The Crappie in East Tennessee received a pardon from my jigs and rigs this weekend thanks to a visit to the grand babies in VA. However, my daughter and son in law reside on a private neighborhood lake in Lynchburg and it is full of panfish that just call to me every time I visit. I usually take a pole or two and harass them, especially in the Spring time. Our late arrival Friday night (9:00pm) with the little munchkins waiting up to see us insured my ability to sneak out at daylight on Saturday morning and see who was hungry.
No wind but chilly and not sure of the water temperatures, I tied on a Bobby Garland Baby Shad and grabbed the boat to paddle out.
This was my fathers first boat, he found it washed up on the shore of Lake Hartwell SC in 1968. Nobody claimed it and he was no longer a bank fishing Clemson college student. It was also my first boat as my father gave it to me after I turned 16. Nothing like wonderful childhood fishing memories to start the morning.
The first 10 minutes with a Shad bodied bait produced 0 bites, so I pulled an Alphahawk member trick and tied on a 1/64 Trout Magnet in Monkey Milk. First cast something chomped both the tails off. I switched to a green flake pink looking color and it was on like wildfire. KaBoom as Ketchn says! First fish, a small red eared looking panfish.
I connected with several nice Bluegill next.
A fallen tree yielded my first of many VA Crappie
They were not very big, and may be stunted/overpopulated, not sure of the harvest by the residents. I did catch a decent Green Carp and he definitely looked stunted, large head and mouth but skinny long body.
Another Red Eared Sunfish?
The last small Crappie caught was a nicely dressed Black.
As soon as this fish was released I heard music to my ears.....HEY PEPAW, where are you? The grand babies were up and out and my fishing morning gladly ended. The youngest is starting early.
They both are worth the trip!
Sent from my iPhone using Crappie.com Fishing mobile app
vBulletin Message