Got to love those unexpected catches
The lake record for a black crappie at that lake is 2 lb. 6 oz . , Silly me found one under that at a mere 2 lb. 3 oz. on my lunch break yesterday .
Was killing time and had a tip they might be on the south end of the lake I don't visit much from a bud that is a guide on that lake for crappie and white bass .
Not having a boat or livescope or what is traditionally the way to go after them in there , I stopped by a pay 3 bucks to fish dock down by the dam .
Now mind you this spot has nice black crappie as lakes go in these parts around the dfw metromess and to be sure I have managed a few real pretty ones in there before . Not many off that particular dock very often but sometimes you get lucky .
So I paid my 3 bucks and dropped my jig and first drop I hook up , a black bass and I marched right back in the pay house with it and demanded a refund as I didn't pay 3 bucks to ketch those .
the guy says well at least you got a fish and that's what its all about right ? I said yeah I suppose but I really want a crappie and back outside I went . then I ketched a bluegill and then I ketched a longear sunfish and then I said a prayer .
it went something like this , please let me ketch just one crappie , it don't even have to be a big crappie , pretty please …..and next drop I got me a small white crappie
well at that point I told myself you know mister ketchn even though I am the only soul around except for the guy in the pay station I think there are lots of fish down there and me and me should keep jigging for at least 30 minutes before we leave .
At the 28 minute mark I hooked what I thought was brush and fishing line , then said to myself darnit ...then the brush and fishing line pulled kinda hard in a different way than it did on the hook set .
The next thing you know its on like donkey kong and I say yep I hooked me a big black bass for sure . then all the sudden the fight changes dramatically and it goes into a monster cork screw thing and I am telling myself I think I got a world record bluegill on by golly
Well it reaches the top and I am like HOLLY heck batman its a big ole slab crappie ,please come on up and enjoy the sunshine with me . I try to swing it up and its like wow a heavy fish and when I grab it I am like man oh man is she a fat dandy of a crappie .
I marched down the dock to the pay station and went inside and say hey bud check this out . He glanced up and said yeah they been ketchn lots of those about that size lately
and he points to numerous photos on the wall of black bass and I said hey sir , you might look a bit closer at this fish as it aint a BASS and he looked up again and went WOW what a crappie
anyway we weighed it for grins and took 27 10 x 14 glossy color photos and I let her go on to being a big fat black crappie .
I also managed a few small whites and a few small blacks and more bluegill as well and got my line broke right before I left by something under that dock that was a large finned creature and down the road I went with a smile .
hope you enjoy the story and photos and have a great weekend
p.s. around 15 foot of water about 14 foot down and a slow drift side to side and nothing bit hard , real subtle takes on a tiny handtie that just happened to resemble the little dead shad floating by on the surface in the breeze
KABOOM is the word yawl
sum kawl me tha outlaw ketchn whalesSlab thanked you for this post
Got to love those unexpected catches
The love for fishing is one of the best gifts you can pass along
Awesome 30 minutes for sure!
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Time well spent!
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
Hey, buddy, you don’t have to catch a record crappie to become famous. You already are!
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Shoot for that 3 sumpin lb'er that way you'll hold the record a while.....
I have to drive 22 miles to fish, Congrats
Can’t complain about that 30 minutes.
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Thank you for all the posts, you have done, since joining this community. I probably, like others, always look for posts from you, each and every day. You sir, could probably write a book, not that you haven't already.