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What a great Tuesday Off

Posted By: SStohner

What a great Tuesday Off - 07/16/15 04:30 AM

First time posting a fishing report... I hope all the photo's are small enough I made sure they are each under 800 pixel width.

My dad and I hit the lake about 7:30 on a Tuesday in which my boss told me to take a paid day fishing! We were fishing BP's 15-20 ft deep, I was using mainly bonehead stump bug's (Blue Ice) with a proangler 10ft rod, and Malcolm's slab slobber. My dad was using minnows.

A few weeks ago we had the pleasure of fishing Ray Hubbard with Tommy Ezell, he definitely taught us how to scan for our own brush and what to look for when trying to find some crappie. He also taught us the basics of jigging and different techniques to try out when fishing. We put these learned skills to the test on Tuesday.

We hit a few BP's early with little luck so we decided to scan some areas we had not previously looked at. I should have gotten a screen shot from our Lowrance HDS 12 gen 3, it looked like a Christmas tree farm where we caught the bulk of our fish. We limited out by 3:30 and headed home. Was the best Crappie trip we have ever had. A few nice size crappie and we probably threw back about 30 undersized fish along with a fair share of perch and small bass.







Thanks for reading my post! Hope you all enjoy the pictures. Hopefully I will have many more excellent trips to share. I have learned alot about Crappie fishing from these forums and Tommy, if your just starting out I would definitely recommend hiring him if you are able to swing the funds, it was a undeniably priceless adventure.
Posted By: SGT BALLARD

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/16/15 04:37 AM

Great post. Can't beat spending quality time wit your dad, and catching fish as well. You are doubly blessed. Nice slabs as well.. What lake were you fishing? By the way, you have a great boss as well, at least on this day!!!
Posted By: Gamblinman

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/16/15 11:36 AM

clap



Gman
Posted By: el Rojo

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/16/15 11:39 AM

Great post! Glad you had a good day with your dad.
Posted By: banker-always fishing

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/16/15 12:24 PM

Solid post. Good job. cheers
Posted By: Tommy Ezell

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/16/15 12:33 PM

You guys were my ideal clients and I'm just tickled you are out there wacking the crappie with your dad now. Looks like you got the hang of the new unit as well.Keep the reports coming. fish
Posted By: cellis

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/16/15 12:50 PM

Nice haul. Congrats thumb
Posted By: LipRip

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/16/15 01:43 PM

Good job!
Posted By: eightball

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/16/15 02:01 PM

NICE !!
Posted By: Action_Jackson

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/16/15 02:27 PM

Awesome job...Nice double slab pullin "Action" I see

WTG cheers
Posted By: SStohner

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/16/15 03:02 PM

The lowrance with the touch screen is super easy to use. Can mark fish and structure without even stopping the boat. Definitely think the touch screen was worth it.
Posted By: Tommy Ezell

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/16/15 03:13 PM

That's great. I knew you'd be able to operate it and find them by the way you payed attention and easily understood what was being seen on my graph. You guys made me realize what I am doing is 100% worth the time spent. Thanks!
Posted By: Southtexasduckman

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/16/15 05:03 PM

Nice.
Posted By: crope1

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/16/15 05:16 PM

Great memories made w/your dad! very nice looking slabs and thx for the report.Sounds like Tommy is a great guide/instructor from your post....I'm calling Tommy....TOMMY,your phone is ringing,LOL!
Posted By: karpbuster

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/16/15 07:39 PM

Great trip, huge slabs. And all black crappie and one white.
Posted By: larry mays

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/16/15 09:47 PM

In case the boss don't tell you, A job well done.
Posted By: hub_cap

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/16/15 11:20 PM

Awesome trip...
Posted By: Joe Slab

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/17/15 12:30 AM

That's a great day on the water. Nice work sir. cheers
Posted By: SStohner

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/17/15 01:42 AM

What I found interesting is the white crappie was one of the biggest.

The crappie at the lake had unreal coloring and were some of the best looking crappie I have seen.


Originally Posted By: karpbuster
Great trip, huge slabs. And all black crappie and one white.
Posted By: Fooshman

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/17/15 06:37 AM

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Posted By: etexbasser

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/17/15 12:21 PM

Love your boss. Mine want give me a paid day off but will let me slip our early from time to time. Enjoyed reading your post, thanks for the detial.

later...don
Posted By: dcar

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/17/15 07:56 PM

nice post! Congrats on a great fishing with dad thumb
Posted By: Ruffneck2000

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/17/15 10:16 PM

Man that was a nice gift!
Posted By: tboxfish

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/20/15 05:24 PM

Great trip and coolphotos
Thanks for sharing thumb
Posted By: texboxer

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/20/15 07:51 PM

Awesome post!!
Posted By: Outdoor Therapy

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/20/15 10:31 PM

Very nice mess of fish, especially from Hubbard.
Posted By: SStohner

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/21/15 03:30 PM

Thanks for all the positive responses! We are headed out again this Thursday, hopefully will have another mess of fish to post about. My brother is going this time so we should have 75 fish instead of 50!
Posted By: Trunkful

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/21/15 03:44 PM

Very nice...
Posted By: crope1

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/23/15 09:53 AM

today is the day! looking forward to the report.
Posted By: Crappie seeker1

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/24/15 04:12 AM

Great post.
Posted By: Anchorman

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/24/15 04:20 AM

Makes my mouth water. I love me some crappie. Nice going with the training and then the execution of a successful trip on your own. Continued success to y'all!
Posted By: txmark1959

Re: What a great Tuesday Off - 07/24/15 01:34 PM

awesome....good job
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