Haha! Woohoo! Yippee!

Yes gentlemen, I had to go to school today, and I sat, like the good student, in class all day. Got home and me and Jennifer made it to the lake around 6:30. Didn't expect alot, but you can't catch no fish if you stay at home. So we went.

No no. We didn't catch a limit or even close to it, but she caught the biggest crappie that I've seen in a long time or maybe even forever. She lost two more that were as big or almost as big as her big one, and I caught a couple that we had to throw back. In roughly an hour and a half of fishing we caught four keepers (a better daily limit than ONE), lost two more fine fishes, caught two dinks, and a bass. NO DRUMS AT ALL!

Satdoc and Torch, we went back to the East side of Long Branch and fish there in about 2fow like ya'll said. We fished across the channel on both sides, letting the wind push us along. It was a little breezy, but probably about the right speed for trolling. We're going to go back out tomorrow morning, and I may end up out there all day...just depending on how the fish act.

Here are a few pictures of them. The first one, Jennifer looks like she's holding a monster, but the second one makes it look more realistic. The third one is just of the four that we kept. Her big fish was just under 16". We don't have scales so I can't give ya'll a weight. She was heavy and loaded with eggs. 3 of the 4 were females. I kinda felt bad for catching them. Ain't we killing the population catching all these females? I won't feel bad when we eat them though!

Good job those are nice.

nice job

Attaboy Max...stay on em!

Nice fish!! I couldn't find anything but short fish out there today. However, the keepers that I did catch were pretty good fish.

Thank you guys, and we had a great time out there. Hey MSU, where were you fishing today?

Great fish Max, I'm excited for ya! That big one is a really good fish. I especially like that you have already figured out the extended arms trick (they look bigger in the pic when you hold them out away from ya)! She should be proud of that fish, and rub it in continuously that she caught it, not you!:D

Hahaheeheehaha!

Navy, you are ever so correct about her braggin' rights. She has definitely whooped me up good, and being the little angel that she is, she doesn't mind pointing that fact out to me. I don't mind it though. I'm glad she caught it. Plus, I did get to use the dipnet to bring it in the boat, and more importantly, I'll be getting to eat it! So, I'm not entirely excluded from the process. I just get to endure her braggin' and fun-poking cause she is a better fisherman than me...but I can't argue with results!

Congrats Miss Jennifer. Thats a hog!!!

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Thank you guys, and we had a great time out there. Hey MSU, where were you fishing today?

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Pretty much the same general area that ya'll fished, I left at about 5.

Way to go Max, I am having a stroke to get back over, but wife has a honey dew list. Stay on them cause it won;t last long.

Way to go. Don't feel bad either, my wife has put the hurt on me before too, just be glad you've got one who will go with you!

Dang, nice fish. And Jennifer is dang cute too. Looks ticked to death with that fish to boot.

Note to self: Be nicer to Max. :)

Wannabe...

Wannabe...

Max,
I got to go back this mornin and fished the same area, even with the bad wind , still managed 11 good keepers. threw back probably 25 or 30 dinks. Fish in there any time you have free cause it aint gonna do anything but get better. hope to see you over there again in the future.:D

the only reason i left was my trollin motor konked out and wouldnt steer.

Those are nice fish- and you earned them with the wind. I hope to go Sunday am early, but school has me on a short leash also and its awful hard to get away. Congrats and enjoy!

We went back out there this morning. Put in between 6 and 6:30, and the water was calm as glass. As soon as we got our poles out...BAM...we had two big ole fine crappies. Then we took turns throwing out dinks. Satdoc, I don't think we had as many as you, but we sure were catching them little rascals. Some of them were just tiny. A few were right on 12" and it broke my heart to throw them back. But I can't afford to buy them fishes, so we opted for the better safe than sorry routine. Fished till about 9:30ish. By then the wind was more than we cared for, and we had to open the store anyway. We went back this afternoon and caught a few more keepers, several more dinks, but the wind was much better.

I'm going to get me a BCM flag and fly it off my boat. So when any of you guys see the flag on the water, ya'll can come on up and say howdy.

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Release to the Grease...
Way to go. Don't feel bad either, my wife has put the hurt on me before too, just be glad you've got one who will go with you!

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Right you are. I'm blessed and the only good thing I'll say about myself is that I'm smart enough to know it. By the way, she beat me again today! I discovered this morning that my job is Equipment Operator. It means that I handle the net, motor, and loading and unloading, and she controls the fishing poles. Now she sits in the front seat, and I stand behind her with my net! Now, I don't have to worry about her beating me no more...I get partial credit for all the fish!

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Those are nice fish- and you earned them with the wind. I hope to go Sunday am early, but school has me on a short leash also and its awful hard to get away. Congrats and enjoy!

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Trout, I'm hoping to get back out there tomorrow morning too. I'm hoping for a light rain with no lightening cause that mess will send me running for cover. What kind of school are you doing?

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Dang, nice fish. And Jennifer is dang cute too. Looks ticked to death with that fish to boot.

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Thank you...for recognizing both the beauty of the fish and my good luck in finding a good looking woman with good heart who felt sorry enough for me to marry me! She was having a time holding that fish. When I handed it to her, I don't think she was expecting it to weigh as much as it did.

When you think you might head over this way again, give me a holler. I'll meet you out there if there's anyway to get away from my exam schedule. Don't worry, I'll just follow you around and ask questions while trying to mimic whatever it is that you do!

