miss. crappie

[portageredneck]

crappie ex. and i went to the spillway at mississienwa (spelling?) caught some nice crappie and a few silvers pics to follow...

[Crappie Expree]

here's some of the fish we caught!

[hounds]

Nice haul, both the drive and the fish !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[portageredneck]

my pics are a little diff.

[abishop]

What do you have mixed in with those crappie? Are those white bass? Cleaned 1 once and saw the red blood vein and that was enough 4 me. I guess they are ok if you know how to clean them.

[bherr24]

Good to see you guys had a good trip. I took 9 out of the lake on Tuesday night from the bank fishing one stump. All solid 10-12 inch fish. Can't wait for the lake to get to summer pool and the fish to come right in to the banks, then it gets really fun.

[basser85]

Great catch, you getting them on minnows or on tubes? I like to use the tubes.

[Crappie Expree]

tubes tiped with a minnow!

[portageredneck]

hay bherr24 thanx for good directions...when the bite slowed on just plain tubes we put a little meat on them and turned the bite around

[Crappie Expree]

abishop this vain your talking about,is it the red down the middle on the skin side?because thats just fat the white bass is real oily.

[Boomer]

abishop - we will take a few white bass limits each year and save for some eating. Can be a little strong. I like to soak them in milk - or even buttermilk - before eating. Not a bad fish for a "hot & sour fish soup" recipe I have. They are little firmer than crappie or gills for this recipe.

[abishop]

Cant say I never tried them. The vein I was talking about I thought it was down the main backbone. However it has been a long time ago. Only did the 1 fish, gave the rest away, and never kept another. Just my opinion.

[Crappie Expree]

yep its been a long time since i ate them to going to try grilling them.

[backus]

Your only hope.........beer and hot sauce

[Crappie Expree]

lol your prbly right but i figured i would give them a shot thats why i only kept six instead of twelve.