Crappie Spawn

The crappie have been spawning for about a week now at Lake Fort Phantom here in Abilene and today was the first big day for me. We fished live minnows and a few jigs, but live minnows were the way to go. we landed 24 crappie, 21 keepers. Of the 21 keepers we landed, 5 were HUGE crappie. After the crappie finish spawning in about 2 weeks, the hybrids and laregmouth will start to spawn...until then we are getting ready for a crappie fish fry.

Easter Weekend

I had a great Easter weekend fishing with my dad and my best buddy Hank. On Friday we headed down to the Packery Channel and surf fished. It was a great day. There were alot of people pulling in good sized drum, reds, sheepshead, and a few trout. I finished the day with a great, big sheepshead and a nice looking redfish and my buddy hank pulled in a stingray. On Satudray we headed to Coleto Creek and took the boat out. We fished all day landing quite a few bass and a couple of channel cats. We hooked up to two gar, but were unsuccessful in getting them in the boat. We also saw a good sized gator back in a cove. It was about 8-10 feet from head to tail. Quite a weekend.