Went crappie fishing downstate with my BIL and nephew on Saturday. It was all ultralight all the time. I used my new 5½' Okuma Celilo spinning rod with a cheaper Okuma reel spooled with 4lb flouro.

Crappie were a bit scattered and my first fish ended up a 19" Walleye.

We managed to find a few crappie here and there, most being in the 8-13" range.


I hooked into 3 different fish throughout the day that simply kicked my butt. The first dove straight for the bottom. I was able to pull him off bottom 2-3 times, but he simply peeled that 4lb test line right back out. A few minutes into the fight, the line broke at the knot, (Trilene knot).

I hooked into another powerful fish a couple hours later that started making a right to left run, again peeling 4lb test off my reel. Once again, the line broke at the Trilene knot.

More crappie happened into the afternoon, but things were definitely slowing down when another good sized fish hit my little pinkie jig. We had to chase the fish a bit to keep me from being spooled and we finally landed a good sized drum/sheepshead, (Palomar knot for the win!).


The gang.

Hey awesome work...congrats!

Looks like a great time Scott !!

Doug & I went out, Sunday too !

Nice!

I always pick up a few drums when the crappie are in the rocks. I think drum prefer crawdads as feed so are always up in the rip rap. I know they’ll bite the heck out of blue crappie jigs and like you say the fight is on.

Looks like a good time. We usually hook into a few catfish on crappie trips. Buddy of mine caught a 35 pound flathead a few years ago on a gulp minnow and 6lb line. Took a while to get in

Dude nice work that looks like a great time!