02-06-2012, 10:00 AM
<br /> Met Marvin at the ramp at 8:30, he was still chapped about that toad smallie that I caught Friday on a &amp;quot;toy&amp;quot; rod as he calls it. He said&amp;quot;DogMan I&#39;m gonna catch the queen crappie today I just feel it in my bones.&amp;quot; I replied to just wish-on that it was just his arthritis acting up- we both 
d and then went fishin. Checked the roadbeds and did not find any crappie just 4 big catfish, several yellow stripe,a small largemouth and a 10lb drum. Moved to the bluff area and checked a blowdown treetop...marked fish at 18fow in a thermoline(water must be clearer that deep)in 22fow, caught 4 crappie over 12.5in and then Marvin juiced up his OS with a fresh &amp;gt;quid&amp;lt; and promptly lipped a 15,1/2incher over the side of the boat(he dont believe in using a net-says thats sissy stuff) I weighed it in at 2lb 9oz...so now I&#39;m eating crow pie the rest of the day! Never caught another fish here after Queenie so we stopped again at some concrete pilings in the yacht club slough and found a few short crappie...ended the day with only 9 keepers plus the Queenie - all fish released today, is the maddog getting soft or what? Oh Yea, hung out around the flagpole waiting for the boat ramp to clear and caught one of DK&#39;s target species right there in his own backyard. emoLaugh Water temps up to 52.4* after the overnite rain. Besides the big crappie the highlight of the morning was finding 80-100 sandhill cranes had roosted on Loret Island and took off in one big reverberating sounding flock...thought I was in the Everglades for a moment...too far away to get a decent pic...you just had to be there anyhow to enjoy the thrill !emoDance Like Marvin always says&amp;quot;you cant see nuthin like that a sittin on the couch&amp;quot;...I&#39;m inclined to wholeheartedly agree.<br /> Got the pleasure to meet Catfish1 on the water and talked fishing, Lowrance graphs and about Madtown Geno emoThumbsup
d and then went fishin. Checked the roadbeds and did not find any crappie just 4 big catfish, several yellow stripe,a small largemouth and a 10lb drum. Moved to the bluff area and checked a blowdown treetop...marked fish at 18fow in a thermoline(water must be clearer that deep)in 22fow, caught 4 crappie over 12.5in and then Marvin juiced up his OS with a fresh &amp;gt;quid&amp;lt; and promptly lipped a 15,1/2incher over the side of the boat(he dont believe in using a net-says thats sissy stuff) I weighed it in at 2lb 9oz...so now I&#39;m eating crow pie the rest of the day! Never caught another fish here after Queenie so we stopped again at some concrete pilings in the yacht club slough and found a few short crappie...ended the day with only 9 keepers plus the Queenie - all fish released today, is the maddog getting soft or what? Oh Yea, hung out around the flagpole waiting for the boat ramp to clear and caught one of DK&#39;s target species right there in his own backyard. emoLaugh Water temps up to 52.4* after the overnite rain. Besides the big crappie the highlight of the morning was finding 80-100 sandhill cranes had roosted on Loret Island and took off in one big reverberating sounding flock...thought I was in the Everglades for a moment...too far away to get a decent pic...you just had to be there anyhow to enjoy the thrill !emoDance Like Marvin always says&amp;quot;you cant see nuthin like that a sittin on the couch&amp;quot;...I&#39;m inclined to wholeheartedly agree.<br /> Got the pleasure to meet Catfish1 on the water and talked fishing, Lowrance graphs and about Madtown Geno emoThumbsup