Hartwell Report 5/7/16

[MThook]

David was kind enough to invite us down to try that beautiful border lake Saturday nite. We headed dow just after lunch and picked up my crew on the way down 85. BigDawgg and Fisherfore joined in for the fun.
Once we got on the water we ran about 30 minutes under 3 bridges( one of which went over 75 feet of water I wasn't sure if the boat would float in that deep of water).
We got set up un=der the 3rd bridge and settled in and waited for the bite. It wasn't too long before a Hickory Shad came over the rail. Then a crappie then more Shad a few Crappies and a lot more Shad came on board.
I got the biggest Crappie, Fisherfore got several larger Shad, the Dogaww had worked all day and wasn't into the battle so he only boated a few fish then took over control of the captains chair and began to sound like a rooting hog. :-)
The Hartwell crew left about midnight, since we didn't have anywhere to be we stuck it out till 3:30 and headed to the dock ay 4mph. It was so dark...how dark was it. We had the spot light out watching for floating debris and 2 eyes not he depth finder and gps to find out way back to the dock. Not many boats out at O' Dark 30.
We bedded down for a couple hours had breakfast and headed home.The final Crappie count was about 18, untold number of Shad, plus two Herring that went into the live well for later in the week. Yes, we caught 2 Herring on Crappie minnows.
We all had a great time even without much sleep.
I'm finding I'm not as young as I used to be these long trips are getting harder each time.
Fisherfore will post some pictures, he was the staff photographer for the trip.

[Eatmorecrappie]

Glad y'all had a good time and caught some fish. What about Engineman and the rest? Thanks for the report.

[MThook]

David will have to report on what they caught, I saw some Shad and a few crappie come out of the water on his boat. The bulk of ours were 8-9 inch fish with only one of any size

[Inkdabber]

Very nice, glad you guys were able to get out and catch a few.

[FisherFore]

Here are the pictures I took.
We had a great time. Met some more good C.C folks and caught a few fish. Had some laughs and got to know each other better.
A special to David for the invite to come down and sample his lake. A very Special Thank you to Scooperdude and BigDawgg for having me with them and sharing a boat seat and knowledge of there craft. I really enjoyed being made to feel a part of the group. Thank you guys for everything. Again must say C.C has the best and most awesome folks.

[FisherFore]

Sorry the pics turned on me.

[Inkdabber]

Sideways or not, those are good, vivid pics. Congrats to all, looks like a nice time with some decent fish caught.

Sorry the pics turned on me.

[BigDawgg]

Glad I could tag along with all my pain. Sorry if it bothered you'll. I felt comfortable that you'll would do good after I showed you what a crappie looked like. LOL I was not in any shape to last as long as you two were. Thanks for letting me tag along and it was fun until I got sleepy. But better times are coming again. Thanks for the invite David, it was a pleasure to meet you and your friends. Hope you can make it up here for the Clash. But you know you and your friends are welcome anytime up here on Wylie. That's Grady and Neil for your patience with me.

[FisherFore]

You was no problem BD. We just hate you was in pain and didn't feel the MOJO. Like you said better times are coming.
Feel better soon.