Dinner maybe?

A good sized front is supposed to be passing through and sometimes the fish feed hard as it arrives. I slept in and didn’t get out of bed til after 7, very late for me. Probably dropped in around 9 and it was windy. The Nanofil got blown around bad today, and I had to focus on line control if I wanted to feel what’s going on. But it worked. I wanted some fresh fillets for dinner and while I really had to work at em, I found enough for mom and I to have a good dinner and maybe some leftovers. Now those were crappie, but the star fighters today were the coppernose visitors I had. I could tell what they were right after the first hit, and they all went back for another time.
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Now as you can see, I had to put down the Nanofil and pick up the 4lb and a 1/32 to get things done. I switched back and forth some, and tusseled with a couple of cats. One slimed my line before he said goodbye unseen and the other unceremoniously pulled three times, wrapped me around something and broke my line, which I didn’t retie. Felt pretty large from the pulls and head shakes, and I had absolutely no control of him. You know conditions are tough when I break out the cheap rigs and heavy ( 4lb) line. Thanks for coming along. Dinner will be tomorrow and I’m looking forward to it as it’s been a minute since I’ve cooked any. Here’s one more pic of an honorable mention, and he wasn’t the smallest. The little one was a Warmouth that was sub 3” that hit the little jigs on the braid. I didn’t get his pic but it looked like one of Gillchasers friends he shows sometimes. Hope y’all get out soon…. Skeet
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Some pretty gills !
Nice fighters !

Thanks for the ride along, for sure. Great pic. of some nice fish. Glad you got out for a good time. Still a mite bit cold up here for me. Joints and cold don't get along at all, and really don't want to feel miserable trying to enjoy my past time. I'll get out and get some soon though.

Looks like fine dining to me

Nice catches

Nice! Good you got enough to put on a good fish fry! Thanks for the ride along.
Bob

Beautiful fish!


Regards

I want the bottom potatoe chip. Lol good pics.

Sure blacken nicely over there, congratulations bro

Oh man those coppernose look awesome. Those would be a lot of fun even if you hadn’t caught any crappie but I’m glad dinner will be served soon. Congrats on a fun trip!

And speaking of dinner, I just finished mine. I tried something new and pan fried them in a kind of blackened fashion but didn’t keep it on the heat that long. Tried different seasoning too. The darker is Old Bays and the lighter is Zatarains blackening seasoning. Both were very good, no favorite. I did some for my queen with lemon pepper and dried garlic and herbs. Good too with less heat. Thanks for checking in.
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Mighty fine looking dinner right there! Good work!:ThumbsUp
Bob

Looks excellent ! Some great looking Coppernose, for sure ! I wish I could find those in the lake I fish, when I rarely do, they are small...