Crappie Fishing

[danc46]

this is a 17” crappie I caught off my dock. We caught over 300 keepers last spring, I caught about 12 or more this size.
I am truly blessed to have such a good fishing spot.
I had my thumb “reconstructed” in December so I could crappie fish this spring. I had that much fun fishing off that dock.
Bass fishing is even better during spawn.

 

[KurtM]

Caught this one off the boat.Not too crappie???

 

[danc46]

Caught this one off the boat.Not too crappie??? View attachment 3166

That’s the size of bait we use for catfish.
Nice One! Salt water fishing is not a hobby I ‘ll pursue at my age. Not unless they connect the Gulf of Mexico to Lake Hefner!

 

[KurtM]

Not sure it's a hobby, it's just about the only thing other to do out here besides work. The bad part of fishing off this boat is the deck is 35' above water line. It's a bitch hauling a 70# Yellow fin up that far on marline!

 

[danc46]

Not sure it's a hobby, it's just about the only thing other to do out here besides work. The bad part of fishing off this boat is the deck is 35' above water line. It's a bitch hauling a 70# Yellow fin up that far on marline!

Worked in a Texas Tech research ship out of Galveston for a few weeks in my sophomore year ! I love fishing but I’m not crazy about 30 ft waves even in a 110 ft boat. Trout fishing in New Mexico at 10,000 ft above sea level is a whole lot more enjoyable!
4 ft white caps in a 19ft Charger/150 hp Merc is as rough as I‘d want to get!
Use to noodle and trot line for catfish in different places in Oklahoma. A 45 lb channel cat is as big as I want handle now. My brother had the state record for channel cat on rods for a few years. The record he had was 77+ out of El Reno lake. His stringer that day was over 200lbs with 5 cats. My biggest fish in the last few years was a30-35 lb carp I snagged with a crappie jig on 10 lb test. Took me 30 minutes to get it out of the water. I put in back in my lake.