Saturday Lunch – crappies - Mississippi River – Panfish - Mississippi River – Panfish

I catch a lot of heat from my “buddies” that if I don’t use my boat more my wife Bea, will turn it into a flower box so I took her out crappie fishing on pool 8 saturday morning so she can see it’s better used for fishing. The local bait shop was out of crappie minnows so we settled for small walleye minnows. The bite slowed down since Thursday it seemed. We started out in 13 fow early in the morning and then found them in 8 -10 fow a little later. Bea gave me a lesson yesterday catching some real nice crappies for lunch the biggest being 11 3/4″ and the smallest 10 1/2″. I think the bigger minnows kept the small ones from biting. I kept the small ones busy with a swedish pimple and a little cecil with waxies. Her best fish were on a white 1/16 oz jig under a slip bobber. I tried several colors the best results being on chartruese. It was a beautiful day on the river – too short as yard work was calling but the results made for an excellant lunch and she kicked my once again in the fish department.