16 3/4 Inch Monster Crappie
Jerry Smitherman is a very serious fisherman. He showed up down on the Point Aquarius docks late Friday afternoon and asked how the fishing was. Everyone responded we have caught a few. Jerry wants to know if there were any big ones in the area. Someone responded that most of the fish caught were 11-13 inches. Jerry kind of acted like that wasn’t really what he was interested in.
No one paid much attention to what Jerry was doing, which looked like nothing. Several fishermen were catching fish and of course holding them up for Jerry to see. He just smiled and said he was looking for that one BIG FISH. Well, let me tell you, in about an hour, here comes Jerry down the dock with what everyone thought was a small bass. As he got closer, everyone realized it was a crappie. “Now this is what I call a BIG ONE”, Jerry said as he proceeded to get his picture taken and leave. I guess you only need one if it is almost 17 inches long. Be sure and check the FISHING REPORT for what else is going with the fishing this weekend.
Now that is what I am talking about. My kind of fisherman…why clean a bunch of 11 inch fish for dinner when one nice big one will do the trick. Thanks Papa John for the “Blog”. We get a kick out of some of the posts. Bob
Now that is a real crappie. We keep trying; but, 15 1/2 is as big as we have been able to catch. Will keep trying. At least we now know there are some big ones left in the Lake. My kids love to look at some of the reports sent in that you post. Good fishing!!!! Jerry
Way to go paw in-law. When you do things, you do it BIG!