Thread: Gourmet Panfish.

You did have some good times, and it gets better? I wouldn’t be able to sleep in anticipation. Thanks for taking us along.

Great report and pics!!

Very nicely done. I thought for sure with the title "Gourmet Panfish"... I was going to see piles of golden fillets with french fries, hush puppies, and coleslaw.
You certainly had a great day of it with a mixed bag of fine eatin' fish (not just panfish) for sure and lots of catchin' fun. Thanks for sharing.

Originally Posted by jawjatek

I want to drive up and fish there one time, at least.

The best time for that is spring....

Regards

Thanks for the comments. I went back yesterday and not a bluegill to be found...not even little ones. I did however get into to the crappie....27 brought to hand with most being at the 12 inch mark. Was a lot of fun catching them on the Diplomat Extreme. That water needs to cool so the bluegill can make their fall run there.


Regards

Nice crappies and the water looks great, thanx for the pics!

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Originally Posted by Alphahawk

Thanks for the comments. I went back yesterday and not a bluegill to be found...not even little ones. I did however get into to the crappie....27 brought to hand with most being at the 12 inch mark. Was a lot of fun catching them on the Diplomat Extreme. That water needs to cool so the bluegill can make their fall run there.


Regards

Hey I watched the video of this trip and really enjoyed the camera angle and the twitching demonstration. Seeing the tip on the hook set and twitching cadence would be even more informative. I did notice that all those Slabs were netted, and they needed it as they looked like they had some shoulders . One thing I noticed and maybe you can help here, the bending curve on a couple of the 12in fish did not look as pronounced as it does from the chest camera view. You have said many times this is the softest rod you own and I just assumed the softness was felt and shown in the deeper curve of the blank, but it doesn't look that way on the one dimensional video screen. Just trying to get a visual feel for this rod versus the Finetail Area Stage that I have. Thanks for the videos and great catch!

Awesome Randy! I am the chair of the Walleye Management Team at AGFC and I recently gave a presentation to the Commission on Walleye management in Arkansas. One of my take home messages to the Commission was that although only ~7% of Arkansan's say that Walleye is one of their top three fish they go after, almost ALL anglers keep a legal sized Walleye. They are (debatably) Arkansas' most tasty fish!