Reply With QuoteNice fish, better dinner. I caught a mayfly hatch once, a white rooster tail couldn't move 6" without getting hammered. Lasted 3 days, wife was mad by the time it was over. Tight lines.
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Smack down on slabs with amayfly hatch happening
An old friend...Kenny and I went out for some walleyes.Hit the lake about 5 and nothing was showing on the electronics.
I worked this break expecting better but did not hardley mark a fish so I thought to move to another break.
So we get to the next break in 10-13 fow and I saw a school of fish. After a few light tappity taps I'm thinks crappies. So on one of the trips through the school I had marked a way point on the gps. Now we are back to that way point and there they were.....drop anchors quick I thought.
I had 6 Grandts with me all done up with THE Jig on the 2 uls and 2 were set for running plastics while trolling and two were set up with slip bobbers.
I baited up Kenny and got him out there. By the time I could get a ul ready he had the 1 st slab on!
They were coming pretty good as we both went with my two uls and T.H.E. Jig.
They were cookie cutters in that 11" range.Boy did we put the smack down on them.
There was this fly hatch and soon we started to see them rolling all over the surface.
Boy did we have a blast.
It was one of those things that you just ran into be accident ,but we made quick work of filling our limits as 8 bell was approaching and soon after the golden hour for eyes.
Getting ready for eyes!
We had a gas with them too although many good eaters...not much for size except this fellar.
It was a tad over 18"
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Nice fish, better dinner. I caught a mayfly hatch once, a white rooster tail couldn't move 6" without getting hammered. Lasted 3 days, wife was mad by the time it was over. Tight lines.
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Great post, thanks for the pictures.
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Nice fishing and great looking fish.
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Oh to have been there with a flyrod while they feasting on those big flies. Rarely get crappie on the top, that'd been a hoot. Nice job gettin' into them.
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that's awesome
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Great catch Keith.
Thanks for the pics and vid. Love it when it all comes together like that.
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Talk about running into to great bite.Went back the next day...wind switched...blew all of the food out and could not touch a one. I was still marking them ,but they had to have been stuffed.
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good fishin, way to go.
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