Nickajack 10-28-11
I realize the pics are not up to standard but it was raining and I did not want to risk getting camera wet. There are 15 Crappie in the cooler-sink. Two of them are 12 inch fish. The rest are either 14 inches or so close you would call them 14 inches. It rained on me the whole time I was catching fish. I caught a lot of small Spots...7-8 inches....several 7 inch Shell Crackers and quite a few really big Gills. All of the fish were holding tight to cover....right next to a wall or right on the edge of a rocky drop off. After I caught my 15th Crappie I wanted to try and cull out the two 12 inch fish. It stopped raining and you immediately felt the air becoming cold and dryer. I fished for another hour and not another bite from anything. I decided to call it quits at 4:00PM. I was wet and my new Keen waterproof boots are not waterproof...so back to REI. I did not go to the hole that holds the really big Crappie. I keep telling myself I am going to fish there first but I am always afraid someone will get my other spot. I am really surprised at the quality of the Crappie coming out of Nickajack. They are every bit as good as the ones I catch on KY Lake...below Pickwick Dam. There was only one boat on the lake that I could see...and he must have been catching fish because he did not move the whole time. Sooner or later I am going to get around to fishing 3 more spots I have found on the map that I think might be good spots.
Regards
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