First Crappie Of 2008

[KansasBoy13]

My father and I put in by the state park and we decided to dock fish with jigs and grubs. Started off pretty well, he saw some fish working up close to bank so he threw a small spook and right off caught a 2.5 lb kentucky. Only hit on topwater he also landed a short on a jig. I just a had few hits on my grub and I brought some crawlers to try the drop shot but I decided to try for some bluegill firstly. My first cast on a dock bam! my float shot under and set the hook and could have swore I missed him. Reeled up and he was still on. I said out of excitement i think its a Crappie, dad thought it was a bass until I got it up to the boat and sure enough 15" Crappie. Definitely a fluke because I never recall catching a Crappie on worms in my life and only one of the day. We ended up catching a dozen keeper gills and that crappie with several small gills and a small LM. All in all slow bass fishing day for what we hoped but him catching that chunky Kentucky and me that Crappie and a tasty lunch makes for a good day in my book.