reliable, chick, crappie, 9/25, son Marshall

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Kinda slow at work this afternoon, could not find a partner to fish with me, so I picked up my 9 yr old who was off from school today and we wnt looking for crappie. Marshall is not much of a fisherman, 2 short of attention span, he only likes fishing for catfish in the spring, and fishing whenever with "Mr. Richard (Sims)"<br /><br />Finally found the key to taking him, brought paper and pencil and he drew dragons the whole time, never got bored at all!!<br /><br />Only had a couple of hours, so I tried a couple of docks in the lower end of the lake, caught 16 crappie and one spot. Kept 5 for dinner. 12 of the 16 were keepers, the 5 that I kept were all over 11", the largest @ 13".<br /><br />All fish were on docks, clos to the support posts, on a 4-5 count, panfish assasin with "tail lights" 1/32 head, most were a very subtle bite, when the area I was in would slow down I would re-position the boat and fish the same area from a different angle, would always pick one or two up quickly from the same "fished out" spot.<br /><br />Nice afternoon with my youngest.<br /><br />Quote of the day: when I landed a nice 12" slab, he flipped off of the hook and was flopping around on the deck, I said " man Marshall he really didn't like that hook huh?" said Marshall, head down while drawing "Then he is REALLY not gonna like your filet knife!!"