There is nothing like the thump of a 1.5lb plus crappie on my jig when using my ultra lite. Or seeing the float go under when using the jig and float.

Amen to that!

GO FIND YOUR OWN! I HAVE!!

RUDY

You know you are ready to go fishing, when you start dreaming of the thump. Its like the sound a covey of quail jumpin up... its heaven on earth!!!

I still get excited everytime I see the cork go under!!!

nats, when i fish with a jig and float, the float does not necessarily go under. it may go up. or it may go up and down, down and up. whatever the movement is, set the hook. 90% of the times I had a crappie on.

Every which but loose, I love it. I'd rather catch a 2lb crappie than a 6 lb bass.

didn't have the scale with me but nailed a good sized 15" inch slab last weekend

more than a thud! a wham!

i thought it was a bass at first

wife caught one the same size too, her's a skinny lil fella

17" is the biggest i have gotten

you can't feel anything or may not even see anything when using a bobber

you can stand there for a few minutes and not even know you a fish!

bobbers are for taking beer breaks while fishing!

= )

Is that so bad? Congrats on that 17 incher. This last year the largest I was able to boat was 14.5 inches. 3 years ago I caught an 18 incher out of Ray Roberts.

i am fishing on lake franklin

a little private lake near winnsboro texas

about a 110 acre lake

You got'm contained, like fishing in a corral. I bet it's a nice quit lake. Will they allow motor boats on the lake? I fished small 20 acre lakes in Kansas, some good fishing. Only cows and buzzards around.

no wake is the only "rule"

but nothing is inforced

just the old buddy system

at times its like fishing in a barrel during the summmer time

very little shade, so all the fish are under the docks

we have a little 14 foot aluminum boat with a 40lb trolling motor that is plenty fine for that lake

a few pics



http://www.dfwlp.com/~escher/farm/bass.jpg biggest bass i have got so far

neighbor landed an 11 lb bass on a frog

http://www.dfwlp.com/~escher/house.jpg

http://www.dfwlp.com/~escher/lake/

the lake is getting remodeled, all the boat houses that are old are getting removed and the lake is about to get dredged

lots of silt!

there are eagles that come in all the time too

they come in from fork which is right down the road!!



i have yet to hit that lake, i need a bigger boat!

You all need to try the puddle jumper and see that they will lure in the crappie.

lol

http://www.ozarkfishing.com/

we make our own jigs

they can't resist!
plus a lil power bait to hide the hook always helps!

I'd dang sure rather eat a 2lb crappie than a 6lb bass!