trip to bethany

[KCMO CRAPPIESLAYER]

baller and i got up to bethany yesterday and fished from 4 til 8... fished 2 brushpile's in 12 ft of water bout 7 ft down... we cleaned 46, nothing real big just good 9 inch eater size... color did'nt seem to matter much, caught a few double's on a tandem rig... joedog came up and met us this morning, got on the water at 6:30. took joe over to the brushpile's and of course they were'nt there. started dipping the timber and there they were, the heat chased us off at noon, we managed 34 eater sized crappie, ed caught a 15 inch for a bonus kicker, kind of weird 80 9 incher's and then a teaser 15 incher. talked with joe and his crew, they were picking some up as well. don't know how they ended up, we did'nt get to say bye before we left. good seeing and talking with you and your crew joe. hope you guy's got some meat for the freezer!

[got crappie]

Nice job guys

[Smitty 79]

Glad you got on em and had a good trip

[bwillaub]

Good report, Jeffie. Was a beautiful day to be on the water.
Nice fish, Edward.

[grb22]

Sounds like a great trip. Good job gettin em! I bow hunt deer about 3-4 miles from Harrison Co Lake (I assume that's where you were), love that country. We go up to the lake to fill our water supply, a beautiful lake but never have fished it; too busy chasing the 4-legged critters when I'm there.

Just curious, did you eat at the Toot Toot? It is a tradition of ours for many, many years to eat at the Toot at least once every trip.

[bugman]

Thats what i call an action packed trip with a thumper to boot.......good job fellas.

PS. thats a fine lookin fish but that sorry lookin creature holdin it leaves a lot to be desired......BUTT UGLY!!!

[Joedog]

We weren't far behind you, Jeff...we got off the water at around 1:00. We cleaned 30 and had a fish fry last night. They were gone in no time. Thanks for the great day on the water. Good times!

[beagle man]

congrats to you all. nice report,keep em commin when you can.

[Joedog]

Oh, yeah....we focused most of our attention on the creek channel edges...right where the depth changed from ~5-6' to ~11-12'...it was a quick depth change and the fish were stacked in there. They got smaller as we got further to the back of the cove so we headed back to the mouth and got some bigger ones. None that went NEAR 15" but we got a few 10s mixed in with all the 9s. My nephew was using an orange/white Slab Buster and was killin' 'em on it. Closest I had was an orange/chart and that did better, but they bit on every color. That one just seemed to be better.

Trolled crankbaits for a bit, too. Got some nice ones that way, but the 3.5# LMB and 6.5# Channel Cat slowed down our trolling! They both went back in the water but were fun to catch on the 10' Ozark.

Oh...by the way...broke my first Ozark rod tip. Just the tip about an inch above the second eyelet. *sigh*

Incredible day nonetheless!

[old fuzzy]

Nice Catch U Guys

Hey Eddie Whats With All The Grey,,,Too Many Late Nights????