Excellent day of wildlife viewing and crappie catching

[Brittany Chukarman]

My niece and her kids came up for their yearly vacation so today was a family day. Lots of wildlife sightings today and my wife took some good pics. Fishing was great, 131 crappie in 2.5 hours. Now that the spawn is over they are really filling out and getting nice and thick.





4 of 7 bucks we spotted



From what I've seen it looks like there was a good hatch







My wife with a nice double



The crew and their haul!



The bounty

 

[fishing4sanity]

Looks like an excellent day on the water! Combine that pile of crappie fillets and the wildlife spotted, I'd say you're living in great spot.

 

[jquigley]

Wow, thoroughly jealous of your spot!

 

[Elkmagnet]

Glad to see that the weather didn't shut them down.

 

[mdunc8]

I hate you

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

Glad to see that the weather didn't shut them down.

Yesterday was rough out there. We came in with 3 cats and 48 crappie but it wasn't much fun in the wind and rain.

 

[noharleyyet]

Envious....cool pics all. Healthy looking deer.

 

[RobG]

nice

 

[1_pointer]

I am very envious of a day like that. Well done!

 

[pointingdogsrule]

Incredible. fun times and a nice load of fish.

 

[JMG]

Nice! That pile of fillets makes me hungry. I bet that took some time.

Thanks for sharing.

 

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Looks like a fantastic way to burn a day. The barn owls are way cool.

 

[JLS]

Wow, those are great pictures all the way around. That pile of fillets has beer batter written all over it!

 

[Elkmagnet]

Yesterday was rough out there. We came in with 3 cats and 48 crappie but it wasn't much fun in the wind and rain.

.I bet it was the lightning must have missed you guys?

 

[Festus]

Very cool!!

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

Nice! That pile of fillets makes me hungry. I bet that took some time.

Thanks for sharing.

From set up to clean up it takes 2.5-3 hours. I just accept it as part of my work day. Since May I've done just over 4600 crappie. It's a 2 stage process, I fillet with an electric knife and my dad trims with a Havalon fillet blade.

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

.I bet it was the lightning must have missed you guys?

Yes, that would keep me off the water.