My first big Crappie

[Trophy Hunter639]

I finally got my pictures back here is my first nice one it was my second crappie ever on my first time fishing for them.It was 14 3/4" and released to grow.                         

[operaman]

Hell of a slab....very nice!

[Jigwiggler]

Nice Crappie TH!  Only your second one you've got to give em' a try through the ice!  Lot's of action, lot's of fun!

[Skiff]

Good one Trophy!  That must be a master angler award for sure.  You know, in all the years I've lived here, I've never caught a crappie, but then, I've never gone out to fish for them either.  May have to try that lake when the ice is on, if I can tear myself away from L. Manitoba and the hoards of eager perch.  What were you using, and how deep? Were they suspended?

[Trophy Hunter639]

Thanks guys.JW I'm hooked on crappie now since that pic i went after them again and an 11"er was my biggest that day but I'll definatly be giving them a shot through the ice this winter which may be sooner than later as it is snowing outside as i type this       That is as MonoPhil said if i can tear myself away from l manitoba perch action which can be crazy!!.MonoPhil I caught that drifting a 1/16 oz chartruese jig with a half crawler on bottom somewhere around 30fow.They were marking everywhere but we caught 95% of our fish that day on the bottom.

[Jigwiggler]

Oh man I bet your itchin' now.  We might see our first flakes tonight.

[Trophy Hunter639]

YOU BET JW I can hardly friggin wait you should see my co-workers expressions when i'm sitting out at coffee loving the cold weather and saying how i can't wait for it to get colder     People think I'm nuts

[grumpymoe]

Thanks bud....the much anticipated pic sure looks great....awesome crappie!!! pretty nice size for a target now....keep em coming....Grump

[Trophy Hunter639]

Thanks Grump I really need to invest in a digital camera i'm getting tired of haveing to wait so long for my pics to come back and paying the extra 4 bucks for a cd.Then I need to take some photography lessons from you as you sure take top notch pics.

[big walleye]

Very nice buddy. You sure catch some nice fish. Well maybe tommorrow big walleye and the grumpster can catch  something big besides a cold. Past a car on the highway tonight that had some serious snow on the roof. Let the ice begin.

[Trophy Hunter639]

I hope you and Grump have a great day you should as Sandy lake was always a fun lake to fish and I got to know it pretty well when we had a cabin there take lots of pics for me I miss that little lake!

[genz_man]

Nice crappie If you can get on a school of the bigunz hold on tight. We hammer'm thru the ice sometimes and it is just pure fun to say the least

[Trophy Hunter639]

Thanks genz man I sure am gonna try to get on some slabs through the ice this winter.

[TroutFishingBear]

That is a beautiful slab crappie TH  :oBeen a long time since I caught a crappie in open water. I catch quite a few of 'em icefishing though, and if it gets cold enough this winter (like it did last) I will icefish 20 min from my house there is a lake full of big 1-3 lb. crappie, along with some nice largemouth and a lot of small 1-5 lb. cats as well!!! hope it gets in the negatives alot here in the steppe/high desert climate where I live!

Come on super cold temperatures! I wanna get me a bunch of big old slabs this year!!! TH it is your fault I have the itch so bad now Good luck in future crappie fishing TH

[Mackdaddy21]

That is a really nice crappie. Ones like that for me can be few and far between. I got probably 3 or 4 like that or close to it last year through the ice. Most of the ones I catch are about 7 or 8 inches though.

Tyler