Chaunc catches a 16+ inch crappie

I was casting a jig and bobber to shoreline blowdowns catching some nice crappies. As I was moving to the next set of blowdowns I was watching my hummingbird. I saw some wood on the bottom in 15ft and it was loaded with fish so I busted out my hang gliding rods, an 8ft Russ Bailey model by B&M and a ten footer from Thump city rods. Unpainted 1/16 oz heads and Bobby Garland baby Shad’s in my two favorite colors and went to work.

Didn’t take but a minute to put the first one in the box and the bite was continuing steady. This big one slammed my ten foot rod and was determined to take me for a ride but I had a good hook set on him and brought him to the net. Measured it and pulled out my scale. Dead battery, so no weight, but I’ve caught numerous two pounders and this was definitely a solid two plus.

Couldn’t get a good selfie so I put it in the box and hoped I’d run into someone to take a pic for me. I got lucky as there was a guy loading at the ramp. He took the pic for me. I walked down the ramp and released the beast to give someone else that feeling it gave me.

If you’re ever on Shenango lake in NW Pennsylvania and you catch a big crappie with a smile on its face, tell it you know the guy that threw it back. Haha. God bless you all and good fishing.