Gaston 6/17

[mustfish]

Took the boat to Gaston today and fished with a former coworker I haven't fished with in years. It was great to catch up on old times and we hammered the Crappie while we were at it. We probably could have caught plenty of fish on jigs but we actually used 1/16 jig heads tipped with Gulp minnows. He has never really crappie fished and Gulps I think made it a little easier on him because the crappie were flying on them. The spots we fished were all in the 25 foot range near or actually in the main lake. We fished rock and a couple brush piles. For sheer outright excitement was the moment a four foot long blue catfish came crashing up on top and snatched a 12" crappie right off my line at about the same moment my friend was reaching out to net the crappie. It was crazy and glad I was able to see it. I also learned that white perch up to a pound each are being caught trolling cranks up and down the creek arms.

[JET4]

nice report and sounds like a very nice day.

[Ranger690]

That sounds like a lot of fun.

[Slab]

Fun for sure, thanks for sharing.

[mustfish]

One thing I've noticed since I started targeting crappie is the number of times Bass and other predatory fish come up and try to rip a struggling crappie off the line. There must be something about the vibrations that crappie cause in the water that initiates that strike reflex. I never saw that while catching other fish, not even bream.

[genec]

mustfish,good report,i had bass to do it on bream and on catfish and even on other bass,when they are exiced by the way a fish act a bass will hit everything,yes the crappies on gaston is on go,i just got so i do not post it much anymore,too many lookers on gaston and around RR they love information but are silent on giving any,if you live here long you will see what i am talking about,on buggs island people are much better,they give and takes