Dave Doehrman
Expert
On my way up to Young's Longshot Range, I drive by a channel on Adams Lake that looks like a good crappie spot. Saturday on my way home from the range I stopped and talked to a fellow who was fishing there. He said the crappie were starting to move in.
Sunday, I tossed a couple poles and my jig box in the back when I headed up to the range. It was raining hard enough that I had my wipers on so I decided to stop and check out the channel. I spent about 10 minutes tossing a small jig and then slipped on a bobber and tipped the jig with a minnow. My first cast resulted in a fair sized crappie. I ended up with 8 crappie, a bluegill and a decent bass. I lost about a 4 lb bass when he straightened out the thin wire hook on my crappie jig. One crappie was huge and the bluegill was big enough to inhale a crappie minnow.
By now, the sun had come out and the rain stopped. I drove on up to the range and shot for about an hour but I couldn't quit thinking about the fishing. I headed home and cleaned the fish. Today I'm having crappie, bluegill and bass fillets breaded with cornmeal and flour and deep fried in 50/50 peanut oil and vegetable oil. I slap the fillets on a piece of bread and butter. Some pork and beans seem to go well with the fillets and some amber liquid helps the digestion process.
Now my brain hurts. I want to go shoot but the crappie are in the channels. I can shoot any time, but the crappie are only in the channels for a few weeks. I guess I'll wait until after I've had my hot, crispy fillets to decide if my next trip will be dedicated to fishing or shooting. I know I can do both on the same trip, but it is had to get a good cheek weld when you are thinking about fishing and drooling all over the stock.
The next thing I have to worry about is morels. I like fresh morels fried in butter even more than crappie fillets. Now my head is really hurting....
Decisions, decisions.....
Sunday, I tossed a couple poles and my jig box in the back when I headed up to the range. It was raining hard enough that I had my wipers on so I decided to stop and check out the channel. I spent about 10 minutes tossing a small jig and then slipped on a bobber and tipped the jig with a minnow. My first cast resulted in a fair sized crappie. I ended up with 8 crappie, a bluegill and a decent bass. I lost about a 4 lb bass when he straightened out the thin wire hook on my crappie jig. One crappie was huge and the bluegill was big enough to inhale a crappie minnow.
By now, the sun had come out and the rain stopped. I drove on up to the range and shot for about an hour but I couldn't quit thinking about the fishing. I headed home and cleaned the fish. Today I'm having crappie, bluegill and bass fillets breaded with cornmeal and flour and deep fried in 50/50 peanut oil and vegetable oil. I slap the fillets on a piece of bread and butter. Some pork and beans seem to go well with the fillets and some amber liquid helps the digestion process.
Now my brain hurts. I want to go shoot but the crappie are in the channels. I can shoot any time, but the crappie are only in the channels for a few weeks. I guess I'll wait until after I've had my hot, crispy fillets to decide if my next trip will be dedicated to fishing or shooting. I know I can do both on the same trip, but it is had to get a good cheek weld when you are thinking about fishing and drooling all over the stock.
The next thing I have to worry about is morels. I like fresh morels fried in butter even more than crappie fillets. Now my head is really hurting....
Decisions, decisions.....
