But I caught two more than he did

[Browning Guy]

Gotta love it when they start beating you like a drum.  15 1/2" on a golden rule. Not his record crappie, but close.  But I caught two more than he did.  Had to stop when the ocean waves picked up. Guess we will need to get out at 4 a.m. next time. The 18 we caught were all released to fight another day.  Too hot to clean fish.

[Hughesy]

Very nice crappie!!!! How deep and what on.

[Nitro 750]

Nice crappie, great memories!!!!

[MOPanfisher]

Very nice black crappie.

[Browning Guy]

15 hours ago, Hughesy said:

Very nice crappie!!!! How deep and what on.

Sworn to secrecy........ on what he caught his on, but me?    1/16th oz jig head Bobby Garland Baby Shad in purple mist in 15'-18' suspended over 28' in the tree tops on the steeper banks between pt. 12 and 13 on the James.  We could see them on the graph, but caught very few on other colors in the baby until I put on the purple mist with purple head jig and they liked it.  I think they must have been able to see it better as the water was a mix of brown and green with visibility of 2'-3' at best. Watched a lot of people wake boarding and skiing and thought...... yuk. I wouldn't swim in the James river if you paid me. Not the water color I grew up with down here.   One note of interest. If you are throwing them back, bring them up slowly after hook up and be sure and get them back quickly. so they can get back down.  The first one (fish pictured and kept in livewell for photos) we caught was out of the water longer than we like and it had difficulty getting down.  Air bladder most likely as he wasn't hooked deep. As the summer progresses and the drop shot in 20-30 ft of water picks up...... bring them up slow and get them back fast as a reminder. 

[MOsmallies]

Hell of a crappie! Great numbers on TR for any time of year but especially this time of year!

[top_dollar]

Not many crappie reports come from table rock this time of year.  Nice catching.