We headed out to Lake Fork again this weekend and Mrs O. tagged along for the festivities. I was happy to repeat the Sunday evening rib and beer festival on Rhandy Simmons' back porch but this time my Mrs brought along a home made blueberry pie and a home made lemon meringue pie. We pitched a few crappie jigs from Rhandy's dock as the sun set, but quickly decided the beer and shade were more important.
Monday morning we met David Pippin with his wife, Kim, and son, Tyler, for a morning crappie trip with Rhandy. We picked the perfect day, which also just happened to be David's birthday! Temperatures were in the low 80's with cloud cover and a nice breeze. Conditions could not be more perfect for a trip in June. Rhandy drove us around to a few of his many crappie piles and everybody caught fish. David's son Tyler caught the big fish, around 2 lbs, but everybody caught a mess and we had a great time. I think we ended up with about 50 crappie, and a lot of very nice slabs. I added about a 4 lb catfish to the mix. That sure was a fun fight with light 6 lb tackle.
We came in a little early due to an approaching storm front (The Lake Fork Rain God strikes again) and David and Rhandy filleted up the catch. We ended up with 2 gallon bags full of nice filets. Rhandy's cat Bud supervised the cleaning activities.
After a short nap we headed over to Dale Stokes' place to take him some ribs and let Mrs O. pet some cows. She likes to pet cows. I prefer eating them. Thanks, Dale!
That evening my rain making powers were proven once again. Don't doubt my powers!
