Mind boggling stupidity ...

As you could well figure out, there is a crowd that would say this about me and my adventures....:Rofl
But in this case it is more about the mind boggling Stupidity of what color might get bit and what might not ....:cheers2
they bit an yellowish orange flappy tail really well , till it became an ornamental structure down below ....AND I only had that one in my pocket ....:banghead
found male fish up right by the bulkhead , then went to deeper water looking for girl fish, no girls were in the short water best I could tell ....:dono
Starting right off the bat in 7 foot of water just ripping big girls ....MAN was it a great bite ! :highfive
For the most part they seemed to be about half spawned out and really really had the worstest of attitudes I seen in crappie lately...rotfl
Lost several due to the hard hook up runs up under the dock and boats and stayed down on my knees a lot retrieving my jig from up under the walkways ,,,,
The good news is I managed to flip lots of them before they beat me all up , sure is difficult to manage large spring crappie with a small ultralight and so many obstacles down below .
Now here is the mind boggling stupidness of the scenario, put an orange body back on a blue head that was dynamite last week and NEVER got another bite !! nononononono
decided it had to be a color thing and changed to a more yellow really stupid looking colored body and JUST LIKE DAT >> hammer time once again ...go figure ...
a few of the shop folks watched as I ripped em on my lunch break, seems I am pretty good entertainment on your lunch break ...:crazy:
some that hit my hand were in the really big ole fishee size range and managed one that was 16.5 inches of been instructed to fight like a black bass in the how to be a really mean crappie school , man did she wail on me and the reel ....
the fella watching said this about that , never seen a crappie that big off this dock before ....
KABOOM is near my friends ....:Cowboy
p.s. how short of water were the boys in , look right between the wood floating dock and the pipe supporting the bulkhead in the last image , its about 16 inches deep there.:yikes

I know that when they are on like that it's a blast and throw in a really big girl is icing on the cake. Should be moving up soon here since we are getting some 70 degree days finally coming in.

Wow, that is some kind of a crappie, Ketchn. Good photos. What was that post a while back - color doesn’t matter until it does!:dono
Bob

Good pics and beautiful slab crappie. KABOOM

Whopper of a fish! Thanks for sharing

Mighty fine catches

Good catch !!!

Great looking bigguns for sure, my friend. Congrats on some really nice fish. Thank you for taking us along on your lunchtime fishing adventure. Really enjoyed it. We have some really nasty windy stuff headed this way for this evening, maybe a twisty or two predicted. So, good Lord provided, I'm finally getting out to the water tomorrow. Thanks again my friend for the ride along.

Nice crappie and nice pictures.

Atta way Ketchn!!! Jumbo magnum right there....

Nice fish, man I would have not retired if I could of fished everyday on lunch break. Just be thankful that you work at a place that you can fish on your lunch break.

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Originally Posted by Danny Lang

Nice fish, man I would have not retired if I could of fished everyday on lunch break. Just be thankful that you work at a place that you can fish on your lunch break.

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I often wonder how it came to be that a fella like me got so lucky to find this job , some 15 or so years before I went to work there someone recommended talking to the owner and said it might be a good fit for me and my skill set .
I went on to one of those "other" jobs instead and never knew what I was missing until I landed here 23 years ago. Blessed is just not even the proper description, I negotiated "UNLIMITED" days off for vacation right up front and tend to not abuse said privilege , but to be very sure , how cool is it to make a good living and get to ketch fish whenever you want ? :cheers2

A fish that big and you don't even crack a big ole' smile showing any teeth? :dono You sir, are a man of great restraint! Awesomeness!!

My lunches were never that good. Monster fish abound. Truly a Kaboom lunch break!!

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Originally Posted by skeetbum

My lunches were never that good. Monster fish abound. Truly a Kaboom lunch break!!

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I Spend some time in search of where the best big crappie spots locally can be accessed without a long drive from work, over 30 minutes one way crimps the slot to ketch pretty heavily.
One spot has really large thick black crappie, but it’s a long ride. Might hit it soon, hear tell the local crowd is not hitting it this year and the bite is on fire ….:cheers2