White capping crappie with Candi 4/27/21

I had to take my wife, Wanda for an appointment this morning, so Candi and I didn’t get out until 1 pm or so and quit just after three.

Unfortunately, the wind was blowing pretty hard and white capping the main river, so we didn’t do as well as we would normally, although I caught a keeper on the first drop down with my jig. We fished there for a few moments more but no more bites so we hit a couple more spots.

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Candi did manage to land a slab in that very windy spot, but she had her heart broken when a huge bass ate her jig, came to the surface with its grapefruit sized mouth open, and spit the jig back in her face as I was reaching for the net. She will have dreams tonight of that bass.
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Another pic of Daisy with a crappie that Candi got just before I picked her up at her dock. Attachment 399667

That is it for now. It appears that the crappie are in transition back to deeper spots. I can’t wait until they all get back home. Offshore deep structure is my first love when it comes to crappie fishing. :biggrin

Good job !
Thanks for sharing!

Thanks DK for the afternoon trip! Oh that bass...what a whopper, I sure hope you didn’t tell Mrs. drumking AKA Wanda that I lost her supper! What a line stretcher! I’ll get it next time!

Nice trip!
Really enjoyed the story and pics.


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Thanks for the report. Sorry to hear about the big one that got away...they always seems to do that.

Thanks for sharing. I suffered a bit of a wind beatdown yesterday myself... chasing the greenies here on Jordan Lake in Central NC.
The weather gurus were calling for SW winds at 9mph... but it turned out to be (at least) 18 to 20 in the main lake. A tough day.

Glad to hear you guys got a fish or two. Although not crazy about what I've been hearing about the spring bite this year :bash Sounds like I may be fishin' for toothy critters in the tailwaters before summer after all. :yikes

Good catch in the wind you two. Beating the banks for Bluegill up here now, my favorite eating fish!