Printable View
Between being beat black and blue by the wind and trolling motor foot switch problems, I was able to catch a few nice crappie. The water temp coming out of Shutes Branch was for the most part 53° which is much lower than the 56° to 59° last week, and the water is still very stained from last weeks flooding.
Nice catch, Rudy. I went out for a little while, but the wind was insane and I went back to the house.
Black Crow you are correct the wind was insane at times but I was able to hide from it most of the time, between it and the toggle switch on the foot controller on my trolling motor going bad ( a $12.48 part ) finally ran me off the water. Then to beat all it took 3 tries to get boat on the trailer because crosswinds kept blowing me off... but did bring dinner home.
Thats a real pig .Must be over 2 lb Great job
Good lookin' fish. Great job!
Good gracious everyone must took today off work.I got the Stewarts Creek ramp to launch and there was not a parking space available so grass here I came.Started out shallow and got 5-6 mix bag of yellow and crappie.Then went to my deep holes and got about another miix bag of 4-5 yellow and crappie.Wind was kicking but oh well it beats working.
nice catch
not bad for a rough day.at least u got to go i had to work:(
Nice catch man!
Well I did work a half day then left at 12:00 lunch time heading to the bait shop for some minnows, and you guys are right any time spent fishing is better than working.
good job
Nice catch and good job away from work.
Sounds like a great dinner!
Hey Rudy, I fished Shutes on the 8th too, but I only caught one keeper so I turned him loose. This will make you laugh. My trolling motor switch went out on wed. too! I replaced it and went to cedar creek on thursday. The water in Cedar Creek was much clearer than Shutes on Wed. The water temp in Cedar Creek always seems to be a few degrees warmer. I guess because the water is farther off the main channel and is shallower for the most part it has a chance to warm up faster.
Nice catch too! I will have to look for you the next time I'm at Shutes. I left shortly after 12pm since my trolling switch was out. I was probably gone before you got there.
I did not get there until 12:45.... your trolling motor switch went out Wednesday as well is just weirdly funny, I had to go to Hendersonville yesterday to Marine Electric Service off New Shackle Island Road to purchase the little switch for $12.68, the guy Mike who owns the shop is a real nice guy and seems to be very savvy marine electronics he is also a certified Mercury Dealer and mechanic he also works on trolling motors as well, took me about 10 minutes to install the switch. The crappie had a reprieve from me on Thursday but come this weekend its on.