Chickamauga Crappie Fishing w/Bald Eagle Watching

[Kingfish1]

Beautiful day on the water. No wind and just a slight amount of current.

We put the boat in about 7:30 am and fished until about 2:00 pm. The water temp. averaged 53* to 54*.

We fished mostly with 1/32 oz. jigs with Bobby Garland Baby Shad (various colors). All of the BG were dipped with a chartruese tail light.

At one point in time I felt like someone was watching us. Looked up into a tree close by and a Bald Eagle was looking over my shoulder. Sure was a big bird! Majestic...just like a lion in the jungle.

We ended the day catching 61 with 24 keepers. The Crappie are getting more size to them. Mostly 11" to 12" with one right at 13".

[ritchierich]

nice catch! and great pics

[jimp]

nice day, gotta make my way down that way one of these days.

[lookingup]

OK. Great, heading out in the morning. Are they deep, in creeks or on main river?

[BAMA S]

Nice catch... we some Eagles on martin also usually see em early, they are fascinating to watch while you are ftshtng.

[slabbacks]

Thx for the pix...sounds like a great day on the water!

[Kingfish1]

OK. Great, heading out in the morning. Are they deep, in creeks or on main river?

Not kidding. They were all over the place. The bite was "on" lots better first thing in the morning. We were fishng bridge supports. The crappie averaged being at 8' to 10' in 25' fow. Hope this helps.

[Dave and Lynn]

Now that is why we fish. Scenery and getting on a good bite. Good job.

[sailfish1]

great post, thats a nice mess of slabs