Thread: Shellcrackers and one lone crappie 5/07/2018

There I wuz, left alone when my wonderful wife decided that she didn't want to get up and go cracker fishing before the sun came up. She did get up and take me to the lake and drop me off and went back home to bed. Grin.

I hit an old standby cracker bed and caught a few nice sized ones early. After the sun came up, the fish slowed down, so I decided to look in different places for them. I managed to catch one more shellie in an old bed that I haven't fished in years. Also caught some nice sized bluegills in there too. Eventually, I ended back up on the first spot only to find another boat had moved in on the beds. I spoke to the man and wife/girlfriend and stayed clear of where they wanted to fish. I eased back out and caught two more very nice sized crackers on the original spot. I saw several more fish on the beds, but when I hooked the 2nd fish, it spooked all the rest off the beds.

I decided then to check one or two spots for crappie. They were no shows at the two spots that I tried. By this time, it is 10ish or so and I called Wanda and told here that I would be within eyesight of the ramp at Tyner Lane. We live about 3/4 of a mile from the ramp, so I had time for 4 or 5 casts on some deep brush that we put out years ago. I had a couple of nibbles from fish on the first two casts, but they were not taking the bait. So, I put some powerbait on the jig and caught a 9" crappie on the next cast. I had time for one more cast and this fish turned out to be a 15.25" White crappie (tarp sized). I measured it and took a couple of pics. Looked at the ramp which was about 1/4 mile away and saw Wanda backing the trailer down the ramp. So I hightailed it to the ramp. I released the crappie. I normally don't keep TARP sized crappie unless they are mortally wounded.

I'm going to do some kind of fishing in the morning. I just haven't decided what to do yet. Grin.