Fishing a la Mike Chell

[SKsCrappie]

Heck yeah.....you can't never say never any more...LOL
Look like you pulled right at a limit of crappie out of there....
WTG Mike.....

[Gentleben]

Pretty dag gum impressive fly fisherman you are there Mike !!!
Thank you for the videos and pics !!

[vett0111]

Awesome job. Thanks for video

Cool to see that bass come flying out the water. Do you catch a lot of crappie on fly rod? Might sound crazy but I have never seen anyone catch a crappie while fly fishing.

What fly were you using if you don't mind me asking?

[dan_wrider]

You gonna have Killa eyeing the St. Johns river you keep posting stuff like that lol.
Very cool, Mike. Thanks for sharing.

[Gentleben]

there is no limit on threads tah t iknow off i'll look into why it got closed

I don't know why my other thread got closed, maybe 13 pages is the limit?
Anyway, since I also fish in other locations, I'll start a new one without the "Florida" designation.

Vette ... If it doesn't rain, I'll be fishing tonight. Look for a black KIA "Soul" ...

[Lou The Fisherman]

My goodness Mike that had to be a fun trip. Most fish were keeper size and those Crappy had to be 10 to 12 inchers. You threw back some mity fine eating my man.

[mikechell]

First, thanks everybody, for the kind comments.

SK ... the limit, here, is 25. I caught a lot that day, but no limit.
Ben ... Thank you. I have fallen in love with fly fishing. I might not catch huge numbers, but it's the more fun than any other way, to me.
Vett ... No, surprisingly, I've rarely caught them on a fly before. I wasn't expecting any on that trip, either. Most of the people who target Crappie have been reporting limited catches so far. I caught most of them on my Panfish Attractor.


Ben, no problem on the other thread. This one is running fine, now.

Finally, Lou ... I've caught so few Crappie that I wasn't knowledgeable on specifications. I was only keeping fish 10 inches or longer. I now know there is no size limitations.

[mikechell]

Every fish but one, today, came on that same fly.

[vett0111]

Nice job. Those bass blowing up on the fly was awesome. I enjoy catching fish of any kind. Guess it's the bass fishing blood I have. Is why I just love seeing bass smash a lure


Thanks for posting.

[Lou The Fisherman]

Some 2 and 3 pound LMB's, some quality crappy and some very large hand sized bluegills caught on those pan fly's. I noticed they were biting your copper color, green, yellow. That fly sinks so i'm guessing you are letting it go down about a foot before you start working it back to the boat??

Great job of catching.

That StJohn's river appears to be so peaceful. I never see any waves, never see any 20 - 30 MPH winds. Never see any Boats - Jet Fleas.