fish caught. Love that shad dart. Looks like a good little bait.

Some nice catches

Looks like you had great weather as well!
Thanks for sharing...sure makes me want to leave work early and wet a line.

Nice catch…wish some cement ponds were close to me.

Regards


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Good job, congratulations

Looks like a nice outing! Good to hear the pond is coming back too.

I went back the next morning and had a blast catching mostly small Black crappie but did catch one nice white crappie. Before it used to have about 95% white crappie but now it appears the black crappie are dominating. Only one white caught out of the 40 or so crappie that I caught in the two days but it was a slab. I had never caught a redear at this lake before but they put some in there now. They look healthy but only 5-6 inches long. I don't know what they are eating but all the fish look fat and healthy, even the bass. Four of the six bass over 8lbs. that I have caught in my lifetime were caught at this lake. Best part is I had the whole lake to myself.Attachment 414484Attachment 414485Attachment 414486

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Originally Posted by JUNGLEJIMJIGS

<snip> Somebody must be stocking crappie in here because the conservation department doesn't stock crappie in these smaller lakes. <snip>

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Mother Nature may have stocked it. Ducks and Herons will land in a lake or pond where fish are propagating and get fish eggs on their feet. They will then fly to another pond and the eggs will wash off and hatch.

When I lived in Texas they were building a Mega-Cinema behind a large mall. The road back to the cinema was two lane divided by an island with cement ponds between the lanes. I went back to see what they were doing and noticed some activity on the surface of the water. I always carry a 5wt fly-rod in the truck so I parked and flipped a small rubber spider to what ever was causing the disturbance. In a flash I caught bluegills and little bank-runner bass.

A good couple of trips Jim. I always liked the close to home simple trips, always did my attitude a lot of good. I used one of your spinnerbaits last weekend, the juvenile stripers liked it fine. I’ll throw it some this coming weekend too, after I finish swapping rotors on my PU. 40 crappie in a couple of days for you and good weather and company is hard to beat. If I don’t talk with you soon, have a great Christmas weekend. Go get a few more.

PS- I’ve got a box I need to get off my butt and send to you.

Those sounded like 2 very fun days. Thank you for sharing them.

looking like a wonderful time to me , and her smile tells the tale well .
good job there sir

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Originally Posted by JUNGLEJIMJIGS

I went back the next morning and had a blast catching mostly small Black crappie but did catch one nice white crappie. Before it used to have about 95% white crappie but now it appears the black crappie are dominating. Only one white caught out of the 40 or so crappie that I caught in the two days but it was a slab. I had never caught a redear at this lake before but they put some in there now. They look healthy but only 5-6 inches long. I don't know what they are eating but all the fish look fat and healthy, even the bass. Four of the six bass over 8lbs. that I have caught in my lifetime were caught at this lake. Best part is I had the whole lake to myself.Attachment 414484Attachment 414485Attachment 414486

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Some good ones there