Unless...you go across the lake. Then I'll just have to sit and watch you ride off. My poor motor needs buried...no it needs more work than its worth. BUT my cheap butt is trying to get one more year out of it. One more one more.

Hey BCM -

Congrats buddy! Those are mughty good fish and I'm glad you're on a roll. Looks like the warmer weather might finally be turning 'em on. I can't wait to get down there myself. Miss Jennifer is a mighty good fishin' partner for ya. Son, you married up!

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When you think you might head over this way again, give me a holler. I'll meet you out there if there's anyway to get away from my exam schedule. Don't worry, I'll just follow you around and ask questions while trying to mimic whatever it is that you do!

Unless...you go across the lake. Then I'll just have to sit and watch you ride off. My poor motor needs buried...no it needs more work than its worth. BUT my cheap butt is trying to get one more year out of it. One more one more.

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If the rain will come on through today and it clears out by mornin, me and torch are talkin about Sunday am early. We will call you on the way if the weather will permit.

Good fish......did you measure the fish...it looks like a whopper...

way to go...

Gar, it was just under 16". I tried every way I could to stretch it, but I couldn't get it there. She was a big ole gal.

What do you guys use to weigh your fish? We've got to get some scales, and I don't know what I'm looking for. Something like regular bathroom scales where I weigh myself without fish and then weigh with fish, or something made specifically for weighing fish?

nice catch, glad the wifey got to show you how to do it

Did you post on the Big Crappie Thread??

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When you think you might head over this way again, give me a holler. I'll meet you out there if there's anyway to get away from my exam schedule. Don't worry, I'll just follow you around and ask questions while trying to mimic whatever it is that you do!

Unless...you go across the lake. Then I'll just have to sit and watch you ride off. My poor motor needs buried...no it needs more work than its worth. BUT my cheap butt is trying to get one more year out of it. One more one more.

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What kind of a boat and motor you operating with?? Ferdi aka Fred

Max nice fish, keep it up you'll learn a bit more with every day on the water. And, as far as hurting the population by keeping the females... biologists suggest keeping the females and releasing the males, as the males are more important in the spawning process. But, I wouldn't worry about it , keep both. Crappie are prolific spawners.

you GOT to burn that shirt she has on. OLE MISS. GOOD GRIEF hehehe GO DAWGS

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you GOT to burn that shirt she has on. OLE MISS. GOOD GRIEF hehehe GO DAWGS

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Hahaha! I grew up a MSU fan, but they forgot to put a law school on campus! So, by nature of the considerable financial contribution I've made to Ole Miss over the years, we're now poster-kids for the university! Forgive us!

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What kind of a boat and motor you operating with?? Ferdi aka Fred

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Fred, our motor is a 1972 (same age as ME!) 25hp Johnson Seahorse. I'm going to get a new fuel pump for it today or tomorrow, and hopefully, we'll be back in business by Wedenesday.

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Did you post on the Big Crappie Thread??

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That's a negative. I'll try to put it out there so everyone can see how badly I got beat!

As long as the fish is caught in your boat, I do not worry about who exaclty catches it....just as much fun being the witness.....

Now that's a fish. Woo Hoo! You go, girl.

I got me another fuel pump (got one about a month ago, tried to put it on, had to adjust the positions of the inlet and outlet and lost some parts) put it on, and broke it! Luckily, I had the other new one that still had the part I needed, thank God.

Got out on the water around 5ish. Fooled around with the motor for a little while and started fishing around 6. We loaded up about 8, so all in all we had a good two hours fishing. Between 7 and 7:30, the fish started biting. We had four poles out, and we finally got to see some multiple crappie hooking! We had three fish on at the same time. One of them had to be thrown back though, or it would've been a cooler story...get it a "cooler" story.

But we ended up with 6 big enough to keep. No monsters, but all good eating fishes.

Oh, one more thing. We caught every fish on the same chartreuse curly tailed jig. They wouldn't bite anything else we tried. That was all they wanted.

Here are the 6 we kept...just like showing 'em!

Don't feel bad about going to OM. My daughter went for 1 year. To much Captain Morgan so needless to say, she ain't there no more LOL I tried to get my Ex to let her do more when she was younger and no be as strict on her but NOOOOOO, she woldn't listen. I did the same thing when I was a teen. Mom and Dad sheltered me, heck I had to be home by 10:30 as a senior in HS. Got to college the FIRST TIME and went nuts. Drank to much, played to mush Basket ball and pool. Did win ALOT of money playing pool cause it of though LOL I had to go to work for a coupole years building Lay-z-boy chairs at night before I got my act together. Guess that apple fell right under the tree. LOL Ya'll doing good bud, proud of ya.
P.S. you did good on a wifey, she is cute. LOL

Yeah, there are a lot of people up here with a little too much Captain in them. I would almost certainly have had the problem if I hadn't been 31 when I started college. I'm guessing my wild days were way behind me by then. Playing pool is an honest living! Probably not what mom and dad had in mind when they sent you to college, but it's nice to have a talent/skill to fall back on if times get hard. AND...who don't love La-Z-Boy???? Who? Nobody that's who!

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Thank you sir. It's about time I got it right. I was married twice before, and those were mistakes in the very essence of the word "mistake".

Good ole East Central Junior College WAHOOOOO This is your 3rd one as well? Mine to and I couldn't be happier. Just have to find one thats not TO CRAZY LOL Contgrats bud and you're welcome under my bridge anytime this coming winter!!!