Got into some crappies today fishing some neighborhood lakes. Lots of fish in the 10-11" range, and one giant 13.5"er! Also caught plenty of bluegill and little largemouth, I spent a decent amount of time throwing a redeye shad and a drop shot to no avail, I guess the bass's metabolisms still are pretty slow and they aren't ready to eat anything bigger than a crappie jig.

 

That looks like lots of....

 

 

work, I hate filleting crappie. Then again, I don't eat them so I rarely do 

 

Getting to be that time of year when I catch a few fishing jerkbaits for bass though.

That looks like lots of....

 

 

work, I hate filleting crappie. Then again, I don't eat them so I rarely do 

 

Getting to be that time of year when I catch a few fishing jerkbaits for bass though.

I filleted them all, and will be giving them away. Plenty of work, but half of the filets go to a landowner that lets us hunt and fish on his land, the other half goes towards getting permission to fish some rock quarries

Now that makes sense. I've filleted my share of fish (even, GASP, bass!) because the landowner of a pond asked me to bring them some fish in exchange for fishing their pond.