So i went to blackhawk lake again, wow what a lake. I had 18 fish in 45min once i foundem...to bad i had to swim half way across the lake to find them though. Found whole schools of fish at a 30ft drop off right by the bank under a fallen tree..it was awesome.
Funny story. So i finally saw my first crappie worth shooting that was actually in my sights, it was like 4 ft away. I fired and hit, soo happy i was, but when i retrieved the spear there was no fish. Now i know i hit it, it was too easy a shot, but wheres the fish? I saw the fish swim funny like it had a spear in it, i even saw the spear change course in mid shot. Bewildered i swam on and found many more crappies and killed my first one, followed by 13 more. Then when i had so many fish it was hard to pullem i started back towards shore but was stopped in my tracks by a crappie with all the skin pulled back from its skull...it was such a fresh wound it was still bleeding. That fish was fated to die by spear today and i finished him off with blow #2, nearly a half hour after i shot him the first time, and at least 100yrds down shore. It had to have been the same fish, theres no other explanation.
Also i got so fed up with my stringer and the time consuming tying/untying process, so i made my own speed stringers out of wire clothes hangers. they work perfect, fish is off spear and on stringer in no time flat with no tying and untying anymore, and the great thing is, the stringers cost me about a nickel a piece.
Funny story. So i finally saw my first crappie worth shooting that was actually in my sights, it was like 4 ft away. I fired and hit, soo happy i was, but when i retrieved the spear there was no fish. Now i know i hit it, it was too easy a shot, but wheres the fish? I saw the fish swim funny like it had a spear in it, i even saw the spear change course in mid shot. Bewildered i swam on and found many more crappies and killed my first one, followed by 13 more. Then when i had so many fish it was hard to pullem i started back towards shore but was stopped in my tracks by a crappie with all the skin pulled back from its skull...it was such a fresh wound it was still bleeding. That fish was fated to die by spear today and i finished him off with blow #2, nearly a half hour after i shot him the first time, and at least 100yrds down shore. It had to have been the same fish, theres no other explanation.
Also i got so fed up with my stringer and the time consuming tying/untying process, so i made my own speed stringers out of wire clothes hangers. they work perfect, fish is off spear and on stringer in no time flat with no tying and untying anymore, and the great thing is, the stringers cost me about a nickel a piece.