More Than Crappie!

[Crestliner08]

Went out this morning for a couple of hours to do some crappie fishing. Fishing in general wasn't too bad. Got 4 small crappie, 1 bg and a 1 lb. LM, from shore.

However, that is not what this report is about! Hooked into something big about an hour ago. Something REALLY big. Fought that bad boy on my 2# test UL rig for about 15 - 20 minutes, before getting a brief glimpse of it near the shore line. Shortly after this brief visual, the hook pulled out - thankfully I might add - I was getting pretty pooped! At least my arm was. That 7' B n' M rod was fully doubled over for most of the fight.

A good sized carp she was. Hooked in the mouth too! Using a 1/16 oz. jig head and a 1 1/2" Panfish Assassin. (Go figure!) Stripped out my line several times, but thankfully didn't spool me. I kept the drag faily tight for the line test I was using. I would guess it to be about 12 - 15 pounds. Gold color. Fatty too!

Boy, is my casting arm sore! "Aleve" to the rescue!

[Sandwich Maker]

Nice to add some excitement some of the time! You got the fun of the fight without having to handle the slimy rascal.

[feeshrman]

15 years ago i caught one on light gear (11' B&M, 6lb test stren)that weighed 23lbs, i will never forget it. I fought that dude for 25 minutes with all i had in me, they are a tremendous fighters for sure.

[Dave and Lynn]

That is the best thing about crappie fishing. You can catch any fish in the lake. I have caught just about every spiecies of fresh water fish on a crappie jig or minnow setup. Even some rather large snapping turtles and softshells. You just never know.

[Dave and Lynn]

Oh great story by the way.

[NIMROD]

Sure got your blood pumping did'nt it? We catch all kinds of fish on jigs with some too big to land. I have seen Buffalo, Carp, Gar , Catfish, Bass, and Grinnel tear up yo stuff using jigs.

[DroptineJoe]

I caught one on 4lb test with my ultra light rod last week while I was crappie fishing with a tube jig!

[shipahoy41]

A little excitement with trying to land a mobster fish on ultralite is a fun thing. The old adage "Big fish eat little fish" is true. Sometimes those monster fish just want a night time snack. LOL

[NeonMoon]

No fillet pics?

They're fun to catch. I used to have a pond that had some bigguns' in it, once a year in the spring, we'd all go buy one of those kids Snoopy poles, and see who could catch a carp large-enough to rip the guts out of the reel. They're surprisingly tough.