Gangly

5 bass, largest 3.3
1 crappie, 12.5"

Will post pictures later tonight

Saw 2 beavers swimming around as well, was a pretty neat night.

mrl0004

Cant wait for the pics! Nice catch!

Chuck7

Sounds good Aaron...I saw a beaver once..they are neat..

marlin30/30_drabe

see one.....heck i hooked on to one once while bullhead fishing

Gangly

The crappie was caught on a 10 inch worm, haha

The bass was as well, but it was super long and skinny. It was almost 21 inches but SKINNY. it had a fat belly and had been feeding pretty hard, but the rest of the body looked dilapidated, so hopefully it was just skinny from winter.

Chuck7

nice speck.{ -;

Gangly

Thanks Chuck. I am going to bust out the Rebel Minnow and the Bitsy Minnow this Sunday and see if I can catch a few more.

Chuck7

Aaron,
are you catching these crappie at that private pond?

i caught a load of them once on a private pond in Maryland...I was using a little Rebel minnow as well..it was a floater so I tied a split shot a few inches above it...but for me..the all time most productive crappie lure is a small jig. Either casting and retrieving or slowly trolling.

and the best method..live bait ..minnows.

Matt and I are planning a Lake Jackson trip this Sat. { -; He wants to post some fish.

Gangly

It was caught on one of the private lakes. I have caught plenty in the past on the two lures mentioned above, but I am going to give a road runner a try as well to see if that might catch something. If I have time, I will pick up some live bait and see how that works as well. Our perch that we stocked at our office pond are getting decent sized now, so I might take a few of those out there with me as well and see if I cant snag a big bass while searching for crappie. I know it won't count for the tourney, but I'm interested to see what I might catch.

Chuck7

I'm sure your perch you are referring to are yellow perch..they are hard to scale but some FINE eatting..we used to have some in a neighbor pond in Maryland..

If ya catch crappie..please try this recipe..since crappie have very fleshy { Mushy}textured meat

Soak in buttermilk ALL night..
then dredge in your flour and cornmeal mixture..
Fry in hot oil till golden brown..if you can afford it {Peanut oil is best.}

The buttermilk somehow firms the meat up very nice..5 stars..my friend.

I got the recipe from a friend in New York...outstanding.

We would not pay the price for peanut oil the last time..so we used Wesson Oil I believe..I tried Corn Oil..did not like it..left a funky taste on my fish..