• Sunrise on a new day

    The plan was simple as always ,let's go ketch a bunch of crappie . The trip went as planned and the wind was nonexistent . Sure was a good time ,a bit warm when I departed at 9:30 or so ,but was just lovely when we launched at 6:30 .
    The fish were still biting STRONG when I departed ,and the rest of the crew went back at them after I went off to work .
    Still shallow and it was wasting time to hit any water over 4 to 5 foot deep early in the day . Fish would hit just about any bait you pitched and at some points in time some seemed to be better than others , no real hard fast rule on what color or style of bait would get bit best .
    The fish backed off the bank around 10 am to around 8 to 10 foot of water and continued to bite well until my buds left at around noon . Mind you this , this particular lake is FLAT out FULL of crappie and to be sure ,it's like fishing in a barrel if you know the lake fairly well .
    Not sure how many went back in the water and they left with only about one limit of fish in the 11 to 13 inch range .
    Only one bass in the mix and one black crappie and the rest of the fish were white crappie . Water temperature was up in the 80 plus some range and they wanted the bait moving along at a pretty good pace . Vertical would produce pretty good as well , but why drop a bait straight down when you can cast a mile and hook up at long range right ?
    Water clarity came back quickly and what was a muddy water situation is now almost right back to normal clarity .
    That's the report from west of DFW and I am sticking to it and sticking it to them I might just add as well .
    p.s. a pretty large amount of crappie.com items on board might have caused it to go so well ,it actually could happen you know ,and yes ....
    KABOOM is the word yawl



    This article was originally published in forum thread: Sunrise on a new day started by Ketchn View original post
    Comments 5 Comments
    1. Barnacle Bill's Avatar
      Barnacle Bill -
      Good post. Thanks
    1. "G"'s Avatar
      "G" -
      Kaboom
    1. Jamesdean's Avatar
      Jamesdean -
      Great read Ketchn, really enjoyed the ride...KABOOM...
    1. hdhntr's Avatar
      hdhntr -
      you have some lakes full o crappie for sure Outlaw! good day when you drop it everywhere and get bit with some solid thumps.
    1. Anchor Man's Avatar
      Anchor Man -
      I see you love those spinner baits. Beautiful job getting such nice pictures..
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