What a crappie day!

[idahoron]

Strike was good to us on Saturday 5-9-09. We got there early so we could find some trout in the cool of the morning. Jacob got a new fish finder for his birthday. He got a humminbird 110 Buddy and he also got a two pole permit. Both of those gifts were my idea and he LOVED them.
We hit the water at 8:00 and the water was 57 degrees. I got the first fish and it was a keeper crappie. After about another 20 minutes I was thinking that the trout were not going to come out to play. Soon Jacob had a 15” trout on and it put up a good fight. As the water temp came up so did the Crappie numbers. Soon we could not keep the crappie off the line water temp we found was 60 degrees. We both put away the trout rigs and only fished one pole. About noon we had about as many crappie as I wanted to clean, but I was still looking for trout.
We headed out to deeper water and Jacob got his second 15" trout. I was getting bummed. As we kicked along Jacob found a under water point 15 feet down and all around it was 30 to 38 foot deep, and loaded with fish. I marked that on my GPS, and we hit crappie. We didn’t keep anything under 11” and we got a bunch. We even started to cull fish in the baskets.
About 3:00 we were tired and I thought as many fish as we had, we better start to head back. Jacob was seeing a ton of fish on the finder and he was nailing them. Then he got a fish that fought a little different. He said he had some kind of squaw fish. It was a 12” perch. When I saw it I said KEEP IT! He was going to throw it back. I was dragging a worm on the bottom and throwing jigs. The worm pole had a hit, and soon I found out it was also a perch. We were almost to the truck when found my only trout , and it was with the worm rod. As I got it to the tube I saw it had a jaw band. I got it netted, and saw my hook was right on the tip of the lower jaw. Well the hook tore loose and the band flipped out of his mouth and landed on my "TubeDude styled" apron. I grabbed it quick and put it in my pocket. This makes the second trout I have caught this spring with a band. Jacob asked with 37 crappie, 3 trout, and 2 perch, how do you top a day like today? I said with some trout BLING!
Ron

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[idahopanfish]

Not sure but may have seen you out there Saturday, at least I saw 2 in float tubes heading out to the east from the narrows (toward cottonwood) and then oming back along the south shoreline.

My fishin buddy Andy and I were fishing the west bank just before the east end of the narrows and came home with 22 for me and 25 for Andy, but our crappie were all 10" or under. I went with using my fly rod with a micro jig and float and Andy was spinning with and red/white tube jig.

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Next time maybe we could get to say hi. Yes it was a good Crappie Day.
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[peter805]

great job guys []
looks like you two are having some good old time.[fishin]
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[idahoron]

I was parked by that guy with the red toon and the young kid. They were pulling out as I was getting ready to go I had the tan tundra. I didn't see you guys but that sounds like me you saw me. If I would have known you were there I would have said HI! Ron
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[idahopanfish]

Yes we got there around 12:30 and I saw you 2 along the bank and near the narrows and then you headed you out to the middle, that high spot sounds real interesting[] wish I had a GPS[unimpressed] Thanks for your info from before, we had a great time and sounds like you did too.[fishin]
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[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]Great report and pictures. The s tell it all. The fish in the basket are just frosting on the cake. The enjoys are the best part.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]This is the time of year when all of us tanglers start wearing off the rough edges from a long cold winter off the water. It's great that crappies (and other species) become active and come out to play with us too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I am a multi species kinda guy. I always get in a couple of good crappiethons and then focus on other species throughout the year. I love 'em all.[/#0000ff]
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[idahoron]

ot hearing anything good from Salmon Dam. When that turns on I will be going there for walleye and Bass. My next target species will be cats. Thanks for the help. I saved that. Ron
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[Floatin_n_Maine]

nice catch guys! I hammered some crappies myself last weekend. I caught 37, and lost maybe another 10 or so. I wasnt in my tube because the water's still pretty cold up here, so i used my aluminum boat.







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