Radtexan
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Im happy to announce NO TRACTORS were involved in todays outing.
Although the Air Care Chopper almost had to come a couple of times..Came real close to a West Texas Trifecta of road kill before dawn.Winding through some canyons before first light,,,,,,,first swerve a doe mule dear might have lost a couple of tail hairs when she came from nowhere...NO more that 2 min later a buck white tail,with a couple of girlfirends did their best to make me spill some freshly pored coffee all over my lap...But the closest call of all was a heard of feral pigs,with a bruiser at least 350 # leading the way.
Anyway,water was very calm and air temp was 33 when I dropped my first jig...Dont know if its just southern crappie,or if they are like this in other parts of the country,but it seems like half the population heads for the deepest of deep,while the other half head for the shallow creeks and tributaries.but winter out here we chase em shallow..
First two spots (almost 4 hours total) only had 12 fish between 5 of us,with 4 of them being keepers...Lost 3 of the guys to go home and watch the cowboy game,and I left one of them there to try one other spot..Action from the first drop
Landed 31 fish in exactly an hour,with 10 coming come with me for dinner.......
I tried all morning to get them to eat the hand tied jigs,but they wanted plastics this morning,9 on ties 23 on plastic,,Im stubborn,but not stupid....
Not too bad for a late November half day trip !!
Although the Air Care Chopper almost had to come a couple of times..Came real close to a West Texas Trifecta of road kill before dawn.Winding through some canyons before first light,,,,,,,first swerve a doe mule dear might have lost a couple of tail hairs when she came from nowhere...NO more that 2 min later a buck white tail,with a couple of girlfirends did their best to make me spill some freshly pored coffee all over my lap...But the closest call of all was a heard of feral pigs,with a bruiser at least 350 # leading the way.
Anyway,water was very calm and air temp was 33 when I dropped my first jig...Dont know if its just southern crappie,or if they are like this in other parts of the country,but it seems like half the population heads for the deepest of deep,while the other half head for the shallow creeks and tributaries.but winter out here we chase em shallow..
First two spots (almost 4 hours total) only had 12 fish between 5 of us,with 4 of them being keepers...Lost 3 of the guys to go home and watch the cowboy game,and I left one of them there to try one other spot..Action from the first drop
Landed 31 fish in exactly an hour,with 10 coming come with me for dinner.......
I tried all morning to get them to eat the hand tied jigs,but they wanted plastics this morning,9 on ties 23 on plastic,,Im stubborn,but not stupid....
Not too bad for a late November half day trip !!
