Great job and what perfect bait you had! Here is my catch on a fly rod for last Friday the 15th.
How is the table quality of those fish? We have a cousin to that fish here in Florida called a Chain Pickerel but these are quite bony so we usually release them.
The eagles like the chain pickerel, here. Easy targets for them.
Interesting...............how do you catch them? Baited traps I presume right? We get Blue Crabs and Stone Crabs here in Florida as well as Crawfish (Lobster without the claws common to New England ones)
Yep. Got the pots a little out of place and had to chase them down, they were headed out to sea.
Thanks! It was a good time like always. Lots of wind and rain the first few days that beat us up, but as I'm sure you know, those are the best fishing days!
Crappie are my favorite fish. Lake Eufaula here in Oklahoma is the Crappie Capital of the World. Look up the lake and check out the amount of shoreline. It is mind blowing. Your pics are a inspiration for me to get the boat done.
Thanks Sonny! Crappie are my favorite fish as well.
Holy carp! A 5 pounder!!
People eat them. You can fillet them and have little or no bones, however, I find them a bit fishy tasting and I'm not so sure they are fit to eat out of the lakes that are close to a big city. I don't eat any fish from the nearby lakes. Once you get 150 miles north of here, the lakes are cleaner, the fish bigger and more species.
Crappie fishing Lake Eufaula in Oklahoma is amazing. The lake even with its size does not get a lot of traffic. Twenty or so years ago it was a popular lake but now most people go to Grand Lake. The water at lake Eufaula is stained most of the year and lake facilities are limited. Fishing has actually improve over the years.
