Pacemaker Fishing Forum

Well, for those of us who really love this sport of fishing, few things are better than being invited to go with a professional guide to a proven " honey hole"; that is what I did on Thursday. Dan Grulke called me and told me that he had " tore up the crappie in both size and numbers with two citation fish in the bunch." I was really looking forward to seeing this new spot.

We were on the lake at 6:00AM and headed down stream to the SPECIAL spot! Since he knew where we were going I had him do the driving. Well, I became a little suspicious when he slowly approached a fallen tree with a somewhat puzzled look and announced " I think this is it." THINK---don't get me all excited about a new PROVEN PRODUCER and then forget where it is! Well, in defense of my guide, the ONE crappie that we caught was a nice thirteen incher. We were limited on time since Dan had to be off the lake by ten o'clock in order to get to work on time.  Now I'm feeling pressure since I had ( based on the fishing report) already promised fish to my friends. At this point I suggested we try a couple of my old spots. We did and picked up a few more. Now--we are approaching the ten o'clock deadline and we are a few fish short of a fish fry! On the way back to the ramp Dan remembered a spot that had been good for both large crappie and bass in the past. We stopped long enough to catch several respectable crappie and Dan landed one bass that was about two and a half pounds, bringing the final tally to about twenty crappie and four bass.