in my never ending quest to ketch crappie things happen .
last week I had a true giant female on the surface and was wrestling with her ,
I was on my knees trying to get a hold on her and she wasn't wanting me to touch her and eventually slapped me good and left ....
rose up all wet from her splashing me repeatedly in the face saying not so nice things as you could well understand.
now mind you this , sometimes a certain fish in that size range might want to be in a certain area , have seen it more than once , sometimes within 15 minutes or so if not spooked bad they might even bite again ....
was NOT the case with her, we were both thoroughly traumatized during the battle . BUT ,,,,,
this time of year especially , they might be right back in that same spot the same day or next day, sure enough ,about 5 foot from where I almost ketched her , she bit AGAIN the following day .....
we did an almost mirror image program of the first time and she smoked me good and wet my face AGAIN and escaped my grasp a second time !
pretty positive for sure it was the same big girl both visits ,,,,just saying
and yes I apologized for the bad words that just magically flowed from my mouth to the folks watching me get it handed to me by said fish as well ....