Thanks for sharing. Got to try it out next time:)

Went a different direction at the ssssssl All I can find are these.

Nice I didn't make it out this morning due to making it in extremely late last night/early morning 4:30am from the bachelor party. We had a party bus and a whole lotta alcohol. After getting kicked out of 5 bars, we decided to call it a night at about 3:30am.

Only 18 crappie and 3 sandies for today's total. Water is now stained. Fish seem to be very active, but way under size. I probably caught 50 crappie to get those 18. Most were 11" only 3 were 13". Sorry no pics this time....

fish fry at Rens house tonite!

WTG Ren. Hoping to run down there tomorrow after work.

Ren your freezer should be getting mighty full by now.

Nice.

Decided to treat myself to a few hours of fishing today since I aced all my quizzes at school. Woke up at 6:30am my son was already up as I can hear him calling for me. Got him changed/dressed and ready to hit the road to go pick up Heineken from the vet (thanks MR Alvarado Vet Clinic was ) by 8am and try to make it back home by 9ish and then FISHING!!! Dropped Heineken off, dropped my son off to the babysitter and was on the water by 10ish. Only 2 other cars were in the parking lot so no crowds...yay! Motored to the "hole" & met the gentlemen who own the 2 cars in the parking lot whom I know. They yelled out "Come on! they're biting!" So I pulled up to a log & tied off and got to work with my slip bobber rod set at 10ft. Fan casted my area with several of my go-to colors/lures with no bites while the 2 gentlemen were still pulling fish up sandies & small crappie. I threw the 2 OG's my deuce and motored up the creek to my SSSL's not finding any bites whatsoever. Was beginning to think I shoulda stayed home. Then I casted to a spot where I saw big crappie pulled from before. As I was working my bobber on my retrieve, it slowly went under (from pass experience when your bobber slow goes under, IT'S A BIG CRAPPIE!) I set the hook & it was on! A HUGE crappie. Cast to the area again and BAM! Another HUGE crappie. Decided to motor closer to the area, but as I closer my canoe bumped a lot of logs & figured I prolly spooked the fish. Now, I'm pretty much on top of the area I was casting to. Tossed my bobber into the spot and BAM a huge sandie. Tossed in again and again, a huge sandie. Changed colors and Bam a nice crappie and then another since sandie. Then got the dreaded call from the babysitter. It's about 2pm now rushing home, I bumped a few logs then my trolling motor prop stops propulsion...hmmm shear pin broke??? Disconnected the negative and unmounted my TM from the 2x4 it was mounted to. Got it open to see the shear pin did not break, but the inside of the prop was mangled. I was able to get the shear pin straighten & prop working again. I got mt TM in my lap and was gonna mount it back on the 2x4, but as I was turning around, I lean over just a little and IN THE DRINK I WENT! Canoe didn't capsize, but got a lot of water. I was able to hang on my canoe if not, not sure I would be here giving yall a report. I had on my winter crappie suit and that thing weigh a ton wet. Holding on to my canoe I was able to make to the bank to where I could stand. 1st thing I checked was my iPhone, which is pretty much a goner with no insurance (it was it my pocket it was in a OtterBox case, but it didn't help). OBTW, the water was freezing! Only lost 1 clear box of jigs/lures. Battery was still good even though halfway submerged in water in canoe. Had no cup or anything to bail water out. Bailed what I could with my hands. I'm shivering and shaking now could barely able to get back into my canoe, but I managed. With water inside, it made maneuvering and controlling my canoe was difficult on top of freezing my cajones off. With water, me and the battery at the back of the canoe, it made the front rise pretty high kinda like in the movie Shallow Hal... Made it back to my truck started it up with the heater blasting. Went & got my dry bag w/ spare clothes from my canoe. Got out of all my wet clothes & got dressed. Didn't have the strength to pull my canoe from the waters edge. Used my truck and straps to pull my canoe to the parking lot. Got everything out flipped it over to dump out the rest of the water. Managed to get everything into the back of my truck and home I went......And YES!!! I was able to save ALL the fish I caught....If you want to see the bright side of this story or that I didn't drowned. I only way I was able to hang on to my canoe as I was falling in, my feet was tangled in the anchor trolley line. Sorry no pics for obvious reasons. I'll snap a couple with my digital camera in the morning....Until then...Glad to be home, warm a,d dry! 2012 hasn't been too good to me....lost car keys to both of my vehicles to the SSSL, my prescription glasses, and now my iPhone 4S. What else can happened?




I do realize that ALL the above happened because of MY CARELESSNESS and the attitude of it won't happen to me.... Hope you guys are learning from my mistakes....

Glad you're ok Ren. The sssssssl goblins have been giving you fits. I've had my share of trials this year there but nothing that extreme.

The only sure fired way to get rid of those SSSL gremlins is to share the location with your good buddy ol' MR.

Glad you made it okay and didn't lose your fish or your stuff. condolences on the Iphone.

glad ur ok ninja
keep seeing ur sneaker upside down just above the water line!

at least put ur phone in a ziplock freezer double seal. saved yourself some $$$.$$

Dont get them wet n NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER feed em after midnight!!!

I'm ok just feel less intelligent cause I knew the hazards & pitfalls of being on the water with my valuables and yet I did nothing to prevent these losses or learn from previous "incidents" i.e. my prescript glasses & car keys. My feet wasn't above water. They were tangle under the water. I remembered not to panic once in the freezing water. I waited for my body & muscle to get acclimated to the water for about 3-5 minutes then I was able to some what swim with relative ease even though I was weighed down by all my clothes.

On a lighter side of things, found tips on how to get your water damaged iphone dry...put your iphone in a bag of rice for a couple days, or in with packets of silica to draw out moisture. If that doesn't work, also found videos of how to take your iphone apart to dry the inside. Last resort, go to apple store to get a replacement for $199 a lot cheaper than buying the iphone from at&t for $499-$599

@MR- you come pick me up, spring for food/drinks for the day, I'll take you to my SSSSL's.....

Sounds like a deal. I'll let you know when I can do it.

The bag of rice trick didn't work for any of my kids ipods. might try the silica.