Missisippi River Pool 9 9/10/03

By Dave Koonce 0

Happy Birthday Mary Christopher

I was a lucky fellow today and had the Fishing Machine in my boat to give me a lesson on crappie fishing. The day started off with a serious talk. Mary was very clear that there were things I could take pictures of and things i could NOT take pictures of. There were some family trade secrets to pulling in some of the biggest crappie that I have ever pulled in. The hardware is something I will never let let out of the bag..I Promised

Mary and I set off in a back water slough called Big Slough. We started working brush piles that had a bit of current and deep water off the end of it. Within minutes Mary had her first crappie. It was a nice 10 inch fish shown here.

While I had the corner on the the rock bass, Mary was able to pull in more crappie. I asked Mary what the deal was, and she helped me out with a couple of small tecniques and I caught my first crappie, a woppin 12 incher….

Let me tell you people something…This lady knows her stuff, She out fished me 5 to 1 if not more…She really knows her way around the river,a rod and reel, a boat, a bait box….I will enjoy the next outing we have…but next time we will go north and check out those waters. Here is a picture of Mary with a 12 1/2 inch crappie…one of several she caught.She tells me there are some 13-15 inch crappies out there and I’ll have to work to find them.. Happy Birthday Mary and thank you for a full days fishing

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Dave Koonce

Koonce’s home waters are Pools 9 and 10 of the Mississippi River, neither of which is too far from where he lives in Prairie du Chien, Wisc. “It only takes about 15 minutes to have my boat at the landing,” Full Bio ›

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  2. I can’t think of a better way to spend a day than learning from a skilled angler. Happy Birthday Mary!

  3. Happy birthday Mary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I am glad to see that you both enjoyed the day out on the water, and just remember, no matter how good we think we are, there is someone that knows how to outfish us!

    thanks

    shane

  4. Hey!! Thank you one and all. A special thank you to Dave for a great day. Not many young fellows would care to take an old lady out fishing. He also showed me how to hand line which is a cool way to fish also.
    Had a great day for fishing and catching.
    Thank you Herbie for giving me the opportunity to show Dave your secret trick to catching crappie. I can’t take all the credit you guys.

  5. Sounds like you two had a great day. My hat’s off to both of you. Dave, I’m glad to hear that you learned a new technique from Mary. Happy Birthday Mary and a great many more to come.

  6. It’s reading stuff like this that makes a guy feel good after reading about all the bad crap going on in the world or watching the news. Thanks

  8. That’s right! She needs to be with a good role model sometimes just to keep her on the straight and narrow.
    Thanks Dave.

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