Dad had other things to do today so I decided to fish half a day by myself. The main focus was suppose to be Crappie but they were acting really funny today. Just about the time I thought I had them figured out they would quit on me. I ended up with 12 really nice keepers and probably lost that many as well.

One spot I stopped at was loaded with what looked to be Sandbass but I could not get them figured out either but they were THICK!!! I ended up giving up on them and went Bass fishing and caught a few but nothing big but those fished that were stacked kept weighing on my mind so I went back. I downsized my lure and went to 4 pound line and started whacking them every cast. I quickly got my limit and then made one more stop before heading back to the ramp. I ended up picking up 3 more nice Crappie there and on my very last cast I hung something BIG!! I figured it was a Catfish but I was wrong. After about 30 minutes on 4 pound line I was able to get the net under a 18-20 pound Buffalo.

I also caught a very nice Bass on a Crappie Jig. Did not have a scale but she was probably 5ish pounds.

A very good day's work, I'd say!

Fish On!

You loaded up at God’s grocery store

Nice, very nice!

Right on

Very nice day.

Congrats again, with all of the fish you catch I bet you have perfected cooking them too.

My man, keep living life right and posting pictures…

Yes sir

I have perfected the frying and eating part. LOL! I am still working on the baking part. I just cant find a baked fish recipe that I actually like. I try over and over again but I cant make myself like any of it. About the best I have found so far is some Fish Monger sea food seasoning. Its good to me and Dad thinks its great, but I would much rather fry it than bake it.

Have you tried brining it before baking? Just wondering. I see Hi Mountain touting their gourmet fish brine and I wonder if that would add some flavor.

I have not. Maybe thats where I am going wrong.

What I do is pat the fish dry and then coat it with olive oil and sprinkle seasoning on it and bake about 18 minutes. I have one heck of a collection of seasonings that I have tried but never tried a brine. I might do that this weekend. I would not say any of it turned out bad, I just cant find a good alternative to frying it. Probably the worst was a blacked seasoning.