....since you went crappie fishin'?. For me it has been decades....until last Saturday. Things have changed in crappie fishin'. I never thought I'd see anything like this. Perhaps I've lived too long. I have some precious memories of crappie fishing with a cane pole and "minners". And later with ultra lite tackle with meps, little georges, bucktais, etc.
Maybe some of you have seen this but it was a gut punch for me. I'm not sure I have the vocabulary/language skills to describe it but I'm going to give it a shot:
The crappie spawn is almost over for this year up here. We decided to hire a guide and get in on the action before it was too late. We met up at the dock and I got a funny feeling when I saw our guides boat. A 21ft skeeter high-dollar bass boat. The floor plan did not look like the set up a guide would use. I didn't see how 4 people could fish out of it. It looked like it was set up to be a 2- man boat. There were only 2 rods on the boat. 12ft, one piece with tiny baitcast reels spooled with 20lb braided line.
I had envisioned 4 guys sitting around talking and fishing and having nice day on the water. Boy did I miss that by a country mile. First of all only one guy fishes at a time, the other 2 sit in the back and watch. The one goes up and stands next to the guide sitting on the stool. You are not looking at the water. You are, for all intents and purposes, playing a video game.
there is some kind of sonar or something in the trolling motor. The guide programs it to hold the boats position over the fish. The bottom structure and fish appear as light images. The guide puts a minnow on the hook and you drop straight down to the fish usually about 12'. You can watch your bait drop and see when it is in the fish. You can watch the fish take the bait. You can position the bait close to a big fish. But again. You are watching all this on a video screen. No need to look at the water. No casting, not cranking, not fight....I, te'ya that is not my kind of fishin'!
So, you catch a couple of fish and move to the back of the boat until it's your turn again.
We did catch some nice fish but we are old school...we are all old and this all came as a surprise. The guide cleaned our fish and I cooked some up for me and Miss Pam last night. I'll post up a pic from my phone after I submit this. Sorry no pics of the day we were behind all the action. But the pic will demonstrate that I ain't for got how to cook crappie. :slimer:
Be right back...
Maybe some of you have seen this but it was a gut punch for me. I'm not sure I have the vocabulary/language skills to describe it but I'm going to give it a shot:
The crappie spawn is almost over for this year up here. We decided to hire a guide and get in on the action before it was too late. We met up at the dock and I got a funny feeling when I saw our guides boat. A 21ft skeeter high-dollar bass boat. The floor plan did not look like the set up a guide would use. I didn't see how 4 people could fish out of it. It looked like it was set up to be a 2- man boat. There were only 2 rods on the boat. 12ft, one piece with tiny baitcast reels spooled with 20lb braided line.
I had envisioned 4 guys sitting around talking and fishing and having nice day on the water. Boy did I miss that by a country mile. First of all only one guy fishes at a time, the other 2 sit in the back and watch. The one goes up and stands next to the guide sitting on the stool. You are not looking at the water. You are, for all intents and purposes, playing a video game.
there is some kind of sonar or something in the trolling motor. The guide programs it to hold the boats position over the fish. The bottom structure and fish appear as light images. The guide puts a minnow on the hook and you drop straight down to the fish usually about 12'. You can watch your bait drop and see when it is in the fish. You can watch the fish take the bait. You can position the bait close to a big fish. But again. You are watching all this on a video screen. No need to look at the water. No casting, not cranking, not fight....I, te'ya that is not my kind of fishin'!
So, you catch a couple of fish and move to the back of the boat until it's your turn again.
We did catch some nice fish but we are old school...we are all old and this all came as a surprise. The guide cleaned our fish and I cooked some up for me and Miss Pam last night. I'll post up a pic from my phone after I submit this. Sorry no pics of the day we were behind all the action. But the pic will demonstrate that I ain't for got how to cook crappie. :slimer:
Be right back...
People have been catching them by the pail full on the lakes up here. And perch.
I had an aunt and uncle that lived in Lafayette. He was a master fisherman and she was a master cook...anything to do wit fish or seafood. Been a while but I do remember.
