You never know until you go

Yesterday was cloudy, windy and cold with a chance for rain but went anyway. Got to my first spot where a spring feeds into the lake and starts to rain. Gills started jumping on my duck feather jig and caught a hand full before the rain chased me to the car. It didn't last long and after 15 minutes was back to where it started. It seemed every gill in the lake was in that area and all were hungry. At one point I hooked something bigger and thought it was a redear the way it was pulling drag but turned into the biggest male gill I'd seen in many years here in Missouri. It was easily 10" long, tried to flip it up on the bank but jig popped out while it was airborne and dropped back into the lake. After a few curse words I went back at it. Probably touched close to 100 fish in three hours and left them biting. Even caught a couple skinny rainbows. Heading back there today.Attachment 503248Attachment 503249Attachment 503250Attachment 503251Attachment 503252Attachment 503253Attachment 503254

Some good looking fish !
A great day to be on the water . With numbers like that in one area they must be getting ready for the first spawn.
Only two days to full moon this month .

Very nice! Thanks for the moon cycle reminder fellas…

Awesome job. Love days like that. Go get them again!

Gosh, those are some beauties! I need to get out. Personal stuff getting in the way but I know some fishing will help the mental.
Bob

man you got all kinds of across the board fish hanky panky , who cares if your my species I suppose , lets just do it :Rofl
looks like several different crossed up hybrids in the mix , nice bro , KABOOM

Got to the spot I fished the day before and it was occupied. My son beat me to the spot. Fish were still there and we both were sticking them with a hand full of doubles. Later he catches a huge hybrid that he said was way over a lb. I disputed that so he sent me a picture. This fish filled the bottom of the net. Not a hybrid, but a fat female redear. HE measured it against the rod and it was 11", wish I had checked it out more closely before he released it.

Awesome post and trip ... as stated not too many times will you locate a place like that ... good pics and colors of the gills

Great job and report.


Sent from my iPhone using Crappie.com

I’m officially jealous. Here you are whackin and stackin and I can’t get legal. Some very nice fish there. They’d make an Eradicator bend real nice. Hope you can stay on em.

My son is giving the Diplomat/Stella combo a workout skeet. Says he's breaking it in for me but I haven't seen it since last November other than putting new line on it. We are going to fish it again today.