I’d call that a very productive day!
Bought a lot of new equipment this year and did a bunch of testing. The weather finely came around so I waited to after the holidays to hit an inland lake that has had a crappie bite on for a week now. Tossed the kayak on the jeep and got there at 7:30 this morning.
Brought a 5 1/2ft ul (diawa aird pole/regal reel) that is spooled with #4 mono. I put a sowbug trout magnet with silver 1/64th oz jig on top. And 16" below that I put a bison trout magnet with a gold 1/64th oz jig. Then I put a bb sized jig 8" below that, was fishing weed beds.
Hooked 1 bass & when I brought the rod tip up and started to apply pressure it jumped out of the water, did a spin and slipped me the fin as it got off.
3 perch for the day, tossed a fry back and kept two 10" perch.
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The bluegill were pretty steady (12/14/?) but I ended putting all of them back. They were either too small or good sized and full of eggs.
Couldn't really ask for a better crappie day, a lot of hits and a lot of fish. Ended up tossing 2x+ as many crappie back then what I kept. I kept the crappie that were 10" or larger. I did toss the crappie back that were 10"+ but skinny. Took a break at 11 coming in to stretch my legs and eat a sandwich/bottle of water. Ended up quitting at 1:00, the bite slowed down and the chop picked up pretty good. I ended up with 2 perch and 13 crappie to take home.
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Fillet 7 crappie and the 2 perch and froze them The fillet's filled a 8" wide by 4" deep bowl.
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I fillet the other 6 crappie and there sitting in salt water in the fridge for dinner tomorrow.
All in all It was a good day. Took a 10ft kayak in +/- 6" chop with a 5 1/2ft rod and used a couple pieces of plastic for bait to catch 50+ fish.
I’d call that a very productive day!
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A very good day indeed!
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I love it when the fish come out of the winter thing , looks like you are right in the thick of it , congrats and KABOOM
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What a great day! Dinner will be nice as well. TMs come through again!
Bob
Thank you everyone, learned a lot on this website. Did early testing and finely got out to make it happen. Was a good experience using a pole for the 2nd time, decided to switch poles to a 5 1/2ft rod for the kayak. Fishing in 4" to 6" chop in weed beds really made me pay attention to the rod. Caught a lot of fish, lost a lot of fish, lost some tackle & had 1 heck of a day fishing!!!
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