Thanks I really appreciate it. I personally don�t eat crappie but like sandbass (I know I�m weird they are too mushy for me).

Sergio, I will try to give RC a try on Sunday. PM me if you want to link up but my kids sleep late and the early bite seems to be best.

I thought the exact same thing scubaarchery. I thought I was cooking them wrong or something. I totally agree that sand bass is where it's at. Have you tried them on the half shell with lemon pepper and butter?

I use a modified recipe Tarponfly gave me. I dredge them in 1 cup of flour and 4 tbs of Tony Cachere�s then in melted vanilla ice cream then in Panko bread crumbs and fry them. Best fish fry ever. Second option is this recipe that I do with hybrids

https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/main-course/fish/butter-parmesan-striped-bass-2.html

Both are amazing.

I used to think the same thing but turns out I wasn't cooking them right. Fried crappie definitely shouldn't be mushy.

i liek crappie

yummy

Went out today for a couple hours today, Caught quite a few under size ones and about 6 nearly keepers .

Im need to check this spot out. Hows the parking situation?

It's a little bit of a walk but it's legal parking at least.

Poked around for about an hour and pulled in a keeper crappie second cast. Got hung up and lost my lure shortly after. Fish are jumping and people are catching; gonna have to come back with minnows.

Its a great place to get your vehicle broken into. Happens on pretty much a daily basis.

Went out Saturday afternoon with my five year old for an hour. Took 2 dozen minnows to the spot I normally fished last year. River bank had completely changed and I could not even get to where I used to fish with her, so we got as close as we could. There were a bunch of folks fishing the other side already and no one was really catching much. Tried some on the float but the current was pretty fast. Switched to a Carolina rig and she caught her first sandbass on the first cast and a yellow about 15 minutes later. Overall it was super slow but she still caught one which was awesome! We just had her fish for dinner. It�s always super fun for me to see her enjoying the things that I enjoyed with my dad growing up. The bank was too steep for her three year old sister to join so we will try a different spot next time.

Fish are there, not super thick, but they�re around. Best way to get these early season fish is to bump minnows on the bottom with a light weight. As always 4 lb fluorocarbon is key! Line is more important than the setup, especially with Rowlett being pretty clear this year.

Yep... I have to agree 4 pd test is definitely a game changer! In my creek no doubt about it