But a GREAT day on the water with el Rojo!
I know you've all heard the "Should've been here yesterday or the day before" quote................
Well, when I found these fish, they were biting off the chart! Unforunately, they were slow yesterday
We started catching fish pretty soon after we started, but they were the marginal keeper sized - 10-11"'s

I pulled into the lead until Red asked me if I was using a leader. I told him I was and that although the water here on Cypress is no longer what I would call "Clear", I had very poor results with braided line until I started using a leader. Red changed rods to one that he had a leader on and immediately started catching fish
We were slowly picking up fish, one here and one there out of 16-17 fow.
Red put a Slab Bug and caught a "Goodun" immediately


We continued working the area, picking loners up here & there

Once it had warmed up, we headed shallow to a couple of spots that I've caught good fish spawning before, but didn't get a bite, so back out to deep water we went and continued our quest to fill the box.

Here's Red again with another nice one that was fooled by the Slab Bug!


We had alot of laughs and get-to-know you better conversation, which made the day thoroughly enjoyable
We only caught 4 that had to be returned due to that issue know as "Tail to close to the eyes" and Red caught a "Mohawk" which I didn't get a picture of
When we decided that it was time to head in, my clicker counter said 22, but once an official count was done there was 23 nice ones ready for the cleaning table......Opps, I had to disassemble my fish cleaning station to use the saw-horses for a lure curing station for Belinda



Here's another shot of Red and his 2 best ones of the day


The colors we caught fish on was Copperhead Blues, Pink Dawn (test color bait), but the most were caught on the new Electric Chicken

el Rojo, you have an open invitation for a back seat any time your in this area, which I hope is not toooo long. I hope when your eating some of those crappie while enjoying the beautiful scenery in Alaska, you remember our day on the lake

TFF has been very good to Belinda & I. We've made a lot of new friends and fishing buddies & hope to be able to continue to do so

it was a nice day to be on the water. nice catch looks like a fun trip.

Looks like a heck of a day! good times with good friends. That's what life is about!

Sweet !!!! Good Job !!!!

that's double from when I called yawl
a double KABOOM that is ....
VERY NICE

Good job!

Great post! Awesome catch!

Hello Red,,,,, Thanks for the post. My name is Mark Toerner. 210 391-4999 I just moved here from San Antonio. My wife and I have just opened a Holistic Herb , Vitimin and Essential Oils Health Store and Treatment Center. Would love to learn the Crappie fishing here in the Ft Worth Area. Looking for a Fishishing Partner . I just love being out there. I let my fish go most of the time unless Im planning a fry. I am Retired and love to fish all types of fish. I have a 19ft Bass Boat and a 14' Jon boat just itchin for some action... I am self sufficiant in all aspects of fishing and I am CAJUN....

Take Care , and Best of Luck

Good going Todd! & El Rojo! At least you found them. Now go put them back!!! LOL!!!

Nice catch, Todd! Love those black Cypress crappie!!

Good fishin'

Well all I can say is we know who has the Skunk smell from the El Rojo and Crappie Guy team....
Nice catch ya'll, and Red I hope you let Mr. Skinner know who's who in the crappie world...

Sorry Guy I just had to.........
Jigum

Good job guys! That Red can catch em!

Ha box when am I going to get to go over there.El Rojo are u still coming by before u leave we need to talk,Box u are hurting my feeling .lol Only kidding buddy.But those are good looking fish partner.