Reelfoot Lockjaw

The bite at Reelfoot this past weekend was rough. We pulled in twenty one gills and crappie on Friday which was much better than most people at the cleaning stations. We would have had at least 40 but we threw back anything that was not worth messing with. Saturday was even tougher as we ended up with nine between the two of us. Nobody was catching them. Back at Samburg, most people had cats caught on crickets. In fact, three crappie were caught in the last hour, just before we drove back in.

We had a few factors working against us. Just before we came in to town a bad storm had hit which lasted two days. After that a high pressure system rolled in which cleared away all of the clouds by Saturday morning. To top it off, we found out they had been draining water from the lake through the spillways to bring it closer to pool. Some said as much as three to four feet.

Even though the bite was slow we had a great time. Two purchases were made however that turned our Saturday around. One was an 11 foot jigging pole I picked up for $22 at Walton’s gas station. This made jigging around stumps without a bobber much easier. The other was a $9.99 tape-playing AM/FM radio. It is a little know fact, but sleeping crappie are easily sent into a frenzy by the sounds of modern country music. Who knew.

Check out the photos of the trip. Also a few updates have been made to the awards section. Check out Smallest Catch and the two new awards Biggest Redear and Biggest Drizzum.