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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Duckslayer100" data-source="post: 134816" data-attributes="member: 1485">Honestly, as much as I may enjoy catching walleyes (and I really, really do) my real fishing love is chasing crappies. My grandparents on dad's side are from far NE MN, way up in the iron range. While walleyes certainly hold their appeal, it's the crappies that are king there. I'll never forget getting into grandpa's tippy aluminum rowboat with a Zebco rod and metal minnow container, and chasing after them like we were on some stealth quest for sand flat bone fish. He'd whisper instructions to me, and gently row us to an overturned tree or sunken brush or whatever, before gingerly lipping a crappie minnow onto a small 1/8 ounce pink jig under a slip bobber. Then we'd ever so delicately cast, trying to make as little splash as possible. If nothing took it immediately, he gave a slow pull of line before letting the bobber come to a stop again. When one of those bobbers slowly started sinking sideways out of site, grandpa let loose UNHOLY FURY upon whichever unsuspecting paper lip were duped into their doom. His hooksets on those crappies would make a tournament bass angler blush. For much of my life, I've considered crappies something to treasure. A rare treat that could only be targeted with the utmost care in the immediately hour before sunset and not a minute earlier. I've since discovered they're a bit heartier and more feisty than grandpa let on, but that's all I knew for a long time. Plus they're the best tasting fish in fresh water. God, I'm salivating now...</blockquote>

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