• Vacation TARP crappie for Cuonthelake.

    All that Candi has talked about for the last 2-3 weeks was catching a TARP sized crappie on her vacation, and she started vacation yesterday, so I got her out at the crack of dawn(or before), and put her on a big fish hole.

    However it looked like DK was going to do all the catching early as I had a big fish break 4 lb test fluorocarbon line and then had two keepers flip off before we could get the net under them. Then I caught 3 big crappie and started rubbing it in on Candi. Big mistake. Don’t poke a bear at rest.

    She was trying 2-3 different colors trying to get a bite and I finally convinced her to get the color out of my box that the fish were wanting and told her the technique to provoke a bite.

    Long story short, she then proceeded to catch a 14” tarp size black crappie and 2 crappie that we measured at 13.5”. She finally caught up with me at 4 keepers each and then it was back and forth until we were tied at 7 keepers each. I told her that the next keeper would give us a limit and would end the competition. I told her that I had one secret left and then I caught the tie breaker in an unusual fashion. Enjoy her pic with the fish and what she thought of the competition. I loved every minute of our 2 hour and 20 minute trip today. Lots of pics.

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    Slabs on ice.
    This article was originally published in forum thread: Vacation TARP crappie for Cuonthelake. 7/17/21 started by drumking View original post
    Comments 9 Comments
    1. njones's Avatar
      njones -
      Man those are some good looking slabs right there. Bet they taste as good as they look.

      Nate.
    1. "G"'s Avatar
      "G" -
      Way to go you two
    1. Ketchn's Avatar
      Ketchn -
      looks like big fun to me
    1. Barnacle Bill's Avatar
      Barnacle Bill -
      Fantastic!
    1. hdhntr's Avatar
      hdhntr -
      having a great day on the water with your wife is special. fact she got up before dawn and went fishing with you makes her special. ketchn some big ole slabs together makes it the perfect day. good for both of you!
    1. drumking's Avatar
      drumking -
      Quote Originally Posted by hdhntr View Post
      having a great day on the water with your wife is special. fact she got up before dawn and went fishing with you makes her special. ketchn some big ole slabs together makes it the perfect day. good for both of you!
      It does take a special lady to get up before daylight to fish, but Candi is only a friend and not my wife. She is like a daughter to my wife, Wanda and me. She is the best student that I have taught to fish with jigs.
    1. skeetbum's Avatar
      skeetbum -
      You two are quite the duo in the boat. It wouldn’t be good for the others in a tournament, you two would be taking them to school. Enjoy the vacation time on the water with your good friend, they’re hard to find.
    1. Bigslabslayer's Avatar
      Bigslabslayer -
      Them's some nice slabs. 6.5 ft ultralight with 3 lb test?
    1. CUonthelake's Avatar
      CUonthelake -
      Thank you all for the kind comments!
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