Bambooflyguy
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The crappie were excellent!
Crappie….
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Bambooflyguy
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Back to the lake again today……4/7 I kept 3 crappies and 1 bass. So maybe a pattern and not a fluke! We’re cooking these with butter, orange juice and dried dill.
Bambooflyguy
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Hey Greggor, I’ve made fish n chips from bass from around here several times……very tasty! I C&R trout but invite spiny rays over to our house for dinner! The only real taste differences between all the white flakey fillets might be the time of year caught…..but tartar sauce and some cold ones….can’t be beat! Walleyes are still on my bucket list.
I hear you! A few epic spring trips to a larger sized Pot Holes lake, made for some great filets to fry up. And... burying the remaining fish parts in the garden would lead to a bumper tomato crop late summer!
I found a "Professor" worked nearly as well as the little yellow pan fish jigs. Lots of fun with a 3wt.
I don’t blame you. Those pellet head stockers are gross. The much tastier fish you are bringing home reproduce on their own and grow kinda slowly in the PNW. Continued dinners may yield diminishing returns at the honey hole! But nice work cracking the code.
For a change of pace, try some crunched up Tim’s jalapeño potato chips breading for your fish fries.
SF
SF
Similar idea, but in the past I've mixed some crushed Wasabi Peas into the batter for a little xtra kick.
Damn, now I'm getting hungry! Warm weather and Crappie fishing can't come soon enough.
Damn, now I'm getting hungry! Warm weather and Crappie fishing can't come soon enough.
Bambooflyguy
Life of the Party
Why wait for warm weather doublespey….something to do now in not so warm weather! Not that I’m putting up huge numbers but I only keep enough to eat fresh. How’s that for an excuse for not catching a shitload??
Smith
Steelhead
This is great to see.
Bambooflyguy
Life of the Party
Thanks Smith! I’m on the wet side of the Cascades next to the sound so not really a lot of crappies around me especially in the winter months……but I hope I’m on to something!
Speaking of...
ftw.usatoday.com
Angler learns why his record fish was rescinded; it’s not good
A Kansas fisherman who had his state-record white crappie voided and “didn’t understand why,” now knows the reason. X-rays don’t lie.
ftw.usatoday.com
Bambooflyguy
Life of the Party
What’s SUP with that Tim?? We ate all of our evidence! Didn’t crap out any weights the next morning……
Steve, how's the crappie fishing? The medium big and larger are pre spawn at 48deg. over this way, but still in type 6 water.
Black buggers have been the best for me.
Found some smaller ones in shallow under the bobber with a leech.
Black buggers have been the best for me.
Found some smaller ones in shallow under the bobber with a leech.
Bambooflyguy
Life of the Party
Way to go Tom! I switched back to trout…..mainly because the last time I got skunked on crappies! I might have to go shallower looking for them. I haven’t given up yet…..
