5/18 Toledo Bend
My dad wanted to go fishing, so decided to take him out to Toledo Bend and show him what strolling / spider rigging was all about. We hit the road at 5:45am and were at the launch by about 6:15.
I realized when we arrived to the boat ramp and there were probably 200 vehicles (trucks & trailers) parked... that I may have not realized that there was a tournament going on..... But the weather had promised to be lovely and they were all gonna be after bass.... so I figured we would be just fine.
We spider rigged and strolled along weedlines, my dad managed the two rods we were strolling out of the back of the boat. Fished from 6:45 or so till 10:30 and ended up with 24 nice respectable toledo bend crappie. Bite really picked up once the fog burned off and the sun got up into the air. fish came in 15-22ft of water, hot colors were a grey ghost little hair jig, and acid rain. Picked up a few fish on black & chart, and blue & white.
It was a lovely day and even though it felt a little like fishing in New York city during rush hour... we had a blast.
We spent a little time running around the lake after fishing and i even picked up a few nice brim to add to the mix.
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