IT February 22, 2014

[Idunno]

I went fishing down in Carolina again on Saturday morning, and had a real good trip. That creek is a very beautiful place to make the morning run:

Sometimes, I wonder if I should just stay in bed, and go fishing later in the morning. On other days, I know exactly why I try my best to get there before the sun comes up. This past Saturday was one of those days:

Those sunrises truly are a blessing, but I they aren't the main focus of my efforts--let's not forget what we really get out of bed for:

After that spectacular sunrise, I was treated to a very good fishing trip. I only counted five other boats during the half-day fishing trip I made, and I figured that was not bad for a beautiful, calm and warm Saturday. I ended up catching 26 crappie before leaving shortly after noon. I don't normally keep that many fish when I go, but this time I kept my limit of 20 fish. I was regretting it during fish-cleaning time, but was smiling when I put those bags of fillets in my freezer. I was pushing 4 baits on long rods in front of the boat, and tight-lining 2 shorter rods on each side. As I usually do, I sweetened jigs with minnows for bait. I caught these fish about 8 feet deep in 12 feet of water. The fish were hungry, and bit any color I put out. Water clarity was fair to good, and the temperature had risen from what it was two weeks earlier, 38 degrees, to 51 degrees. A couple of the biggest fish were just a little over 13 inches long:

Here is what I took home:

Good luck everyone. I hope you get to have some fun fishing, real soon. Dean