got into a bit of a spat over the 3 am gig out on the rocks , and was informed that wasn't gunna "float" anymore
1 st DARNIT >>>
tried my best to sweet talk my way thru it to no avail ! I have been now restricted to 6 days a week instead of 7
and to add more of a chain on this dog I was told 12 am to 4 am is NOW a NO NO as well
so after a bit of pretty please and so on and so forth I managed to get me a ketchn kitchen pass for 2 hours last night
2 hours beats nada in crappie poker so I played the hand i was given
walked up dropped jig hooked big crappie
and promptly lost big crappie on the rocks.... 2 nd DARNIT
kept after them and that was it for about 10 minutes ONE BITE !
I was supposed to showing off a bit for a few folks that were watching and wanted to see first hand my presentation and such .....
and them crappie just wouldn't cooperate
3 rd DARNIT >>>>
so as we chatted and I shot the breeze with em ....float takes a dive ....
so after a word from our sponsors .....
aka Thermocline Lures ......
let the show begin I say .....
KABOOM
mind ya it wasn't a slug fest .but several fish came on as if they were scripted to show up
I was pleased to pass on a few of my baits to young fella who said he never ketched any crappie there
I showed him up close my set up and how to fool a crappie into taking it
twitch twitch twitch ...slight drag ....let it sit a second
KABOOM
no whales were harmed in the episode though
and I was quizzed as to why I just ketch them and toss them back ?
I explained it was my civic duty to educate the crappie in public areas
in the effort to conserve fish and leave a few for the next visitors I am bound to let several swim on
anyway there were fish being ketched in several locations
I watched two ladies ketch ONLY 2 fish last night as they shared one rod
but each one managed a WHALE and those were to the 2 largest I saw last night as well
second fish was approaching 2 lbs and got a few folks pretty stirred up
the good news though ....they was just there educating crappie as well
they wasn't keeping em either ....
had an ok time and managed about a dozen crappie, none of them were BIGGUNZ
the bite was pretty slow ...
now for the STAR of the show .....
I changed over to a Mr Fry from a Lil Fry when the big girls made an appearance
I was in hopes a larger presentation would bring a whale to me
as I fumbled in my pockets in the dark
I had my BARE jig head dangling at my feet in the water
all the sudden I went WHAT THE HECK ?
a fish just hit my BARE JIG ????
and lookeee here at this lil thing
a fat puppy warmouth
and for sure it was what it was
and is what it is
KABOOM
that was my 2 hours last night ....
730 to 930 and down the road I went