Here is a trip that I forgot to
mention. Last Thursday (the 14th) My buddy Luis and I decided to take a quick
fishing trip for some crappie. My buddy Charles hooked me up with 5 minnows
that he had left over from one of our previous trips and I had always wanted to
try out minnows at The bee hive so we did.
We went out to the bee hive and I hooked
up Luis’ bait before mine (note to self, teach luis how to tie knots). He put
his minnow on and within a few minutes he had his first crappie on. He lost
another one pretty quickly and threw on his third minnow. I hurried so he would
waste all of the minnows. I put one minnow on, and had a huge takedown but wasn’t
able to hook the fish. 
We also had some worms so I put some
on the hook and ended up pulling in a small crappie. When I’m out here I use a
slip bobber rig but this time I only used a regular bobber. Since we got to the
fishing hole pretty late, the sun was down fairly quickly and I figured we
could try for some big catfish. I set one heavier rod out with a catfish setup but
had no success on it at all. Meanwhile, I continued with my bobber on the
shallow side of the bank even though it was dark. I saw my bobber go down so I
reeled in and to my surprise I had a small catfish on the line. After a while
we decided to call it a day.
Total fish: 1 Catfish + 1 Crappie =
2 fish
Juan
ReplyDeleteThe crappie and catfish are both good table fare, but if I had to choose I would take the crappie. Thanks for sharing
Hey Bill, I would take the crappie over catfish as well. unfortunately I haven't been able to get into any bigger crappie this summer. I have a spot for the big ones but I haven't been there in a while! I need to go there!
DeleteHave you tried crickets? You can get them at any Petco, but get the largest ones. A small hook (I use a size 16) through the collar will hold them on.
ReplyDeleteI have thought about that but I havent yet... i need to!
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