Barney Goes Fishing

No not the purple dinosaur if that is what you were thinking. Barney is a life long minnow dunker and has never fished any other technique for catching crappie. He showed interest in going with me today to attempt to catch his first crappie on a jig. I am not exactly sure what he thought when I showed him the three and a half inch bait we would be using but he was all in. These were verticle jigged in twenty to forty feet of water on a 3/16oz jig. We finished the day with 24 crappie caught and one keeper short of a limit. Nothing big today or much over eleven inches but that's ok. At least we were catching. I had promised his money back (which was zero) if not completely satisfied. He asked to go again sometime so I think showing him my favorite winter jig technique was an over all success. Nothing like getting your moneys worth!

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Very good deed done ! Congrats!! Been lots of money spent for a whole lot less! I’d love to learn how to catch em single pole n like that on my home lake ! That would be the only way I would fish! Nothing like the thump! Thanks for sharing!

Good post Good day and Merry Christmas my friend.

It always helps to pass a little along

That’s awesome!

Jigging! That is the way to go. Great report.

Always a good thing when you teach someone a new way of fishing good job


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Good deed. I tried all baits today. Nothing worked. I'll prob get out of the recliner and get in the boat tomorrow.