• Another Afternoon Trip

    Being as today was my first of 3 days off I wanted to fish again this afternoon after yesterday's catch. So....I got there an hour earlier than yesterday
    (@ 4:15PM)
    and during that hour I caught 1 small catfish on a jig. THAT WAS IT!! Hmm....so during the next hour I finally pick up I think 4 crappies. Man! How the lake can change from one afternoon to the next! Well, with nothing else to do I kept at it and around 5:45 it began picking up. I should mention here that the whole time I was trolling I was marking fish and bait....all on the bottom or very near it. I believe the bait finally moved a bit higher in the water column and the fish started feeding some. Anyway, wound up with a good hour of fishing and quit @ 6:45PM to get all rods rolled back up, boat on the trailer, and back at home by dark. Water temp was 1* warmer than yesterday at 76.5*, no winds, water still clear, and all trolling was done at 16' to 20' of water pulling deep.

    Wound up catching a total of 25 crappies and that one little catfish. Here's the mess of fish I brought home today (18 crappies). Plans are to share the fillets from both days with the people that lets me hunt their lands. Of course....that's after getting me a mess out of those fillets.

    This article was originally published in forum thread: Another Afternoon Trip 10/8/2020 started by gabowman View original post
    Comments 5 Comments
    1. "G"'s Avatar
      "G" -
      Nice catch
    1. Barnacle Bill's Avatar
      Barnacle Bill -
      Good report, thanks
    1. Ketchn's Avatar
      Ketchn -
      KABOOM is the word
    1. gravelman6's Avatar
      gravelman6 -
      Some good eaters
    1. Redge's Avatar
      Redge -
      I too find it interesting, how different it can be one afternoon to the next.
      Pretty fish!


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