Thread: Catch Clean Cook Birthday Edition

Beep….Beep….Beep….said the alarm on this day of my beginnings, September 10th 1967. It was 5:41 this morning and a peek at Crappie.com revealed that our most prolific poster “G” had already bestowed my Birthday Wishes at 5:01am….wow no wonder he is closing in on 100k. Boat hooked up, cats fed, and a quick stop for gas and I was on my way to the lake. The only snafu of the morning was the gas station was out of ice, no problem I have a good livewell and the plans for the day were simple, catch enough for a Birthday dinner.
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The day started slow, a nice fat Speckled one fell for the trusty BGBS and went to the livewell.
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Water temps have cooled from the deluges of Ida and Fred and the crappie have moved a little shallower. 4 more casts cemented my dinner plans, it was now time to experiment with some different baits and lines…
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The white Nikko worm was well received and on 5lb braid they didn’t stand a chance. A new reel and another new bait got the call, and the best fish of the morning fell to a Eurotackle 1.5 B Vibe in white.
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So with fish in tow, I texted the wife and told her the Crappie had cooperated nicely and I would be cooking my own Birthday supper.
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Of course I always try to represent this great site while on the lake. When I got home I realized maybe math isn’t my best subject as I thought all morning I had 5 in the livewell.
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Oops maybe I forgot how to cull or count, but one Crappie certainly escaped the knife and only 4 were to be prepared.
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Sides of green beans and baked cauliflower with carrots complimented the Parmesan Panko baked Crappie. For the Oenophiles, Ruby is from a small winery in VA and has a deep raspberry and dark chocolate flavor, an excellent wine for the cook to sip on (me).
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30 minutes later….
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Let’s eat people…
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Yum yum. I enjoy all aspects of fishing but this is my favorite part. No TV on tonight, just some tunes on the speaker box
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And a nice dessert prepared by the wife….
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Blueberry Yum Yum finished off a great day. Thanks for all the birthday wishes and I hope to have many more like this one.


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