Justice White

[Ketchn]

was dealing out some justice yesterday , one lip at a time .....
of course it wouldn't be fair not to include the minnow head in black with a white eye .
the good news is everyone swam off to parts unknown .
was it stupid good you might ask ?
in a small private lake full of crappie ,silly question with the ketchn crew close by .
they really didn't have a chance , We stopped after 2 hours .
it got to the point my hands were raw and it was just for recreation after work anyway .
lost count at over 150 in 2 hours we did and home we went
no big crappie , just tons of them .
heard tell a cast net toss off that dock will yield around 30 per toss ...
simple math dictates 5 tosses and done ....same yield ....
will likely just be on the cast net next visit
there was moment in time though, that i was sad ....
about the bluegill that got in my way
man was that jig hard to get out of that blue "gill" plate

[DockShootinJack]

That BG surely felt that hookset

[SuperDave336]

I'd be afraid of messing up a little cast net catching that many. Better bring the heavy duty one and hang on!

[BobC]

Whew, that lake is prime for some harvesting. You and the gang are certainly on the job!
Bob

[Ketchn]

Whew, that lake is prime for some harvesting. You and the gang are certainly on the job!
Bob

The only problem with the lake is a lack of fishing pressure , there are some predator fish in there to keep the crappie in check .
The most noticeable thing I have seen so far is one age class is dominant in there , looks like 2 year olds to me .
There are not many under 9 inches and not many over 11 inches and most of the crappie seem to be normal builds .
Few large headed fish in the mix, now mind you every visit gets me more information and last visit I got a good tip .
Seems the old creek channel runs down the other side of the lake and according to the owner of the lake , the bridge off the north island going to the west about halfway across is the deepest part of the lake .
Says that is where his really big crappie live and don't feel like you can't have run of the lake .
He has 2 boats there and says just have at it and keep all you want .

[Ketchn]

I'd be afraid of messing up a little cast net catching that many. Better bring the heavy duty one and hang on!

the lake gets a few visitors for sure , he has a large family . they just don't seem to have much interest in average size crappie .
they always ask me did you ketch one of them huge bass that live in there yet ? i always say not yet and not likely since i dont fish for bass .
the cast net on the dock now is a new one , the one when i got there was trashed . so were 2 minnow buckets and 2 fish baskets .

[SuperDave336]

Oh man that would be so cool! Now you have essentially your own semiprivate lake. Grab your lucky hat, camera, fishing gear and go! Find those big ones! Probably a monster lurking in there.

[Ketchn]

That BG surely felt that hookset

since it was hooked like that and around 10 foot deep when i hooked it on my 4 lb test ultralite it had a good hard pull going on and i thought hmmmm.....feels pretty good
that jig was sure enough buried in that plate though and really hard to remove

[Micanopy]

They might be stunted from too many living in there.

[Micanopy]

They might be stunted from too many living in there.