Thread: Finally a few from the bank

very nice

11 from the bank ain't nothing to sneeze at. Good job!

Sounds like a good start. You got dinner and had some fun. Should only get better in weeks to come! Thanks for the post picks!

I got some more Monday just forgot to post... Caught most of these on a 1/32 oz white fly. I got 16 that night with 9 keepers and a decent gill that was gut hooked on a minnow after it got dark... I had one crappie go 14 1/2" and it was caught on a minnow with lighted float after dark. I prefer not to fool with minnows but I knew we would fish a little after dark and they just weren't hitting a Bobby Garland that night.

This warm weather is going to kill me next week since I'll be working... I trout fished this morning for a couple hours but nothing beats crappie fishing. I hope to search for some new bank fishing spots tomorrow with the wife... Not sure if I'll fish tho... I'd like to hook up with a slab like genes... I almost regret keeping the 2 14" fish... At what size do you toss them back? 14" 15"? I actually prefer the fillets off the 11" 12" fish

Nice fish from the bank is awesome. Especially 14" ers. Nice work n

Originally Posted by VaCrappieMan

I almost regret keeping the 2 14" fish... At what size do you toss them back? 14" 15"? I actually prefer the fillets off the 11" 12" fish

Nothing to regret. I have done taste test with various sizes and they all taste the same to me. A lot of the members prefer to release the bigger crappie with high hopes that they will be caught again, for me, I feel that they have just as good of chance of dying of natural causes as they do for being caught again so I keep big crappie. It all comes down to personal preference, you caught the crappie, you and only you has the right to decide what to do with it. There is no right or wrong.