Zim and I went fishing today. What a great day! The boat floats. The boat runs. The crappies were waiting for us. We went out for a few hours and picked up 27. We threw back two that were under 11 inches for a total of 25 to clean.







Lots of fun today! Time to clean crappies!!!!!

Cool nice day

Great fishing day congrats

I hear they make great flathead bait, Nice catch,

Nice! Great eating

That's a great day of fishing!

All in all looks like a great day. Thanks for sharing with us.

Looking good you two. Darn good eatin' those fish.

Awesome Patrice. I love catching and eating crappie too. Those look like nice ones. And you guys look soooooo happy!!

They have to be 10 inches to keep here, and we have a limit of 25. What's the regs out in your neck of the woods?

Excellent

That’s gonna be some good eatin

Way to go guys.

Did you have any wind damage up your way?

Good looking fish.

And thank you for not calling them Croppie

Good job
A little early here but it won't be long

WTG love birds

Nice! 11" is a darn nice feesh. Im still waiting for them to get going. Its started but its slow.

That’s a great day!

What were they biting on today up there in the North?

Thanks, Mississippiposse and Joco!

They make nice Zim and Patrice bait too, Broomchaser!

Definitely a nice day and great eating, ABeardedTrapper and Muskratwalt!

You are so welcome, Bob!

Thank you, Beaverpeeler!

Turtledale, you have great taste, buddy! And yes, we are! We had a general limit of 25 panfish each with no minimum size there. It can vary by lake though.

Thanks, Beartooth!

You got that right, Savell! Come on over!

Thanks, Beav! We saw some big trees down and a few barns and silos wrecked. Nothing at our place. It went nearby and hit some friends. How about you?

Too funny, Gunnleg!

Thanks, Corky! I think we just caught the beginning. Water was 56-60 degrees. Yours should start soon.

Jalstat, we're having too much fun!

Gary, these were really chunky. We've kept a lot smaller on other days. Hopefully some slabs show up soon for you!

Hey aix sponsa! We had success on both minnows and Berkley Gulp bait. They were nuts on bigger minnows!

Thanks, Leftane! We had a good day today.

… ya’ll are still looking young and spry … happy for you both!

It looks like y'all had a great time and brought home some fine eating.

That's a great catch on some great eating fish. Where's the picture of your fish dinner ? The wife and I have just been shore fishing for bluegills. lol

That’s awesome! Great day!

Good job! I know you like them. Great eating and fun to fish for.

That's what I'll be doing as soon as the beaver traps come home! I should probably pull today...

good stuff

looks like you had a great time and a good fry

fillets or head , scale fry?

Very nice! Looks like you had fun.

Looks like a great time.

Gotta love a Babe that gets all done up to go fishing.!!

Your a spoiled man...Zim

Fresh calicos out of cold water are darn good eating!

Probably the finest eating that swims right there.

Down here Crappie is both singular and plural, and it's said Croppie.

You's had an fun day!

I hope we're going to get to see some of those plated up with whatever sides you prepare them with. Your meal pics are always inspiring Patrice.

Very good day. On my way for the fish cookout! Lol

Thanks for sharing.
Mac

Ha ha, Savell. We ARE young and spry...although Zim says age and treachery beats youth and exuberance any day! Thanks for your kind thoughts.

We did, Paul! Now we have to decide if our first crappie meals this spring will be low carb or bad behavior!

We'll get some suppers going, Skippy! We had a few steaks and also tuna steaks in the fridge we needed to eat up first. How is the bluegill fishing there right now? Nobody on nests here yet.

Thanks, Trapset!

You know it, MnMan! I live for your pictures!

Sounds like a plan, Finlander! Good luck!

Fillets here, Pete!

Thanks, Flipper! We sure did.

You're a sweetheart, Nessy! I figure I better look good in case I catch the world record and the press closes in!

They are, Rusty!

Thanks, Warrior. Nice to get the Georgian translation - I have never encountered that spelling, but you obviously have great taste!

Thank you so much, Lugnut! I'll get on it soon!

Hope it's a great one, Gary!

You're welcome, Mac!

Music to my ears! Calicos!! The name Calico Bass with a picture of the fish (black & white) was on the back of the MI DNR map book during the years prior to 1968. During the late 60’s a nuc plant was being built just outside our town of Midland MI and with the plant came “travelers”/“outsiders” skilled tradesmen and laborers from all over the country and they brought with them the “new” name “Crappie” which were very common in our local lakes. The once forever name Calico Bass was changed to Crappie and remains today! Now you know the rest of the story! LOL

Looks like fun to me

i remember when they were called calico bass Seldom.

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Enjoy reading about your adventures! Keep showing us how to enjoy our days!

Way to go, girl!

Good time's good eats too,starting back in late Feb a crew of us started going up to Canada 68 miles from home crappie fishing.Ended up with 12 trips all but two times we came home with our limits,gave a lot to some of the older friends who can't get out anymore,and brothers and more friends.We've ate a lot of crappies since late Feb till now,our last outing was Last Sun the 19th ice was just starting to show some honeycombing,still 38" to 40" of ice....

Thank you, Paul Harvey! (Seldom) I hope your Calicos are biting over there across the pond!

So much fun, John!

Wow, thanks Trappingthomas! I'll try to do that.

Thank you, Kristen!

That sounds fantastic, Rick. The folks who own our walleye camp in Canada have a winter home on a smaller crappie lake up there. They talk about dinner plate sized crappies. I dream of them... Nice of you to share with some friends! That makes the whole thing better!

Looks like lots of fun !

Good photos . Happy smiles.

These little guys remind me of what the locals in FLA call Bream . I used to catch them a lot growing up. Prepared them myself along with nice sides of hush puppies . A perfect southern meal. I'm sure your supper was perfect !

I didn't know this backstory.

Growing up it's just what my dad and family called them.

Always learning!

Hey, Sharon! Aren't bluegills what they call bream down south? I need another translation!

I dont know, Patrice , they might be ! All I knew them was by the local name. They sure were good.

I would take my nightcrawlers and my cane pole with red/white bobber , sit with the black folks along the canal edges , who all had the same cane pole setups. We would catch those little fish by the buckets. I made many friends sitting along those grassy banks .

I would only keep the biggest ones and carefully put back the small ones.

That simple kind of fishing was as much fun, if not more fun, than catching the big fish in the Atlantic with my Dad in his fishing boat.

that enough for a good day.

No sour cream needed!

No kidding, Sharon. You gotta love panfish!

Vinke, you hit that one right one the head. Our first time out every spring usually starts a repair list!

Lufkin! I do have a recipe for cedar planked panfish with a sour cream based sauce. I might just have to dig that one up for you!

Most of the crappies we are catching in Canada are very nice sized 80 to 85% are 13.5" plus,out of hundreds......the smallest we've caught was 9.75",16.65" was the largest,this year 15 5" were the largest.

Looks like a awesome day and excellent eating.

Now there are the dinner plate crappies I was dreaming of, Rick! I'm glad you're living it!

It was great, Bruce!