First T.A.R.P. Crappie

Me and Crappietime got out and fought the 17 mph winds and barometer at 30.29. We ended up w/ 4 crappie, a bass, and a bluegill fishing over by Hong Kong Island. We were "fine tuning" our slow trolling technique in 15 ft of water when we came across some guys leaving their spot because they limited out. Right after they left....BAM! She went about 15.25 inches long and 11 inches girth.

Bubba thought I was exaggerating again when I told him to get the net. :cool: :rolleyes:.

All fish were caught tight lining with minnows.

Note to self.....axe the double hook rig.


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thats cool that u guys got out there and fought that wind and caught some.p.s. tell your boy crappietime to come get these sticks

Nice job guys way to fight for em.

Good fish. You fellers are tough. I haveta pee too much to get out on windy days.:o

Thanks Sow we aint got the buddy seat on the front yet.So we had to take turns playing boat boy.I was working on a rod and then he hollars "Bubba Bubba BUBBA get the net"He said we got a hog on.I being the smartbutt I am told him to get his on net I was untangling one of the rods he messed up.But oh well a day on the water with wind or no wind fish or no fish is great as long as you are having fun.And when we are on the water we have fun if it is at our expense or someone elses.

good fish

Niceun!!!!

Nice Slab!

I'm beginning to think like Cane Pole. You shoulda seen me trying to go over the side with one foot on the tm pedal (with the tm on 5 power) today. Don't know why I didn't just get the coffee can out... Must've took the pic at home, no way you took money out of your pocket in the wind today.

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Originally Posted by fiddlefarter

Must've took the pic at home, no way you took money out of your pocket in the wind today.

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heck...I didn't want to take that money out of my pocket at home!:eek: As soon as I laid it down, Mrs ThrillSeeker came walkin out the house.:cool:

windy days suck yeah. Prolly didn't make the double rig a winner for you eh?
I've had limited success with 'em myself.

It takes real determination to get out on a day like yesterday. Glad you had a good day and great fish. My fix yesterday was walking to the pond and catching a few bass and 1 crappie and even then the wind was killing me. Since we are coming up on the windiest time of the year I guess I'll have to wear ear plugs to forgot how hard it's blowing if I want to fish.

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Originally Posted by yankee doodler

windy days suck yeah. Prolly didn't make the double rig a winner for you eh?
I've had limited success with 'em myself.

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Takes know-how.....;)

Well our report over here on Priest wasnt as good as yesterday we brought home 5 fish all over 12 inch.Tossed back about 4 that didnt meet our expectation.We didnt land any TARP fish today but hey we had fun.Had one that might would been close to it but hey turned in loose if crisco.I love how when you post the area you catch them in most specially a TARP fish and go by there the next day and it is covered up.....lol.....But that is okay we do plenty of homework on Priest and got many more spots other than one.

I cleaned 18 pretty good ones tonight when I got home. It wasn't too bad. I took a friend of mine and his 6 year old. We had a big ol time. I made him my net man and he caught a stripe and I netted it for him. And we chewed a whole bag of grape Big League Chew. Pretty fun afternoon. I might make them my new crappie fishin partners

That is one nice fish, Thrill. Way to go buddy. I sent you a PM asking about how yall did this weekend before I saw this thread. I guess you can ignore that one now :D.

Well went back this morning on Priest trying to get my TARP fish so Thrill wont be the only one out of my boat get one.Caught 6 fish and kept 5 that was over 11 inch didnt get the TARP but the wind was coming in hard so I pulled up came home.Needed to get back here and decide how big pond I want to have dug and what shape.