Reelfoot 11/28/12

[Tennessee Trey]

Sunrise greeted a foggy morning on the lake. It was quite erie traveling across the stump field with only 20 ft of visibility. You could hear a few other adventurous souls wandering thier way to favorite spots but not see them. They sounded as if they were right next to you. I expected a slow day with the high pressure system sitting right on top of me and I was right. Started the morning working my new spider rigging poles with minnows. After a hour with no luck other than a huge stripper I spiced things up a bit by jigging stumps within reach while I trolled. Picked of a fish here and there over the next hour all on my jig pole and said the heck with trolling. Put away the rods and started working through my colors on the jig pole. The bite was inconsistent as I expected with no real pattern. I just kept working away at it and when I packed it in at noon I had 11 fish in the cooler. Couple of nice ones and a few that just barely made the table to feed the family. All in all a nice day with little wind and it warmed up nicely when the sun broke through.
Big fish caught on a 1/8 pink head with hot pink tube jig. Used everything in my box on the rest.
Looking forward to learning how to fish this lake during the winter.
Tight lines

[skeetbum]

A good day with tough conditions always makes em taste better. Good job.

[jimp]

you ran the tables in the size dept for sure. Glad it was a good day for you.

[crappie4me2]

Good deal man!! I would have loved to been there today. I got this picture this morning from a buddy and I hope the folks and boat are ok. Did you see this when you were there today?[ATTACH=CONFIG]107844[/ATTACH

[ReelfootYankee]

Man Dude! Thats Bad and would'nt wish that on my worst enemey? Well i no we been takeing a beate'n @ we given up on keystone! Going to start runnen and Gunnen Like CRACKER? My Cousen's boat been in the water i can count on finger's and the $ Amount for him is Crazey w/wrapped rebar? U no my boat notte'n prettie! Never no pun intended Guy's i feel for us!

[crappie4me2]

Yeah man Cracker is the man!! I gotta get out there soon or I'm gonna go crazy!!

[ReelfootYankee]

Can't wait till we get some rain and the lake get's to regular, Hang in there you'll b there for u no it!

[ReelfootYankee]

Sorry Tn. Trey didnt mean to Hi-Jac your thread, Them sure r some reel nice fish! Got cuaght up in the drama, of BOAT REPAIR! Nice to meet'cha, John!

[arkcrappie]

You caught enough for supper!! That's always good. Besides that, those big crappie look good in pictures, those small ones taste really good!!!

[Tennessee Trey]

No worries on the hijack! That looks like my ramp but I was the first boat in the water yesterday so missed it. Because of the strange acoustics associated with the fog I did hear quite a bit of hollering from that direction early in the morning!
In Port Canaveral I saw a guy dump 30ft Contender with twin 275 Zuks onto the ramp pulling it out of the water. Nice little dockside bar and grill called Grills is right by the public ramps. We would go there often to watch the catch come in and to see the crazy antics at the ramp. Big fun!!