OH My My My I have been away from the Forum for to long. Congratulations to everyone on their nice catches. Jealous I am. Boat looks nice Carey but how does it feel is what I want to know. Dennis and I should be ready upon your return (if you return). Maybe a evening/night trip on Hubbard or Lavon would be nice. Less the heat.

Boat is way smoother and bigger. More room!

Report: Monday 1 hour of fishin

Rain kicked us off the lake this morning so we pushed the trip to another time. I waited out the first storm and headed out. Hit the black bass till 10 am and caught 6. Nothing over 4 lbs. 3-5 lbs average.

So, I hit two spots for crappie. First spot picked up 8. Next spot finished my limit plus some. Then the next storm started moving in on me. Left them biting.

Very weird day. Got them in 14ft and over 20 in "7" ft. One in "6.5" ft. Jig didnt work very well. Minnows ruled the day. Not an epic trip. Had to work for them. Wind was blowing in every direction. Not a lot of options to fish today. But it was fun.

No pics today. But fish were in 14-7 ft again. 10-12 ft was magic. Everywhere we went we nailed them. Biggest was 14 inches for the day.

I fixed the video, so it might take a bit for it to flip over the right way......



He got a nice flathead while crappie fishing today. Fun stuff. All the crappie we got today were in 6-14 ft today. The black crappie are shallow mainly is what I have been finding. Caught over 100 fish today. Sorry, no hero pics. Im off to Broken Bow to guide some trout so I was in a rush to get stuff done..... Minnows and Thump Buddys



Sandies invaded our spots today and could have had a 4 man limit in no time..... But it was a crappie trip today and the guys didnt want anything to do with sandies....

Nice job !

Nice work putting your clients on the fish. Nice bonus Op, too! kept waiting for the landing net lol...nice grab!

had a great time while fishing w/carey today! only wish i got the phone to record sooner,oh well,blessed day,doing what i love to do and blessed to see another birthday....as its been forestaed,if you catch fish,thats a bonus,whats more important is the company....

Glad you had a good time and enjoyed yourself. Carey is a awesome fisherman with a ton of knowledge. Bet you learned alot. Congratulation on your catch.

nice reports Carey! Congrats to all.....

kb,we did learn a lot and that was my co-worker that caught the flathead and biggest crappie of the day,,,,

He also caught the largest crappie, blue gill, white bass, and biggest largemouth- even though it was only 6 inches.

Finally had the day off today to do some things. Sorry about the delayed posts. I get home from 10 hours on the water everyday and I pass out on the couch within minutes.... That heat is crazy some days.


13 inch Black Nosed Crappie

Fish have been shallow the last week. My depth has been 6-14 ft down on rocks, brush , and timber. About 9 am is best fishing time as the sun get up a bit.



Carolina rig a minnow on a size 6 hook with a 4 inch leader. Hold the minnow in the depth the crappie are at and it won't last long till you get a thump.....

One of my trips was a " Catch whatever is biting best at the moment"

So, we started with largemouth bass first and set up on a point I know always holds easy fish. Within 45 mins, they landed 7 Black Bass.









After the large mouth bass expedition, we went to a secret crappie spot.





The guys actually got bored of catching catching crappie so they asked to go get sandies. So we went slabbing for sand bass. Caught about 100 of sandies and a bunch of doubles, and caught a couple crappie on slabs and the flies I tie on above my slab.



My tailgate pretty much looks like this everyday, sometimes twice a day.

Or the cooler looks like that.....

When they are hitting jigs, black and chart is working good. I started using purple and chartreuse Thump Buddies and they love to thump them....

So today was my day off, and everyone asked what the heck I was at the lake today..... ......

Because all I do is guide and fish...... So I was there to get my own limit of crappie, but first I wanted to find some black bass too....



Caught 5 chunks and moved on to crappie.



1 hour limit after I hit the black bass......

That is some reel nice work on all those species. I made a mistake by sharing our new crappie taco recipe with my wife's good friends and they put in a request at least twice a week. That's ok because I love em too. See ya soon.