All Slabs on the trout river!

Probably the best crappie day I’ve ever had in my life.....and I’ve caught a lot of crappie. My nephew and I limited out....15 fish each......at the Caney Fork River today. I do not have a scale anymore but these fish had to have a total weight of around 45 pounds....maybe a little better....they were busting with eggs and had a large girth. All fish were 13 inches or better. Many in the 14 inch range with a few at 15 inches......black nose crappie with I think 1 white crappie...heavy fish. We both were using same rod....the Tict Ice Cube UL 6’ 9” Rockin’ Drift Mebaru rod. Both rods spooled with 2# test SOS line with an 18 inch section of 2# test Phantom fluorocarbon leader. He was using a Midnight Blue ThunderHawk on a 1/16 ounce Dancer head and I was using a 1/8 ounce Fin Spin dressed with a Midnight Blue Slab Curly. This was his first day to catch crappie with his new rod and I think he was impressed. Before we started the hunt for the crappie I had to have a little trout action. After catching around 40 trout we started the search for crappie. Didn’t take long to find them with the Helix Mega 10 si unit. Tossed out the marker and just trolled back and forth through them. They were hitting it with authority. Lot of drag pulling going on as these fish were fighting hard......had a little current too. We were working on a time frame as the generators were going to stop at 1:00 p.m. I pulled out at noon just in case they stopped them a little early....with no water running you can’t get the boat back to ramp. I didn’t relish staying there another 5 hours until they started them again. Water temps were 52 degrees and water was stained....the Caney is usually gin clear. All of the fish we caught were marked up some kind of way. Until a week or so ago those fish were living in extremely turbulent waters with the spill gates being open for first time since 2010. There were several nice bluegill caught and a very nice white bass also. As you can see in the pic my nephew took home a very nice sauger. Not many places one can catch trout and quality crappie out of Sam hole. Life is good!


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