Great pics! Thanks for sharing ! That had to be an awesome !and you made him and his wife’s day!
So here we go , I am on my lunch break and down at a spot that's popular on a creek . Trucks lined up forever and I say oh my I do think there is a bite today . I watch 3 fellas head toward my favorite location and sigh ....they go kinda fast down the path ....and then ....walk right by one of the best spots on the creek ?
I know it aint right but I snickered a bit and hoofed it that way with a chuckle and rod ready to put it on the fish I was sure were ready to get ripped up . So here we go first pitch , twitch float GONE ! Second pitch one twitch float GONE ! Third pitch one twitch float GONE ! After about a dozen in a row and its like I cant do anything wrong I notice an old boy across the creek spying on me .I pay no never mind though and keep up with the blasting them . He inches down the bank a couple of feet every fish . I am still pounding them at around 25 or more in a row and have not lost a fish or missed a fish yet ......
Its like some kind of ridiculous on fire , and I mean like call the fire department on fire and I aint kidding around . Next thing you know I hear foot steps behind me and here comes my spy
He seems nice and is just watching from about 10 feet away and I pay him very little attention other than hello when he first walked up . Then he engages conversation and asks me "are you a professional fisherman" ?
I said no sir I just love ketchn fish and continue the onslaught on them lips as we chat , just snapping photos ripping lips and tossing back nice ones .....then he asks me if I eat fish as he cranes his head to see my set up and I say yep and I am having some for dinner tonight btw....but I couldn't possibly eat all I ketch and this is just for fun .
Then when he says he hasn't had a single bite all day I said you want a bait ? you need a jig ? and he sheepishly says ok and I give what the lucky ticket seems to be ...then he says he has never seen a jig so small or a float so small and I said here is a float and show him my rig up close and say duplicate this exactly .
Poor thing cant get bit even after I helped him duplicate the set up and I even tried to ketch one with his rig and cant get bit with it either ? The only difference I could see was he had braid and I am thinking they could either see the line or it had a odor absorbed in it they didn't like ?
Then he says after I toss back a nice toad "my wife expects me to bring home fish for dinner"
I said you know what brother if you have a stringer I could put some on it and he aint got one ...so I said well we could put them on a stick I suppose and we cut him a stick ....after he had 5 real nice ones he went on his way and I went on to finish my episode of daily lip rip .....stopped at 66 crappie in an hour and 15 and the last fish number 67 was a sand bass and ruined it for me so I left .........
stay tuned and have a great day ...
and NO I aint a professional fisherman
but .... sometimes I am the KABOOM ....
Great pics! Thanks for sharing ! That had to be an awesome !and you made him and his wife’s day!
Good story.
Very nice of you.
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Excellent read and pics! I ain’t never been accused of being a pro!
Great story! I would have said when he asked if u were a pro, son I go by many names but Big Daddy is by far my favorite
Seems everyone these days are selling dreams, I'm just to cheap to buy one!
Thanks Ketchn .you are Proficient at you game of crappie fishn. YOU ARE A PRO!!Enjoyed the post.Keep on ketchn KABOOM!
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Now I know why the crappie bit so well. They just wanted their picture taken.:rolleyes: You may not be a pro but you are a crappie's worst nightmare.
Be safe and good luck fishing
Great lesson for the guy. I hope he "listened" and took to heart what you told him. Great report!
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