Labor Day Fishing Report

[Fisher-o-Men]

A little late posting, but I did finally get to pull some jigs with a measure of success. I took a couple of friends out on Labor Day Monday morning and was somewhat shocked to see an empty boat ramp. It was probably 2 hrs before I saw the first angler other than us. Of course I took full advantage by telling my folks that I "spared no expense in reserving the entire lake just for us, and on a Holiday no less!"

Like Butch says, we went looking for bait, and when we found it, we found the fish. Blues and blacks seemed to produce best, although a number of colors got eaten. I can never seem to put together the crazy number days that Butch can, but we put 52 fish in the cooler which included 5 catfish and a largemouth bass, along with a fair number of throwbacks...Oh yes, one more thing, as we were reeling in the lines at the trip's end, we had a hard strike and a long battle ensued. I felt sure it was a big catfish, maybe even a prized flathead, but when it emerged....well, I was speechless! I took a picture to prove it was real, but below you will see an excellent example of the extremely rare "golden crappie" ....all it needs is a massive pile of hush puppies alongside!!