rsimms, Chickamauga, Crappie $ Assorted, 3-18-2012, Richard & Kayla

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I had a great day Sunday fishing with Richard Boehms and his girlfriend, Kayla Winn. <br /><br />We caught fish... a wide assortment of fish... but we had to work for them. The crappie we found Saturday in the driving rain did a total disappearing act overnight and we had to go "on the prowl."<br /><br />We did some hunting and pecking looking for a concentration of shallow spawners, but couldn't find the Mother Lode.<br /><br />Finally we split the difference and went back to slow trolling... but we were trolling shallow (5-7 feet) with jigs under floats. That's where we caught about 5 zillion fish... crappie, bass, catfish (blues & channels), drum, yellow bass, bluegill, golden shiners and shellcrackers. It was great fun, albeit aggravating having to cull through the small crappie for keepers. <br /><br />Richard loves to eat fish... they went home with 28 fine crappie, along with an assortment of other species that will fit perfectly in a frying pan.<br /><br />Kayla got broken off by one BIG fish of some type that we never saw. emoBawl It ran around too much to be a catfish... I'm certain it was either a drum, or a big bass. emoBang But she captured another drum, her biggest fish ever. emoApplause <br /><br />In the photo below I am pretty sure Kayla is making reference to the size of Richard's fish? emoBig ... that means life is good and gettin' better every day?<br />