The walk of Shame

[CrappiePappy]

HA !! I remember days when I was a young'un (50+yrs ago) walking the bank of the river end of a local lake ... just for the specific intention of catching a stringer full of White Bass. Back then there was no size limit and the creel limit was 60 (best I remember). It was not uncommon to see anglers heading back to their vehicles with a stringer full draped over their shoulder & dragging the ground behind them. Back in those days I remember it being called a "nationally known" phenomenon and people from far & wide would come to get their fill of these tasty torpedoes.

(quoted from Ky Afield ) "Dix River ... drips with fishing history as Herrington Lake was a White Bass mecca in the era after World War II. These waters still produce trophy white bass 14 inches and longer."

[Ketchn]

HA !! I remember days when I was a young'un (50+yrs ago) walking the bank of the river end of a local lake ... just for the specific intention of catching a stringer full of White Bass. Back then there was no size limit and the creel limit was 60 (best I remember). It was not uncommon to see anglers heading back to their vehicles with a stringer full draped over their shoulder & dragging the ground behind them. Back in those days I remember it being called a "nationally known" phenomenon and people from far & wide would come to get their fill of these tasty torpedoes.

(quoted from Ky Afield ) "Dix River ... drips with fishing history as Herrington Lake was a White Bass mecca in the era after World War II. These waters still produce trophy white bass 14 inches and longer."

LOL , no doubt ,back in the day ,some 50 years ago , our limit on sandbass AND crappie was as many as you can keep in an "edible" condition .....no size limit either ....
I was telling a fellow yesterday about me and a bud with around 250 sandbass aka white bass on a stringer and when it was time to call it , we hooked a long rope to the chevy impala and the stringer to pull it up the steep bank to load them up ! AND that aint a fish story

[Ketchn]

Those small striped Tasmanian devils make a pretty good sammich if you remove the red. Jus sayin.....
Kaboom!

LOL , that is EXACTLY what the next fishee story is about my friend ......KABOOM is the word

[Ketchn]

you were watching bobbers dance and dive and ketchn something. Great day in my book and bet someone would like a mess o those to clean and cook.

dive they sure do , them striped fish dont play around on the take , they dive bomb your float like it got sunk by a torpedo

[shipahoy41]

There are times when you just guess and hope for the best . Such was the case yesterday , heard tell the fish were up in a creek I have visited a few times .
My bud said "take me there , never been there " . Told him this about that , bluebird days in there aren't typically the best, but sometimes it don't matter , said sometimes .....
So we hit the brush and walked the creek a bit , first stop first cast ....FLOAT bye bye ....
Score ONE for the home team , missed it like a big dog ......
Next time it went see ya , went to the visiting team and I told him this about that, see there my friend , they ARE in here ......
AND up came a small sandbass ...................
Well we walked and walked and the more we casted the more obvious it became. The crappie left the creek as they often do in there about this time of year and were replaced with darn sand bass and yellow bass !
We did managed to ketch 2 small crappie though WAY down stream and hammered the lips of mostly small sandbass in route .
So after about 50 fish we headed back to work with our tails tucked on the walk of shame . Forgive me for such sad news if you will , but as of yesterday it seems the creek bite is a next year thing unless you just like to ketch them stupid striped fish.
I will try to get back on some crappie hopefully later this week , but as of now I will just hold my head down with that sad look until that time comes .
The good news is my buddy thunk it was really fun and was all smiles and to be honest they were biting really well and a few of the larger specimens really pulled like they meant it .
stay tuned for some future KABOOM , yesterday was not , my bad though for not wearing any crappie.com lucky gear ....
went in bare and came out sad ....there ya have it
the truth can be stranger than fiction don't ya know

Love your stories my friend. "the truth can be stranger than fiction don't ya know" We all know that is so true.

[BobC]

As said, a good story and brings a smile!
Bob

[Hanr3]

Awesome. This winter I have to get my fishing fix vicariously from others. Thanks for posting.

[skeetbum]

Casts made, rods bent, smiles worn. That’s success where I come from. Glad you showed your bud a good time anyway.

[Ketchn]

Casts made, rods bent, smiles worn. That’s success where I come from. Glad you showed your bud a good time anyway.

he just loved it , went back the next day tuned up a bit and really really smoked the fire out of them
it makes my day for sure to see folks in hammer mode , done sent about a half dozen dads and sons up that way to light them up
imagine some 40 years down the road when some older fella is tellin fish stories about when dad took him to the creek

[DockShootinJack]

That is what it is aways about. Nobody every reminisces about sitting at home on the couch. Good on you for creating those memories