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Hi Peeps!
I finally caught a Big-n Well it's a Big-n in my eyes anyway :D 2lb.5oz White Sac-A-Lait. The only problem is, I can't catch more then 2 or 3 a day and they generally run about 1lb What am I doing wrong
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Well, Beth ..... the only thing I can see that you are "doing wrong", is you are putting the fish in an aquarium full of water -- rather than a iron skillet full of hot grease ....... :D
Seriously though ..... I don't know that you are doing ANYTHING wrong. A couple of 1lb Crappie, on any trip, is a successful trip ... IMHO ! I'll assume that you're in Louisiana (or near it) ... since you called them Sac-a-lait. Tell us what waters you're fishing, and how & what with .... should be some local boys/girls on here, that can offer you some suggestions on how to increase your "numbers". ....... luck2ya ...... cp
So when you have a hankerin for some crappie do you just net a few out of the tank? That's what I call fresh fish!!!!! Nice Beth. Everything looks fine to me...Smedley
Scott
That's a dandy white.
NEED MORE COWBELL!!
JD
Hey Beth can you post about your tank that are holding the fish I would like to know how long some of them have been in there and what up keep there is to the tank Thanks Big George
Awesome tank. Someday I'd like to build a place with a walltank and fill it full of big crappie.
Good things come to those who bait.
Sorry about the abrupt departure this morning...... the Sac-A-Lait were calling my name
Thanks Hot Spot
Hi Crappie Pappy.....
Believe it or not......... a few do make it to the hot skillet..... I'm not really that much into eating fish... but I do find that crappie and red fish are pretty good tasting fishWell, Beth ..... the only thing I can see that you are "doing wrong", is you are putting the fish in an aquarium full of water -- rather than a iron skillet full of hot grease .......
I found a little structure in a pond that I can only seem to find 2 or 3 in dailySeriously though ..... I don't know that you are doing ANYTHING wrong. A couple of 1lb Crappie, on any trip, is a successful trip ... IMHO !
sometimes twice a day morning and evening.
You assumed right Destrehan just west of The Big Easy...I'll assume that you're in Louisiana (or near it) ... since you called them Sac-a-lait.
Well..... I spend ALOT of time in the Bonnet Carrie Spillway and a private pond in Laplace LA a little east from Destrehan. I've tried several different jigs, live minnows, grass shrimp and night crawlers. Yesterday I caught 5... 4 on night crawlers...... and 1 I hooked in the belly shhhhh... don't tell anyone :DTell us what waters you're fishing, and how & what with .... should be some local boys/girls on here, that can offer you some suggestions on how to increase your "numbers".
After I posted this morning, I went out to the to the same spot I fished yesterday and caught 2 more white crappie.... probably a little over 1lb and just under 2lbs and I also caught a hybrid white bass...... The crappie were caught on live minnows and the bass on a night crawler. I'll take a couple of pics shortly
Hi Smedley
lol!!! I haven't quite brought myself to do that yet....So when you have a hankerin for some crappie do you just net a few out of the tank? That's what I call fresh fish!!!!! Nice Beth. Everything looks fine to me...Smedley
Thanks
Hi Reelfun.....
ThanksThat's a dandy white.
Hi There Big George.....
Well George........ I went out fishing about 4 1/2 months ago and thought those crappie were kinda cool looking and I didn't really feel like cleaning them ........soooooo .... I decided to just throw them in the tank. I do water changes 30% to 50% 2 to 3 times a week. Something I've come acustom to after raising and breeding tropical fish for awhile. The reason for all the wc's are there are now 16 crappie 3 striped sleeper gobies 1 channel catfish 3 longear perch and 1 pleco in the tank..... The way I feed these guys (very heavy ) they poop a bunch.... I want to keep the nitrates down to a minimum. The tank is 150 gals. I don't use the heaters at all. I have 2 Aqua Clear 500 hob (hang on back) filters. I use water straight from the tap.... ph is about 7..... hmmmm what else ..... I used pool filter sand for the substrate the driftwood came from my fishing holes along with most of the plants. I can't think of anything else... if you have any other questions about it ... I'll try to answer them hereHey Beth can you post about your tank that are holding the fish I would like to know how long some of them have been in there and what up keep there is to the tank
Hi Griz
ThanksAwesome tank. Someday I'd like to build a place with a walltank and fill it full of big crappie.
Thanks Again Everyone
Beth..... the crappie queen wannabe