Thread: Big fish bonanza!!!

For those whom wish to stay inside and enjoy the coolness of the air conditioner let tell you this, you are missing out on some outstanding fishing. As most of you guys know the heats not going to keep me from doing what I love, which is crappie fishing. In particular, jigging for crappie using one pole in a vertical presentation. I made a comment a few weeks back that I thought a big fish bite would happen once the water settled down a bit. Well, the water settled, the power company wasn't trying to drain it by pulling the plug and the fish turned it on! Not only were they biting but some truly slab crappie were jumping on my jigs like they haven't eaten in a week. On Thursday, I arrived to the lake at 9:00am. I got on the fish in short order. Very little culling was needed as all the fish were jumbo in size. As is usually the case, not all brush held fish. But the ones that did almost always held several. I fished a couple of hours and the limit was done. On Friday, I arrived at the lake at 6:00am. I took the time to freshen a couple of brush piles by sinking a few big limbs. After the chores were done I preceded to my first spot. The jig was flipped out and "BAM" a 1.8 pound slab was in the net. I'm thinking this is going to be a cake walk. I fished the next 2 1/2 hours catching only one more fish. I was nearing the end of my brush milk run, with only had 4 brush piles left when it happened. Each of the remaining four held multiple big fish that engulfed my offerings like there was no tomorrow. The limit was done and a fantastic couple of days came to a sad end. I also boated another 20 pound flat head catfish after a nearly 15 minute battle. I placed numerous pics below but they just don't do a real good job of showing what a great limit of fish they are. You will be hard pressed to find two 20 fish limits caught anywhere in this state better then these two days. Ya'll stay in that air conditioned house in you want to! Me, I'm going to be out there trying to catch me a batch of those "BIG Ol' GOODUNS".



2.2 pound slab caught on Thursday.



On the ruler she comes in a shade under 16".



Thursday's box shot.



A grown white fish.



She's a little over 15"

Those are two limits for the books!!!! Especially in July! I sure wish the big fish were still biting on my end of the lake right now. I can't seem to find them anywhere.