October
04-08-2011, 01:20 PM
On my way home from work, and always having a rod and box in my trunk, I had the urge to hurry by the lake to see if I could land ANYTHING by fishin small. 4lb line, crappie grubs, light action rod. Sick of the Bass skunk I kept getting there, I decided to target some craps. heard there were a lot and some healthy sizes so I put on a grub and started flingin at the nearest cove by my parents house.
For the first 10 minutes all I was gettin were snags that made my heart jump only to be let down immediately after when I realized what they were. moved my way around the shore and found a nice rock formation underwater jetting out at a point to a pretty deep drop. it LOOKED fishy so I threw out. half way in BIG SNAG. Wait, no this snag is moving. Reeling, reeling....landed on the grass:
http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/5122/photo0571v.jpg (http://img535.imageshack.us/i/photo0571v.jpg/)
PB Crappie (second one I have ever caught). Looks smaller in the pic for some reason but this thing was pretty heavy. No tape or weight :(. Threw em back and decided to hit that spot again.
Three more fish (on each cast) in a row would follow:
http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/1781/photo0572.jpg (http://img853.imageshack.us/i/photo0572.jpg/)
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/357/photo0573.jpg (http://img52.imageshack.us/i/photo0573.jpg/)
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/4666/photo0574t.jpg (http://img849.imageshack.us/i/photo0574t.jpg/)
Threw out a couple more times for some mean bites but no sets. Pretty gnarly school hangin out right there by the shore. Sun turned quickly into a downpour, called the 30 minute session to an end.
Now a believer that Canyon Lake HAS fish. Forgot how fun it is to fish with light tackle. Took one of the craps home to pan fry since I have never tried em. Any suggestions on how to cook em?
For the first 10 minutes all I was gettin were snags that made my heart jump only to be let down immediately after when I realized what they were. moved my way around the shore and found a nice rock formation underwater jetting out at a point to a pretty deep drop. it LOOKED fishy so I threw out. half way in BIG SNAG. Wait, no this snag is moving. Reeling, reeling....landed on the grass:
http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/5122/photo0571v.jpg (http://img535.imageshack.us/i/photo0571v.jpg/)
PB Crappie (second one I have ever caught). Looks smaller in the pic for some reason but this thing was pretty heavy. No tape or weight :(. Threw em back and decided to hit that spot again.
Three more fish (on each cast) in a row would follow:
http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/1781/photo0572.jpg (http://img853.imageshack.us/i/photo0572.jpg/)
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/357/photo0573.jpg (http://img52.imageshack.us/i/photo0573.jpg/)
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/4666/photo0574t.jpg (http://img849.imageshack.us/i/photo0574t.jpg/)
Threw out a couple more times for some mean bites but no sets. Pretty gnarly school hangin out right there by the shore. Sun turned quickly into a downpour, called the 30 minute session to an end.
Now a believer that Canyon Lake HAS fish. Forgot how fun it is to fish with light tackle. Took one of the craps home to pan fry since I have never tried em. Any suggestions on how to cook em?