Grenada Lake Monsters (day early and a day late!)
Well our crappie club had its Grenada tournament this past weekend. I headed up Thursday night so I could be on the water at daybreak Friday. I knew the wind was going to be an issue so I put in at the Grenada landing and planned to fish the South bank towards Gravesport. My partner and I started riding to see what cover would be fishable. We found our way to a creek and began to fish the mouth of it. We were trolling jigs and would straight pole tops when we would come up on one. This was producing some nice fish but not tournament fish. We made our way into the creek and slow trolled up towards the bank. The water was muddy and about 6 feet deep. We had black and chartreuse jigs on. As we inched towards the bank one of my poles bent down. I set the hook and it felt like a good fish. My partner immediately went for the net and a few seconds later I had my first 3 lb crappie in the boat. I immediately set the pole back in the holder to look at the fish. In the time it took to turn and look at this monster and turn around my pole was bent over again. My partner went for the net and to my amazement I had my second 3 pounder in the boat! Well we left the area in hopes of another big fish biting day of the tournament. We fished a few more areas but the excitement was a little to much and we ended up riding and showing the SLABS off!
Tournament day we return to our spot in high hopes. We were trolling jigs and began to catch fish. We had 4 nice fish in the boat but still not the ones we had hoped would be there. We had one hot spot were I pulled 5 two pound fish back to back. The bite was steady but wasn't enough. We had 20 keepers and weighed in a ten fish limit. Our weight was 18.02 lbs. Not a bad weight on any other lake but not enough for Grenada. We came in 17th place out of 47 boats. The winning weight was around 24 lbs!!!!
The day after part gets even better. My in-laws live in Grenada so I'm lucky enough to get to fish the lake a good bit. My father-in-law wanted to give them a try so I found my self back in the same spot I had fished the two days prior. We were there at daybreak and the bite was on. They were biting one after another. Go figure the day after you tear them up. We were catching some very nice fish when I set the hook and it felt familiar. I asked for the net and to my amazement I had boated another 3 pounder! So in a 3 day period I have caught a 3 pound even, 3 pound 9 ounces, and a 3 pound 4 ounces. I also caught a male that weighed 2.95 lbs. I plan to have the 3 big fish mounted together. What a weekend!!! Pictures to come!!!
Last edited by Mississippi Slab; 04-03-2006 at 06:45 AM.
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