Thread: 25% of them were over 14"

Just last week Western Branch was down nearly 3', amazing how quickly it's filled back up. Anywho, I headed to my same hole that produced 85 last week and got this 13" (1lb 4oz) early on with a Bobby Garland Baby Shad.



This color produced well for me last week, too bad this would be the only crappie it would catch me today. I caught an 11"er and 12"er then the bite shut off. Last week I caught most of the crappie off the bottom, today zero. After around 4-5 hours of absolutely nothing, I caught a 14"'er that was 1lb 9oz. I caught it 12' down with a minnow. Here it is with the 13"er.



So, 4 crappie of which one was over 14" hence, 25% of them were over 14". :D

The water was not as muddy as I thought it would be. Temp was 57-58. I also caught one green carp and a striper that almost pulled my pole into the water. Oh well, hopefully things will settle down by next Saturday.

Those are some nice ones Tap! may i suggest letting another member of your family or maybe one on the K-9s hold the fish for the pics. i was just watching UFC and you scared me again!

Nice Slabs once again Tapp!

nice catch

That's not fair i want to catch big crappie like those.

and i thought i was a die hard. still a good job with all this nasty weather. it's 4:45 in the a/m and i'm trying to decide where to go. i know the N/W river will be torn up. may hit the suffolk lakes this morning. that is why i kept my 9.9 motor. have not used it after i got my 25 merc. tite lines jim.b

Good job Tap. I stopped by the James yesterday. It is still looking pretty rough.

4 is better than zero - at least you got out and tried! Good going.:D

That's a nice looking pair of fish! 13s and 14s are always exciting to catch. Bigger ones have to be there, too.

nice job tap those are some pretty looking fish. what a pair