Took an old buddy on a meat run on Palestine yesterday, and it did not dissapoint!
We started the morning out by dropping 4 new Crappie Condos, then started fishing around 8:30am.
By noon we had just about filled our 2-man limit. Hit a few more BPs to see if the pattern held up, and finish our limit around 1:30pm.
EXTREMELY good quality on this trip! Big fish=1.89lbs, 5 over 1.5lbs, 10 over 1.25, 18 over 1lb, and our top 7 were pushing 12lbs!
CAT stringers at the State Tourney in October should be impressive.
Fish were shallow due to an intense thermocline developing on the lake.
Double jig rigs produced several doubles, but they preferred a single 1/8oz JERRY'S JIG handtied in Chart/Purple/Chart or Pink/Green/Chart
Fruits of our labor was enjoyed tonight with a good fish fry. Fillets were so big, we only used half to feed 15-20 people.

DOUBLE JIG = DOUBLE CATCH

wtg guys! Nothing better than a great fish fry amongst family and friends....

Outstanding haul! Was on my way to work yesterday and passed a boat loaded with bamboo and plastic tubing in Frankston on 155 a little before 7:00. Not sure if that was you but I was envious.

nice report I'll fish that lake one day

Great trip.

How do I become one of your 'Lake Palestine meat run' buddies?

Awesome catch !!!
Love that fryer, may I ask where you got it, would love to get one.

They have some good ones at Buckey's, a little pricey but worth every penny

WTG Eric!

+1,lol!

Yep, that was us

Nice post.

Awesome post.

Buddy that owns a lumber yard got 4-5 of them at a trade show, and I bought one off him. I'll double check the name brand though. It's smaller than those you see at Bucees and it's Stainless.

Please let us know. I need one of those bad boys.

Your lucky they didn't catch you!! Palestine is closed for repairs until November!! Moose out front should have told you???

I'll be darned. Just like last time I took the family to Walley World.

Brand name is "Bayou Classic". It's Stainless Steel and hold 4.5gal

I thought I was the only person in America that threw slices of onions on my fish while I was frying it. Guess not. I can really tell a difference when I don't use onion. I've recently have been throwing in a quartered lemon and it's pretty good also.

"Bayou Classic" is the brand

Looks like y'all whacked umm bud

Awesome post!

YEE-TA-DEE!

I have the Bayou Classic as well. Best fryer I ever had.

Way to go Eric. I agree the CAT championship should put up good numbers.

The cheapest place to get that fryer is at Walmart.com I have one and love it.

Way to go guys.That"s a great day of fish for sure.

They are cookin machine butt a pain come clean iwhen time.I built a mesh screen filter that is under the baskets an sit on top of the heatin tube .Drain half the oil pull out screen dump corn mill wash hot water an put back in

I have 3 Cajun fryers and just drain the oil and spray the goop out once or twice a year. Anybody that doesn't cook for 20-50 or more outta stick to one of the 2.5 gallon ones. I have a 2.5, 4.5, and 6 gallon cooker! Heck your $150 deep before you light em in peanut oil!!!

OUTSTANDING! Doesn't take long when you're slinging them over the side two at a time.